Other stories other people are covering:

Chris Nolan responds to Dark Knight sequel rumors.  Long story short, if they can’t come up with a good story he doesn’t want to do it.  Similarly, Samuel L. Jackson says he’ll only take jobs if they pay him.

Watchmen co-writer hired to script Ninja Scroll live-action adaptation.  I know nothing about anime, but supposedly Ninja Scroll is super popular, so I imagine all of the fans are either going to be really stoked or really pissed about this.  Maybe.

Christian Bale to play Dr. Strange???  Those three question marks are me being skeptical.  Livenews.au reports that Bale is the studio’s “number one choice” to play the Marvel superhero.  In other news, Anne Hathaway is my number one choice of people I’d like to motorboat, and barring a restraining order, I bet the outcome of both of these stories will be the same.

This guy wants to bone dead chicks or something.

Wall E is being pushed as a Best Picture candidate.  And with zero knowledge of how probability works, I gotta say it’s the odds-on favorite.

Zac Efron Footloose remake gets fast-tracked.  He’ll reteam with HSM3 director Kenny Ortega. Nick and Nora director Peter Sollet is rewriting the script. Said a studio spokesman, “We thought he’d be a perfect fit for Footloose, and the success of HSM clinched it.  No one’s as light in the sneakers as Zac.”  …What?  Look, people, every day I promise myself I’m going to stop making Zac Efron-gay jokes, but just look at the guy.

Little girl beats up her attempted molester. Fake fake fake. I guaranteed this is viral marketing or a promo for whatever flashes on the upper right corner at 1:17. Why would he wait till she was about to get off to try to molest her? That’s just illogical.

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!