Batman 3 Plot and Character Predictions
The Who and What of the Third Batman Movie
An article by Jim Vejvoda on IGN speculates that the next Batman movie will "focus on the redemption of the Caped Crusader." While the next storyline has been speculated about, the real question on everyone's minds is, "who will the next villains be?"
Will it be Oswald Cobblepot, better known as The Penguin? Or maybe the scantily clad Selena Kyle will slink her way back into the Bat's heart as Catwoman. Some fans on a few message boards have speculated about the return of Poison Ivy as well.
At this point it's hard to say. It would be my guess that none of the aforementioned characters will make another appearance in a Batman film. Although director Christopher Nolan chose to resurrect The Joker (originally played by Jack Nicholson) I'd be hard pressed to say that he'd resort to bringing back the other characters from the past movies.
In the same vein, I personally would have to count Ra's Ah Ghul out of the sequel to the Dark Knight. Although possible, due to the lazarus pit in the comic books, cartoony antics like this don't fit well with Nolan's new vision of the Batman series.
While most of the character speculation has been limited to a few fan sites and message boards one character from Batman's past has been talked about repeatedly, The Riddler.
The green clad narcissist from the comics has yet to make an appearance in a Batman film, and given Nolan's reputation with character development, The Riddler seems a likely candidate. Think he seems too silly a villain, the same could have been said about The Joker as a serious threat to Gotham city. But, instead of following the beaten path, Nolan's directing along with Ledger's phenomenal performance, developed The Joker into something much more disturbing and serious than ever previously conceived. The same potential exists with The Riddler's character.
Given the right actor and Nolan's incredible skill as a director The Riddler could pose the kind of threat that was foreshadowed at the end of The Dark Knight. And if fan sites and message boards are right, the right actor may already have been picked out, Johnny Depp.
Depp has the acting chops to potentially stand toe to toe with Ledger's final performance as The Joker.
At this point it's hard to say whether or not another Nolan directed Batman movie will grace the silver screen, and it's even more difficult to say which villains will plot to destroy Gotham if the third installment ever comes to fruition, but chances are that we haven't seen the last of the Dark Knight.
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I think this writer completely missed the movie Batman Forever, as it did indeed incorporate The Riddler.
And he must have also not realized that the director of The Dark Knight not only revived The Joker, but he also very ingeniously added Two-Face, another villain from Batman Forever.
I do agree though that The Riddler would be a good next step, as this director does not seem to want to appeal to the more cartoonie aspect of the series. Poison Ivy, for instance, would be a far reach with her "supernatural powers".
I will always love the originals, but these new takes are very, very well done and enjoyable.
i want more joker and harley quinn.Long live the joker %28Heath Ledger%29%21
I think Eva Green from Casino Royale should play harley quinn as she would make the character a bit querky. I think she sould be the main antoginist. Here's he possible plot:
Harley Quinn is a doctor at Atkham Asylum and tends to the Joker. After watching him closely becomes obsessed with him. After fellow doctors become aware of he obssesion they report her and she is dismissed. With no work and no way of seeing the joker she begins to plot to free him.
She gives herself a glasgow smile like the jokers and paints her skin like a clowns and adopts a short cut wedding dress. She wears homemade jewellry fearturing the joker.
Harvey Dent needs to return as at the end of The Dark Knight he seems dead but if he is and batman did kill him then that would defeat the object of batman as a protector and not a vigilante. They could have Dent moved to a secret facility monitored by Jim Gordon where Dent is given skin drafts like in the graphic novel 'The Dark Knight Returns.'
After Dent
TDK left some unanswered questions.
Who got the other half of the mobs money?
Who really let the joker off the leash?
Did Rachel really die (you never really see the background she's in, and they never came up with a body). My answer would be the riddler and Rachel will return as Harlequin.
Also Rachel said someone told her only one would live who told her the joker was in jail at the time.
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They should have the jokers girl (batman fans know who im talking about), catwoman, and posion ivy come to gotham to steal batman heart. But all three get angry at each other beacuse they all have diffrent ambitions. Jokers girl wants revenge, poision ivy want to destroy the whole city for the way she was treated when she was a scientist, and catwoman wants to steal a precious gem that bruce wayne just bought in an auction! That would be cool.
I heard that Cher might play catwoman, i know its just a rumor, however, if this holds true, it will continue the batman-movie-legend of never having three good movies in a row.
1.Batman - great
2.Batman returns - great
3.Batman forever - sucked
4.Batman and Robin - sucked
the next movie will be the first time a director remained in the chair for three batman movies in a row, i cant wait till it comes out!!!
im really looking foward to it!!!!!
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Has to be either Riddler, or Bane. anyone else would just be blah. as a follow up to Joker.