The 62-year-old singer and actress is reported to be in talks to play Catwoman opposite Christian Bale in the third Batman film from British director Christopher Nolan.

The Oscar-winner will join a cast that includes Johnny Depp as The Riddler as she plays the whip-carrying burglar. The character has also been played by Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry.

A studio executive said: "Cher is Nolan's first choice to play Catwoman. He wants to her to portray her like a vamp in her twilight years.

"The new Catwoman will be the absolute opposite of Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry's purring creations."

Filming of the new Batman instalment, provisionally entitled The Caped Crusader, is due to begin in Vancouver early next year.

The Dark Knight, this summer's blockbuster, has become the most successful of the Batman movies. Warner Bros expects the film to make about $530m.

It stars the late Heath Ledger, who was found dead in his Manhattan apartment after taking an accidental drugs overdose. His performance as The Joker is widely expected to garner an Oscar nomination.

Cher's recent acting performances have included Tea with Mussolini in 1999 and Stuck on You, in 2003 in which she played herself.
http://www.telegraph.co.u...-film.html

Isn't she a bit too old for the part?

Who could really pull off Catwoman in part 3?

superspaceboy said:

Nolan wants a vamp past her twilight very Grizabella the Glamour Cat, maybe she record a cover memory.

This has got to be a joke. Didn't Nolan say he wasn't going to use Catwoman in his Batman films?

uPtoWnNY said:

if the studio told him to

I highly doubt this will happen.

And aren't they the ones who reported Russel T. Davies would have liked Amy Winehouse to be Doctor Who? When hell freezes over, perhaps.

And Halle Berry? She doesn't even count. Her Catwoman was an abomination of the character and shouldn't even be mentioned in this article.

I'm lobbying for Betty White as Poison Ivy. Hot!

Oh, and Mickey Rooney as a mouthy hotshot punk with a heart of gold named Robin. That'll put the asses in the theater seats like nobody's business!

Efan said:

Cher will get the gays there.

She'll be one of those old bony cats you don't really want to pet.

In all seriousness, I wonder if Cher even has any idea this is going on. I've seen some cases where it's obvious that the actor him- or herself put out the press release just to get some buzz going so s/he could say they were considering a part but turned it down. Weird stuff like that goes on all the time. But in this case, I doubt Cher has anything to do with it. I think the Telegraph is just enjoying having a goof.

It's complete bullshit.

There isn't even a "Batman 3" yet. Nolan hasn't started writing it and has no villains.

Maybe it'll be a musical and she can do a cover of PRINCE'S 9 Lives.....