Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt going to be Batman in 2015?

So way back in September (I think) I posted about how it could be likely that Gordon-Levitt would take up the role of Nightwing if there were any films going to be made. Thinking about this though, it appears very unlikely that a Nightwing film would be made due to it being a pretty niche audience that would fully appreciate it. So it struck me, a new Batman is needed anyway.

Christian Bale made it quite clear that he did not want to participate in any form of a Justice League film, even before it was announced that it would be released in 2015. This poses the question, who is going to portray Batman in what will hopefully be one of the biggest films of the year as well as bringing DC superhero films up to their Marvel counterparts. 

Batman plays a huge role in the Justice League and if he wasn't joint-leader, along with Superman, he would be a very close second in command. So who do I here you ask will feel the role of Batman. Well anybody who has seen The Dark Knight Rises knows that it is hinted that JGL will take over the role of the caped crusader but this is also backed up by something Bruce Wayne says during the film. "The idea was to be a symbol. Batman could be anybody, that was the point." shows that the role of Batman definitely has the option and opportunity to be taken over. 

John Blake would have chance to train in the Bat-Cave where Bruce once trained in order to master his detective skills to be ready for when the world needs the heroes of the DC universe to come together to fight whatever evil it may bring!

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Possible Nightwing/Robin villians

So continuing on from my previous post about a potential Nightwing or Robin movie in the works, I was thinking who would be the main villain in this film or film series? In this post i have come up with a list of potential suspects who could fill the role and pull of another great movie.

The Scarecrow
A villain that had appeared in all of the Dark Knight trilogy. He has cemented himself as being a pain in the ass for Gotham city over the years. In theory he could have another massive attack on Gotham City or Bludhaven turning everyone insane from fear and ,lets just say Nightwing, swoops in, beats the crap out of him and saves the day by coming up with an antidote from using the old Batcave. Jonathan Crane is also a master of psychology as well as fear so that could play a major part in his fight against Nightwing, psychologically bullying him, forcing Night wing to make a mistake.

Black Mask
Roman Sinosis is a big time player in the comics as his alter ego Black Mask. This would be a more suitable choice if the writers and directors wanted to bring in a new villain for the new superhero to face. Black Mask doesn't have any special powers other than the fact that he is smart so by choosing him to be the main protagonist in the film would keep the realistic feel that the Dark Knight film had. The way that this could play out is that Black Mask could be running a major gang throughout Gotham or Bludhaven, controlling the crime underworld. As Nightwing steps in as he attempts to rid the city of crime, Black Mask could go on a personal vendetta against him in an attempt to regain his control of the underworld. Black Mask could kill a number of cops to try and draw out Nightwing ( Blake would feel personally involved since he was a police officer as well)

The Riddler
Edward Nigma would be a perfect villain for any Batman related film so he would provide a great role in any Nightwing film. His genius as well as his obsession of riddles would play the perfect mind game against Nightwing. Figuring out who Nightwing truely wasand he could target people close to him, taking the hostage. Whilst trying to fight the crime underworld Nightwing would have to be faced with attempting to save the people of who he cared about. There is a chance that The Riddler wouldn't be the villain simply because he is a well known enemy of Batman, not Nightwing. Introducing someone like The Riddler to a kind of new franchise may confuse people who are not much of a follower of the comic series or those who do not know much about Batman outside of the films. It is a lot more likely that the other two mentioned before hand would be the main villain in the film but a cameo from Edward wouldn't go a miss right?

Deathstroke
A brand new villain could enter the mix who hasn't got much to do with Batman as he does with Nightwing. A master assassin, Deathstroke is the most deadly man in the DC universe, even though he is blind in one eye. His costume could be rendered to have a more realistic feel to it as opposed to the morph-suit type thing that he wears in the comics. Deathstroke is also a known villain to Nightwing as well as the rest of the Teen Titans To enter his story into the film there could be a number of assassinations which Nightwing is investigating. Beating up people as he goes it is revealed to be Deathstroke (who you get glimpses of throughout the film)

Honourable Mentions

The Ventriloquist- Schizophrenic enemy controlled by his puppet Scarface. Probably not well known enough to play the main villain in the film. Maybe a cameo like Victor Zsasz had in Batman Begins might do though

Two Face- Obviously Harvey Dent died in Dark Knight but how cool would it be if Two face controlled the remains of Gotham after the events of The Dark Knight Rises. Maybe he would get a mention as well in the film like what Bane does in the latest Batman Movie.

