10. Christian Bale?
Time and again Bale has suggested that if Nolan vacates the directors chair, he too will pass the suit on to someone new. Well Nolan has been confirmed by Warner Bros. to be involved in a Batman reboot in some kind of producer role, nothing is stopping Bale from wearing the suit once again. Of course at this point its unclear what will be Batmans position come the end of The Dark Knight Rises, a reboot may be a requirement to continue the story. With wildly unsubstantiated guesswork suggesting Batman may have given everything by the end of the film, only a Sigourney Weaver-style resurrection between a third and fourth film in a series may allow the story to continue. As Rob
reported a few weeks back, Bale said:
If Chris came to me with a script and said, You know what? There is another story, then I would love the challenge of making a fourth one work.
Well Chris is involved (as producer), maybe Bale will be too. Johnny Depp was involved in Pirates 4 despite the change of director; its amazing how piles of money can influence peoples decision-making process. Granted its unlikely, but not impossible. The Guardians
film blog recently posed an alternative theory already proposed on
this website at the beginning of May regarding Joseph Gordon-Levitts role and the part his character might play in future film. Gordon-Levitt, a new addition the Bat-verse, will play police officer John Blake in The Dark Knight Rises. The Guardian theorises (again, highly speculatively) that Gordon-Levitt is being set up to take over caped crusader duties once Bale leaves for pastures new. Seems unlikely, but all in good fun. In a few weeks, once the film is release therell be a whole bunch of new things to speculate, looking forward to it. A few quick considerations that didnt make the cut; Ryan Reynolds (had his fill of superhero opportunities), Jason Statham (too hard), Matt Damon (a little sensitive), Gerard Butler (please), Mark Wahlberg (too simple), Aaron Johnson (too wet), Robert Pattinson (almost made it, a little weedy), Sgt. Slaughter (his chin would just look ridiculous in that cowl) and Alan Partridge (turns out his proclamation he is indeed Batman was unsubstantiated).