Goyer speaks BATMAN BEGINS sequels and a certain joker is brought up...
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here... I'm a big fan of seeing a reimagined Joker in a potential sequel to BATMAN BEGINS... what would you call that, by the way? BATMAN CONTINUES? BATMAN BEGINS... AGAIN? Anyway, seems David Goyer chatted with Premiere Magazine and detailed some of the structure of possible sequels to BATMAN BEGINS. Who do you want to face down Christian Bale? Who'd look great in the white, green and red? Crispin Glover has my vote. What about Harvey Dent? I wanna see Arkham on the big screen! For real! Without neon!
As read in the latest Premiere magazine featuring Batman Begins, Goyer states the next film will involve the Joker ... "The next one would have Batman enlisting the aid of Gordon and Dent in bringing down the Joker- .... but not killing him, which is a mistake they made in the first one". The article then says that "In the third, the Joker would go on trial, scarring Dent in the process."

Sounds like the setup for an amazing trilogy (at least, trilogy in terms of original cast ... as I believe Bale, Oldman and Caine all signed 3 picture deals).

steve buscemi would make a freakshow of a joker.

as much as i love crispin glover, i don't know that he'd make a good joker. steve buscemi would make a freakshow of a joker.

Anxiety said:

I'd like to see Dennis Quaid as The Joker, he just needs some white makeup and he's set... His smile is already as freaky as The Joker's...

Neversin.

I could see Quaid if they did The Dark Knight Returns as a film. As it is, I think he's too old. My personal choice would be Ed Norton. I think he's got the right build, and he could nail both the psychotic Joker, as well as the meek, downtrodden criminal he once was from The Killing Joke

Spookymuffin said:

Is that LSD man George Mcfly?
He'd indeed be good too...

Neversin.
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Neversin said:

No that's Crispin Dude pulling a face.

Spookymuffin said:

Oh right that IS LSD man, this was the guy that played George Mcfly in "Back To The Future" right?
I have this old video tape of this guy doing acid and doing a music video singing about psycho clowns and stuff all in hippie attire... Funny shit... I have his album somewhere...

Neversin.

Neversin said:

did you catch him on Letterman, when he dropped kick Dave about an inch from his face whilst wearing platform shoes?

sinisterpentatonic said:

Yeah man!! That was awesome! That hippie outfit he wore on Letterman then was from that "Psycho Clown" music video...

Neversin.

Neversin said:

damn, i gots to see that.

sinisterpentatonic said:

Fucking hell it's actually on the net: http://www.ifilm.com/WMPP...dwidth=200

I'll do a search for his teddy bear thing that one's even worse and scarier...

Neversin.

Neversin said:

that was awesome!! they even had a link to the letterman episode! That boy was TRIPPIN! who would drop acid before going on to a talk show? i know the laughter from the audience had to be freaking him out.

i love 'clowny clown clown' and his whole bizarro hippie beatnik phase. of course, i don't think he ever completely UN-phased from being a grade A weirdo, and god bless him for that. he made a few movies as his wig-wearing alter-ego, "rubin & ed" and "twister" being the first two that come to mind ("river's edge" might have inspired the wig, but i don't think he'd established the alter-ego persona yet), and in recent years, he's depended more on his creepy, quirky, morbid persona in movies like "bartleby" and "willard" (both of which i highly recommend if you want a crispin fix).

as if you couldn't tell, i'm a huge fan of the man.

He's awesome, and would make a fantastic Joker. Hell, I only saw those Charlie's Angels movies because of him!

as long as they dont let jim carrey near the role !!!

danielboon said:

oh god. wasn't the riddler enough?

JediMaster said:

he was the ONLY reason i saw charlies angels 2, and i thought he was HOTT in it. i'm glad they killed him, so i won't have to sit through any more of those dumb movies.

i think crispin would make a wonderful joker, but i also think it's too easy of a casting choice. i'd like to see them cast someone who at first you'd think "HE'S gonna play THE JOKER?!" and then ultimately have it pay off as a really cool casting choice. that's what i'd like to see. buscemi might be an easy choice too, but we've never really seen him play evil and maniacal with a comic book villain/camp edge. if crispin were somehow cast in the role, though, i certainly wouldn't complain.

as long as they dont let jim carrey near the role !!!

danielboon said:

I like Jim Carrey, but he isn't really suited to ANY of the Dark Knight's rouges (not even the Riddler). I don't blame him for Batman Forever (which sounds more like a prom theme than a film, but I digress), but rather Joel Schumacher. Ol' Joel should never be let near any comic film property again, unless they decide to greenlight an "Amiguosly Gay Duo" movie.

isn't there an 'ambiguously gay duo' movie getting ready to hit theaters? seriously.

Anxiety said:

I can't believe Alex Ross made an 'Ambiguously Gay Duo' painting.

isn't there an 'ambiguously gay duo' movie getting ready to hit theaters? seriously.

Anxiety said:

Not to my knowledge. If so, it must still be in pre-production. Hilarious idea, although it's rather hit-or-miss with the success of SNL movies. For every Wayne's World or Blue's Brothers, there's five or six films like It's Pat.