Rumourous Growths: Is The Riddler Really The Next Batmovie Villain?
They make it very clear, with italics and boldface and everything. First Showing believe they’ve gotten confirmation – sorry, confirmation – that The Riddler will be appearing in the next Christopher Nolan Batman film. Their source is a “studio casting grid” that has been leaked to them.
Here’s how they put it:
We’ve gotten word from a reliable inside source with a studio casting grid that The Riddler is listed as a character for Chris Nolan’s highly anticipated to the sequel to The Dark Knight, which is still called Batman 3 at Warner Bros. Even more interesting, the actor currently listed in the same grid to play the assumed villain is none other than Joseph Gordon-Levitt, whose status is just listed as “interested.”
We’d like to point out that this news should be considered confirmation that The Riddler is the villain in Batman 3 and less confirmation of the recent suggestions/rumors regarding Gordon-Levitt’s casting as the enigmatic villain.
Okay. Really?
Nolan has gone on the record about keeping his in-development films absolutely off radar. Would he really consent to this listing on a casting grid?
I’m not saying that the casting won’t happen – how on earth could I know? – but I’m pretty confident that First Showing have placed too much stock in this supposed confirmation. Bleeding Cool has sources with quite a good view on the situation at DC Entertainment and some parts of Warner Bros., and none of them has told us anything about this grid listing. Somebody somewhere, for reasons unknown, is pulling on legs I fear….