David Goyer says he knows the theme for 'Batman 3'

because Harvey Dent locked up the mob, it leaves a spot for others to come in and take control of Gotham. I'm thinking the Irish mafia led by the riddler (red hair and wears green, think about it).

let me start off by each known batman villan, the madhatter or riddler = johnny depp, mr. freeze = Daniel Day-Lewis, the penguin = jack black,

as long as david goyer has a hand in writing only it will be a great sequel with chris nolan and bale attached to it. david goyer is the butcher.. he butchered the blade series with the final booty fart fest including the nighting gale stalkers (lol) and then made a piece of cow pee and dooky such as the invisible. i hope he realizes that maybe he is just a better writer than a director. he can get better but leave your paws off of franchises and start your own.

Nolan has already said that he didn't think he would be able to do a realistic Penguin and Catwoman.....I think that was his way of saying that he didn't want to.......I think the best villians in the Batman Universe to use would be The Riddler, Bane, Poison Ivy, Firefly, Mad Hatter, Ventriloquist and Mr. Scarface...or some of the more unknown charecters. The first 3 would be the best to carry a film. Take the Riddler, get rid of the goofy green question mark spandex and just make him a computer hacker would be great. Maybe have a relative unknown play him like Chris Hardwick. Bane could be a merc trying to take out the Batman played by Nathan Jones. Poison Ivy would be just your typical eco-terrorist. They really need to wrap this film up with a third one though. I think if the series goes on to a forth we are going to see the same disaster that happened in the 90's. Also, I don't see how they would replace Ledger but I do really want to see Harley Quinn so if they do replace him, James Franco is the only guy I can think of who has a chance of doing it.

"We want a Batman 3"

Not true, i couldn't care less.

Now you're up on TV with this piece of promotional garbage, as if a potential next Batman movie is one of the four most important things we should worry about right now.

It's gonna be really hard to top Heath Ledger, I'd say end on a high note and leave it be.

IF they are going to base the movie around Batman vs another villain it should be CATWOMAN! His "love interest" died in this last movie and if there is another villain that comes psycologically close to Batman in a way that the Joker did but is easy to distinguish, it's her! But ditch the Catwoman seen in the Catwoman movie- that movie SUCKED.

I think the next character should be a thinker and sinical person. Johnny Depp would be great, of course I have to admit its hard to determine who can act what. Afterall I had no idea Ledger could act like he acted.

I think adding an insane guy too much like the joker will be a bit of a bad idea buty still create a character that has... issues...just different issues.

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I'd like to see the next batman villain go where the other batman movies have not gone yet. Do something completely unexpected like 'clay face' perhaps.

How is this a non-story? Isn't entertainment important too? It's nice to see that comics have risen to this level of importance.
Batman Vs Joker and even Batman Vs Superman are classic stories- comic books become like mythology, told in different ways by different people with values and questions that humans still ponder. Some comic books and movies are just as important as the classic literature we study in school, they bring fundamental pieces of humanity to light and inspire us.

i want to see robin introduced in the third movie and i was thinking the penguin would be a good villain

I think an Arkham escape is a great idea! We know the Joker and scarecrow are still alive. And we can assume Two-Face was whisked off to Arkham. Thats three villians right there. Then add Harley Quinn helping the Joker hide / cause chaos.
Also, we can introduce batgirl. Since Barbara Gordon was shown in Dark Knight (as a little girl).

I am revising what I earlier said after seeing all the great ideas! former followers of the Joker calling themselves Bane and the Riddle!

I think predation would be a good theme for the next film. Its hard to imagine a darker place the series could go form here so it must be dramatic. Perhaps examine the relationship of villian and hero, criminal and victim. The joker was an anarchoterrorist, the next villain should be a predator. Should be someone feral even, like a catwoman or perhaps an arsonist like dragonfly.

I also think that a batman vs. superman could be in the works. Also why not introduce a new hero in the storyline briefly, a marvelesque spin for a Justice League film. Perhaps a Black Canary? I like the idea of an expectant double cross. Her charachter was a mob inflitrator, and in many ways was the reverse of batman, an overt hero who worked without a mask, with the apearance of a villain, and who used the apearance of weakness to lull her oponents into a false sense of security, fought them with overconfidence rather than fear. I think that could be an interesting counterpoint and I think that her charachter would be more befitting a down to earth Justice Leage that could be set in the Nolan universe.

we need the penguin!!!!!

hey this may be a non story, but the world is depressing as it is. It's just good fun when people can pause for a minute and come together to enjoy a film or any kind of entertainment, and this movie did that for a lot of people, I know I loved it, and i'm not even much of a batman fan.

And another non story makes it to Current TV.

I saw The Dark Knight today and I can give a pretty good guess at what's going to happen in the next one.

Great Movie Though!

How about Batman vs. Al-Queda?

Nice one NaCl, exactly what I was thinking. Bane, the man that broke batman's back.

Bane

I have one word.....BANE.

They tried to pass him off as a second rate cronnie in a previous batman movie but in the cartoon he was one of batman's most formidable foes. Him and killer croc and the joker were the only ones tough enough and skilled enough to go head-to-head with the bat...

They could set it up as they whole city is against batman, and some of the police and the mobs join forces to call in a specialist from overseas...then bring in bane...

Im still trying to find a way to work in killer croc though...

The Penguin played by Philip Seymour Hoffman and a vengeful adherent to the now deceased Joker, who calls himself the Riddle seeking to finish his boss' work. But definetly not played by Jim Carrey.

but didn't Harvey Dent die at the end of the second one?

I've heard a lot of calls for Harley Quinn - calls I joyously second - but introducing Harley without the Joker makes little to no sense, and the last thing I want to see is a half-assed Joker after Heath's performance.

I definitely want Catwoman, and the Riddler. And not Jim Carey this time.

Now that they have introduced Harvey Dent, Two Face has to be in the next one.

At the end of The Dark Knight. Batman must be a symbol of corrupted power, even though the absolute opposite is true.

The third could be about misrepresentation. A leader must step in to lead the "Bat Hunt". They would discover his identity, and use it to manipulate him, into strengthening the case that Batman is a bad guy. Allowing the true criminal to run Gotham as their own private playground.

I see the riddler and Mr. freeze or even Penguin.

The logo was similar but quite different. It was in the opening scene of I Am Legend where he's hunting the virus ridden deers.

I think Ledger's performance opens the door to whatever actor they could imagine. Saw Dark Knight in Imax in Orlando over the weekend, I'm still mezmerized, going to see it again after work..

Tom Hanks.

I only say him because he looks slightly similar and I want to see Tom be a baddy.

I think we need Johnny Depp as the Riddler! Who else could follow Ledger?

Add another villain in the mix to keep it interesting!

I was thinking fem fatale.

Trio:
Harley Quinn
Poison Ivy
Catwoman

Three women who come into town as a team that all fall for Bruce Wayne and he gets pulled into their cat and mouse game while fighting off their jealous and innate womanly motives.

With one turning to the side of good...of course...mere seconds before the destruction of Batman because a few choice words from him.