The Dark Knight

[Jeritron]

I think Nolan doesn't like Penguin. Personally, I'm not too fond of him either but it's pretty basic that he's the 2nd most well known Batman villain, at least mainstream.

I don't think he has the dynamic or depth to be a whole movie character, at least not in a realistic vision. He'd be okay if he was just a normal human mob boss that was portly and got the street name Penguin. But I'd only like that to be a supporting villain, like Falcone and Maroni were in the first 2.
It'd be interesting to see the plot focus around Riddler as the main villain, with a normal Penguin running the mob in the background.

It's a shame Joker is not available, but I don't think they should attempt to recast at all. If they do, I won't accept it. It's unthinkable. There's no loose ends really, he was caught so it's perfectly acceptable that he's in Arkham off screen. Doesn't mean he has to stay there forever, but for the purposes of this trilogy yes.

I envisioned Batman turning to Joker to help him understand the Riddler or the next villain a la Clarice turning to Hanibal Lecter. That would have been a great way to utilize him. It could possibly be done in one or two scene with some clever tricks.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Bale's already been quoted as saying he doesn't want Robin in the series.

Talia might work but it's probably not going to be in the best interests of the series to reference back to Ra's. It would seem Riddler or Penguin would be the only two to have sufficient weight to follow Joker/Two-Face though. Wouldn't count on Johnny Depp either. I mean look at how many people were convinced someone like Crispin Glover was going to be Joker.

[Reavant]

Originally Posted by Jeritron It's a shame Joker is not available, but I don't think they should attempt to recast at all. If they do, I won't accept it. It's unthinkable. There's no loose ends really, he was caught so it's perfectly acceptable that he's in Arkham off screen. Doesn't mean he has to stay there forever, but for the purposes of this trilogy yes.

Originally Posted by Mr. Monday Morning Talia might work but it's probably not going to be in the best interests of the series to reference back to Ra's. It would seem Riddler or Penguin would be the only two to have sufficient weight to follow Joker/Two-Face though. Wouldn't count on Johnny Depp either. I mean look at how many people were convinced someone like Crispin Glover was going to be Joker.

Well there have been reports of Johnny Depp being on for it. Like I said before he might be one of the only actors to be able to recreate or improve on the joker role if thats possible, but he could make the riddler role crazy and I hope that they dont try and make him do the jokjer, but at the same time I want the joker in the next movie.