08.06.08 DARK KNIGHT SEQUEL NEWS GALORE!
One measure of a pop culture phenomenon is the number of speculative and information-free news stories about it. Case in point: The Dark Knight. Yahoo Buzz, for instance, has this impressive wrapup of the next villain Batman will battle - don’t worry, it’s totally substantive:
iVillage is reporting that the Caped Crusader may take on the Riddler in "Batman 3." According to the rumor mill, Johnny Depp might sign on to play the nefarious super-criminal. But caveat emptor—this could be just as false as the one about Crispin Glover playing the Joker.
Slashfilm notes that there are additional possibilities floating around. For instance, Phillip Seymour Hoffman may play the Penguin or Angelina Jolie could don Catwoman’s skin-tight suit.
Still, the "official" rumor mill is just one of the ways superfans are checking in on the next Batman flick. Many seek the scoop themselves. We’ve noticed impressive searches on "batman 3 rumors," "dark knight sequel casting rumors," and "batman’s next villain."
Search terms, eh? Why, it’s almost as if they’ve… planned an entire article around the most popular search terms! The dastard! But not to be outdone, Jake Coyle of the AP did some Pulitzer-worthy reporting to break the news that some people think Batman’s voice was too much!
"His Batman rasps his lines in a voice that’s deeper and hammier than ever," said NPR’s David Edelstein.
The New Yorker’s David Denby praised the urgency of Bale’s Batman, but lamented that he "delivers his lines in a hoarse voice with an unvarying inflection."
Reviewing the film for MSNBC, Alonso Duralde wrote that Bale’s Batman in "Batman Begins" "sounded absurdly deep, like a 10-year-old putting on an `adult’ voice to make prank phone calls. This time, Bale affects an eerie rasp, somewhat akin to Brenda Vaccaro doing a Miles Davis impression."
Brenda Vaccaro, ha! I totally got that reference! And what was up with Heath Ledger’s laugh? I mean, am I the only one who thought he sounded like Lilian Gish auto erotic asphyxiating with Walter Pidgeon’s bowtie? Am I right or am I right? Stay tuned right here for more breathlessly retarded Batman coverage!
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DARK KNIGHT SEQUEL NEWS GALORE!
10-year old making a crank call?
I didn’t hear him ask for Seymour Butts. Or did I????
erswi, Coincidence?
Sean Young was spotted dressed as a cat, not because she wants the role, but because she doesn’t own any other clothes.
Also, is the joker clone on the right there Mary Lou Retton standing on a box?
Hey, where the hell has Robo been?
That Jersey video was actually an audition for Bane.
So if the penguin is in the next movie then all the fat retards will get to dress up and if the Riddler is in the next one all the full retards get to dress up? Either way, I am so turned on right now.
Heath Ledgers key to Joker’s whole attitude was smacking his lips alot. That, and walking out of the hospital like I would do if I just clogged the sink and left the water running. I’d make a great nemesis of conformity.
I still havent seen this movie. Its because I am turned off by its constant attention whoring ways. Its too needy
Batman 3: Bridging The Gap will feature Christian Bale as Batman, who’ll be taking aim at one of the most elusive and witty villians ever conceieved. The villian leaves clues in the form of cryptic videos posted on a popular internet site, and houses weapons of mass destruction between his teeth. See this epic battle between The Dark Knight and Sexman in early Spring, 2010.
Once you go full retard, you never go back.
"Hah, wat da people sayah!"
Sorry, that was Eddie Murphy doing James Brown.
Get in the hot tub! Will it make you wet?
Yeah!
In other sequel news, Fred Durst will direct The Longshots 2, about an Asian girl and her NASCAR dreams.
Burnsy, will she be trying to save the leck centel?
With nothing other than her hip hop kabukke.
Shit, I think we just wrote a movie.
Speeeeeeeeaking of Mr. Durst…
no, I was just looking a stuff. Not pron. not that
It’s not pron if people post it on their FB page right?
Eibz, you look very soft and cuddly today.
I am.
WTF is pron? What am I missing here? Aside from a vageeg.
First Heath, then Morgan. If I wanted to stay in good health (not so much in Heath’s case) I’d stay as far away from Batman as possible. Just look what he did to the bags under Maggie’s eyes.
"…the "official" rumor mill is just one of the ways…"
You know it’s "official" because the moderator just signed up for Pro Active.
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