6. Alberto Falcone a.k.a Holiday
Perhaps one of the most dramatically brilliant Batman villains of recent years, Alberto Falcone is, perhaps obviously, the son of Gothams primo crime lord Carmine Falcone, who was featured heavily in Batman Begins (played by
Tom Wilkinson). Now I dont want to include too many comic book spoilers here, so lets just say that Alberto Falcone was responsible for leading Batman on potentially the longest investigation of his entire career in Jeph Loebs The Long Halloween graphic novel: a vast murder inquiry that lasted a whole year. Unassuming, intelligent and oddly polite, Alberto Falcone is, according to Nolans own prescribed continuity, already set up, if not quite established. A few quick flashbacks could easily address that though; Alberto is never mentioned in the Dark Knight franchise, but his
father is, quite intrinsically in fact. It wouldnt be much of a stretch to say that Carmine Falcone had a son who was left essentially fatherless after the events in Batman Begins. And with that stage set, I can totally imagine a Batman movie with Alberto Falcone as the primary antagonist. Itd be a different movie from Nolans sure; one centred more heavily on Batmans detection skills as opposed to his combat prowess. But then you could still preserve Nolans continuity by posing that John Blake is now Batman. And isnt it oddly fitting; that Bruce Wayne dealt with the father while Bruce Waynes protégé deals with the son?