Batman: The Dark Knight

[Salsashark]

And goddamnit, Crispin Glover is an inept actor, why want him?

What are you talking about,ya dumb fuck?

[Dolemite]

Living on the ritz, are we?

It's just a much better program, nigga.

[jonas]

Look, just because Jack was 52 when he played Joker doesn't mean that a 55 year old Robin Williams (Who doesn't have the benefit of looking like the Joker, which Jack had) would be a wise choice, especially for the angle that this franchise is shooting for.

I'm not really figuring in age though. Joker has always seemed like an older villian just because most portrails have been so. I just think Williams would be great because he has shown (to me) that he can act really damn well in dramas and he also has his crazy comedy side which fits Joker perfect.

I do agree with you 100% that Robin would have to get in shape, because he is not the right body type to be a proper Joker. There is nothing saying he couldn't do that though.

He just really has that evil, creepy demeaner to him sometimes. Which to me, fits Joker greatly.

[Taito]

Performance-wise Jack Nicholson's Joker was perfect.. but it still manages to be awful rendition, since Joker was never an old, overweight crime boss that killed Wayne's parents.

Maybe you didn't notice, but that movie went a long way toward shaking up what Batman was "supposed to be" in the public's eyes. I know Dark Knight Returns and a few others may have been an influence (or may not have been, since Burton admittedly wasn't into the comics), but that movie was much darker than anyone pictured batman and very different, which is really what made it so good.

I remember reading from a comic magazine (I forget the name, but it was a popular comics magazine in the 80s before Wizard rose in prominence) that production for B89 switched gears from their original '60s TV show remake' vision, to something resembling the breakthrough successful DKR. It wasn't so much Burton's decision for the 'dark,' Batman, as much as the producers looking for a director who could do 'dark,' 'gritty,' 'macabre,' 'edgy,' etc.

I just want less 'Patrick Bateman,' exaggerated playboy, Bruce Wayne, and no 'grumble' Bat-voice. Overall the Batman franchise seems to be in good hands and the Ledger casting doesn't worry me.

[g0zen]

I think he'll have a phoney overthetop American accent that'll ruin it.

[Klonoa]

hmmmm...could you guys picture Willem Dafoe as the Joker?

hmmmm....

[Calliander]

Ooh... he could probably pull off the creepy required for the Joker pretty well. Too old, though.

[Dolemite]

Eh, Dafoe already did the Green Goblin. I could picture it, though.

I'm giving Ledger a shot but I still think they fucked up bad not going with Crispin Glover.

[Mr-K]

While Dafoe is maybe five years younger than Wlliams he would make a better Joker because he has the right demeanor for it. Williams and Nicholson both were too squatty for the part. NEVERTHELESS. I still support Heath Ledger.

[Dolemite]

Phillippe Lands Two-Face Role?

Ryan Phillippe may be set to take over from Tommy Lee Jones after reportedly landing the role of Harvey Dent/Two-Face in the upcoming Batman Begins sequel. Reese Witherspoon's husband will join Heath Ledger, who has signed on to play The Joker, and new Batman Christian Bale in The Dark Knight. Crash star Phillippe beat Liev Shreiber and Josh Lucas to the role of the scheming district attorney, played by Jones in 1995 movie Batman Forever, according to internet reports. Academy Award winners Sir Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman have also joined the cast, while fellow Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman is in talks to play The Penguin in the new film.

That queer Ryan Phillippe is Two-Face? And The Penguin's in the movie too? wtf.

Is Justin Timberlake going to be announced as Mr. Freeze and Clay Aiken as the Riddler? This sounds awful.