Firefly-Not the most well known of villains compared to some of the ones that I have mentioned but still could be a very dangerous person for Nightwing to face. http://www.rapsheet.co.uk also report that Firefly is actually an employee of Black Mask so he may be involved as like a secondary support villain.


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What happened to the Riddler?

Before the final Christopher Nolan film of the trilogy was announced there were many speculations that The Riddler was going to play the main protagonist in the Dark Knight Rises. Mock up posters were made and posted all over the internet and rumours that Johnny Depp was going to be cast as the genius villain.  Don’t get me wrong Bane was an awesome villain to choose and his story interweaved brilliantly with the Batman begins but I can’t help but wonder that The Riddler would have been a more popular choice and someone that more people would know of. Think about it, in Batman and Robin Bane was just used as muscle for Poison Ivy and was introduced to the audience as an idiot. Don’t get me wrong, Tom Hardy and Christopher Nolan did an amazing job in bringing the Bane character to the big screen and portraying him as a smart, dangerous serial killer who also has a soft side with his love for Talia al Guhl.

Like I mentioned earlier Bane’s story, as well as the whole of the Dark Knight Rises film, is extremely well linked to Batman Begins with Bane being trained in the League of Shadows (the same place Bruce Wayne got his training) as well as Raz Al Guhl’s daughter Talia being bought in as well as a small bit from Liam Neeson himself reviving his role from the first film.  I just believe that the Riddler would provide more of an intellectual problem to Batman rather than a physical one. It would not have to be linked to any of the films beforehand such as The Dark Knight didn’t really have much of a link to Batman Begins (other than the joker card handed to Batman at the very end of the first film).

Obviously this will never happen now since Nolan as ended on an incredible high with the Dark Knight trilogy but perhaps it could happen in another potential film that all of us fans want. Maybe The Riddler could be bought into a potential Robin/Nightwing film  (As mentioned in an earlier post)

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Possible Robin/Nightwing Film?

So as the dark knight trilogy has finally come to a very sad end there was a hint of a possible robin or night wing film with Joseph Gordon-Levitt playing as the costumed hero? The first hint is when John Blake goes to the orphanage and gives the receptionist his real first name which is Robin. As the receptionist says that it is a really nice name it gives us fans a little twinge hoping for a new film to be in the works.

The second big hint is that at the end of the Dark Knight Rises, when Blake is given coordinates to the batcave as Bruce Wayne/Batman leaves Gotham city with Selina Kyle (Catwoman). There is no explanation within the film why he has gone there so potentially it is building up to a new film.

Blake's attitude towards crime and helping people, especially the boys in the orphanage (seen in the Dark Knight Rises), is very similar to Batman’s attitude, as well as the circumstances in which the two grew up (both with dead parents) which could show that he would want to carry on the legacy off the Dark Knight if Gotham needs it (which personally I hope they really do)

There are some sceptical people though who think that having a Nightwing film would be too much of a niche target audience as possibly only the hardcore comic fans would know about the story of Nightwing. I believe however that would all be explained if the film went into production.

If it does go into the works then the obvious person to be directing it would be Christopher Nolan. The man did an amazing job with the latest trilogy; far beyond the fun kind of film of Batman and Robin and Batman Forever whilst still maintain the dark edge of the Tim Burton films. We all know Nolan will deliver in making an incredible film if we hopeful fans are right.

So if this movie does happen who would you like to see as the main villain for Robin or Nightwing to thwart? Please comment below with your suggestion.

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