JediMaster said:

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Joel Schumacher should be shot for turning the Dark Knight into a Broadway dance review.

Crispin Glover as the Joker is a good idea, but I've always wanted to see Wilhem DaFoe as the Clown Prince.

uPtoWnNY said:

DaFoe would be good, but it would be a bit of repetition for him after playing the Green Goblin.

Wow. I see some good ideas in this thread. I agree with all of your comments on Crispin Glover, Steve Buscemi (nice one, Anx) and even Dennis Quaid. I'd never thought of those guys.
I also had no idea that Bale, Oldman and Caine signed 3 picture deals. Sweet!

OdysseyMiles said:

i think dennis quaid could fit in with the style of jack nichoson's joker if they wanted to play some consistency with the previous movies - i don't know how concerned they are about that - but he could definitely play a good joker. as much as i love crispin and would not be at all disappointed in seeing him cast in the role, i don't know if we'd get the transformation if they decided to hit the restart button and recreate the character from scratch, especially going with the comic book origin of him being a pathetic washed-up schmoe comedian whose id just goes wild when he becomes the joker...he could proably pull it off, but i don't think crispin could really capture the grit of the pre-joker character. buscemi absolutely could, and i think it would be amazing to see how he changes from being mired in a depressing reality to being caught in a mindsweep in which he's suddenly creating his own surreal reality as the joker. i'd love to see it. dafoe would be good, but it might be a little weird after seeing him as the green goblin.

Anxiety said:

Well, Batman Begins DOES start the continuity all over, so I doubt they'll bother with finding consistency with the previous films. This movie completely ignores the previous four.




Oh, I don't know. I think Glover COULD pull it off! Just watch him in Willard. Yes, he is already kinda cuckoo, but he becomes more and more unhinged as the film goes on.

Still, I stand by Ed Norton. I think he has the range to totally go from the downtrodden comedian to the psychotic Joker.

[img]I think Glover COULD pull it off! Just watch him in Willard. Yes, he is already kinda cuckoo, but he becomes more and more unhinged as the film goes on. [/img]

oh, i absolutely think he could do unhinged...he was brilliant in 'willard' and i can totally see potential for a joker-type character from watching that movie or any other crispin vehicle, really. but i'm also kinda interested in the pathetic, besotted-upon schlub that he is before the accident turns him into the joker. the transformation from the loser comedian to the crown prince of crime is something i don't think has been captured yet, and i wonder if glover could portray the former as well as the latter part of the character. even if he failed, i'm sure it would be a very interesting, captivating failure.

I wasn't aware of the Joker's past. That would be an interesting road to go down.
It's good that they're ignoring the previous four flicks.

OdysseyMiles said:

ESPECIALLY the last two!!!