June 12th, 2010 
admin All signs point to The Riddler for the next Batman movie’s villain, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt reportedly lined up…
We’ve already heard within the past few days that the sequel to 2008′s The Dark Knight definitely won’t contain an appearance from The Joker, with director Christopher Nolan dismissing the notion with a simple “no”.
There were rumours circulating last year that Brick’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt was the favourite to replace the late Heath Ledger as the clown prince of crime, but now, with The Joker firmly out of the next Batman movie, due out in 2012, inside sources are now saying that Gordon-Levitt could be set to take on the role of The Riddler.
“Chris really dug Joseph [as an actor],” an anonymous inside source told Hollywood Life. “There was a joke at first between them [on the set of Inception] that Joseph wanted to read for Batman 3 and things heated up as filming continued. It’s not 100% confirmed that he’s getting [the role of The Riddler] but there’s certainly talk about it. Joseph is definitely on the short list.”
The last time The Riddler appeared on the big screen was, curiously, in the third movie in the 80s Batman franchise started by Tim Burton. Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever, released in 1995, had Jim Carrey filling the green spandex as Edward Nigma, beginning a downward slide for the series only reversed by Christopher Nolan’s excellent Batman Begins reboot in 2005.
While we wait for confirmation of that particular piece of casting, it’s also been strongly rumoured that the shoot of Batman 3 is set to commence in March of 2011. Hero Complex is reporting the news, although we still don’t have 100% confirmation that Christopher Nolan will direct (although it seems certain that he will). The film is set for release in July 2012.
More news on Gordon-Levitt’s casting – and Batman 3′s progress in general – as we get it.
Source: http://www.denofgeek.com/
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I think it would be great if they use the Riddler for the next Batman movie’s villain. I just love all the Batman movies.