A Third Batman Film has Been Officially Announced.

[BlueBard]

They can also use Catwoman like the Black Cat in Spider-man: She loves Batman, but thinks that Bruce is a spoiled playboy.

I don't see that, at least not that way.  Other people might be fooled by the mask and the playboy act, but as Selina/Catwoman she's too clever and too close not to see the connection.  Especially since she's got her own dual identity thing going on.  It would not be any stretch if she figures it out, any more than Bruce/Batman figuring out her secret.

Personally, I think they should skip any big reveal moment like in previous movies.  They should both figure it out, realize that the other also knows their secret, and then we have that tension where they never have a sappy "I've got to tell my secret" moment and instead keep it just under the surface every time they meet.  It's more subtle but leaves a lot more room for drama.

[lugaru]

It would be cool if Bane struggles with using Venom (but is not 100% clean like the gail simone run) since Nolan has been a huge fan of giving each and every character (even villains) their own personal drama.

[Mr. Hamrick]

Two more cast rumors though one of them is the result of a misinterpreted tweet.

Robin Williams and Joseph Gordon Levitt

The Williams rumor is the result of a misinterpreted tweet from Jett over at Batman On Film.  It seems that there were two different conversations that got meshed into one.  The first that Hugo Strange might have a small role in the movie.  The second that Robin Williams has made it known that he'd love to be a part of the film and would happily do a bit part for Nolan if asked just to say he was a part of this.  (By bit part, I'm guessing he meant something akin to what Anthony Michael Hall did in TDK based on what I heard.)  The tweet read "RW as Hugo Strange... hmmm?"  A few outlets ran with it.  Jett was actually just thinking out loud with the tweet it seems.

The JGL rumor though is another matter.  It's been around since early last year.  During that time, Levitt let slip something about talking with Nolan about a really cool future project in a video blog.  There was a project he worked on with Nolan via the HitRecord community but this was a comment made after that.  That blog was removed.  There was an additional comment about him being interested in playing the Riddler that apparently made it as far as a casting matrix of some sort.  That lead to an IMDB rumor.  Sometime after that, it was announced that Riddler wasn't going to be a villain.

Well, now Deadline.com and BoF have picked up a resurfacing rumor about Levitt being in negotiations for a role.  MTV.com has an article up about it too.

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/02/02/joseph-gordon-levitt-dark-knight-rises-cast/ 
http://www.deadline.com/2011/02/joseph-gordon-levitt-in-talks-to-join-the-dark-knight-rises/

I'm not going to speculate who I think Levitt is playing.  He'd have made a good Riddler but given what Nolan has already said, that is out.  I do think Levitt would be great for the movie.  Nolan could get some excellent viral marketing potentially out of the HitRecord community.

I do think there will be a few more major casting announcing between now and the beginning of May when film is set to start.

[BWPS]

Joseph Gordon Levitt would be the best Robin ever. He's a great enough actor to play a really smart and witty counterpart to Batman and he doesn't look 30 at all. Brick is an incredibly good movie, that's not exactly related, but it is true. Since Robin won't be in the movie, I think he should play a guy in a suit. There are a lot of those in these movies, and two costumed villains have already been cast.

[murs47]

Black Mask maybe?

[JeyNyce]

I can't see Robin being in this kind of movie.  Nightwing, maybe but not Robin.  Also does Venom has a drug/ addiction?  Can Bane just use it to get pumped up/ as a weapon?  Almost like he did in the young justice episode.  He used venom to fight, but most of the time he was planing and double-crossing people.

[Ajax]

Robin is an impossibility imo. The first movie shows Barbara Gordon as a baby, which a lot of people interpreted as "no sidekicks" since that also implies Robin is similarly infant sized. I'm still holding out hope that Talia is in this movie.

[BWPS]

Robin is an impossibility imo. The first movie shows Barbara Gordon as a baby, which a lot of people interpreted as "no sidekicks" since that also implies Robin is similarly infant sized. 

Yeah, that's absolutely true as they've proven time and again with these movies that they are following Batman's comic book history to the letter and are against any kind of diversion from the original takes on the characters.

[Tomato]

Robin isn't going to show up. Nolan has said as much before, and nothing that's been said would lead me to believe that's changed. Move on.

[Mr. Hamrick]

While there is no word on who JGL is playing, a fourth Inception alumni looks to be possibly joining the DKR cast.  
http://www.slashfilm.com/french-newspaper-reports-marion-cotillard-cast-the-dark-knight-rises/

There is also reference to it over at Batman on Film too.  The site's owner "Jett" says he had heard about a "third major character" who ties everything together.  Thus, he betting on Talia being the character that Cotillard is playing.

The interesting thing here is going to be timing.  Cotillard is pregnant and due in May.  TDKR begins filming in May and will probably film for six months.  So... looks like there could be something to the rumor.

Let's get DiCaprio and Page in there for cameos and be done with it.

I mean technically... Watanabe and Murphy have already done a Batman film with Nolan.  Maybe they could get cameos, too.

[BentonGrey]

Well, here's Catwoman:
http://www.majorspoilers.com/movie-catwoman-revealed#more-111660
I knew that Anne Hathaway didn't look anything like Catwoman, but this picture really brings home just how bad of a fit she is....plus, the costume isn't really helping.  A cowl would go a long way towards fixing the 'blah' factor here.

[Podmark]

It's a little plain but it is close to the Cooke costume without the cowl and goggles. I don't know, regardless the appearance of Catwoman is not a game breaker for me.

[Tomato]

it's ok. Nothing blow-your-socks-off here, but it's a decent enough costume. Besides, it's still better than Bane's, and you'd be hard pressed to go worse than the last movie catwoman.

[John Jr.]

It's just me or it looks like Julie Newmar's Catwoman costume?

[Panther_Gunn]

It's just me or it looks like Julie Newmar's Catwoman costume?

You may be on to something.  The hairband/cat ears combo, especially when combined with the rest of the costume, does seem to evoke an image from the old series.  Not sure how I feel about the heels, but at least they're not open-toed.  Like Tomato said, it's not bad, but it's not really a solid hit, either.  It looks more like Anne Hathaway is just headed to a costume party.

Shifting gears a little bit, please tell me those tires I see in the background are *not* going to be for the new "batmobile".  I really didn't care for the tumbler.  It was practical, but it was missing the style that pretty much all of the other batmobiles have had.

[JeyNyce]

Here's a long shot:

There's a costume party in the movie and that's her outfit for the party.  Something happens and she's mods it to be more practical.  Think about it, why would they show here in one outfit on the bike and then bring this one out.  I'll stick with the press release from WB, not a behind the scenes pic.

[deano_ue]

sorry but i know the cry in bat fans blindly is in nolan we trust and i'm sure hathoway will be fine as the character but a poor design is a poor design, its bland boring and basically the 60's show look
so far the design for this film between bane and catwoman has been extremely poor.

[Tomato]

I trust Nolan to craft a good movie, NOT to give us cool movie looks. The Bane look is flatly ridiculous, and Catwoman is blah.

Truth is though, while I'm all set for a final go-round, I'm ready for the upcoming reboot. Nolan's films are great, but the present a very narrow view of the character... there's so much more to the batman mythology that cannot be done.

[Talavar]

The thing is, both looks shown for Catwoman thus far are pretty terrible ones.  A bad costume does not make a bad movie however.