It would be awesome if Aaron Eckhart came back as Two Face, since his performance was seriously underrated in the dark knight, but Nolan considers Two Face dead.

They need another movie like Batman Begins, where they portray villains who have never really been put on the big screen. In Batman Begins, it was scarecrow and Rha’s Al Ghul.

brittany murphey would have to be harley quinn, she just fits everything. watch this for proof

http://justpressplay.net/movies/movie-news/4882-todays-short-qjoker-a-harley-quinn-circlesq.html

Brittany Murphy would be my choice for Harley Quinn, not just for her looks but her voice. She had the right kind of sound in Sin City.

Second: No going back to the well. That means no Talia, no Harley, no Ra’s, and Harvey stays dead. The one exception: Cillian Murphy’s Scarecrow has become a constant in the series, and I like that trend, but if he were to return in the third he can’t be a major player.

Third: No sidekicks. No Robin, no Batgirl, no Nightwing, no Spoiler.

Here’s what I’d like to see happen: a thematic inverse to The Dark Knight. The Dark Knight was about a guy who everyone hoped (Batman included) would remove the need for Batman at all in Gotham, and instead became a criminal Batman needed to take down. Harvey lived long enough to see himself become a villain. So the next one should be the opposite: someone who sets out to be a criminal but is forced through circumstances to become a hero.

So clearly we’re talking Catwoman here. I’d be on board with Rachel Weisz as Catwoman, but I don’t think she’s the only choice. Some other actors I think could handle it: Julia Stile, Mena Suvari (don’t laugh–both of them are solid actors in need of a break-out role). There must be others, but I can’t think of any off the top of my head.

Other potential villain casting I’d be on board with:

The Riddler: Hugh Laurie would be great, as would Edward Norton. William H. Macy and John Turturro come to mind as well. John McGinley would be interesting. But please no Johnny Depp–we’ve already had two Tim Burton Batman films.

The Penguin: I’m totally on board with the aforementioned ideas of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Hoskins or Geoffrey Rush. Let’s add John C. Reilly as a possibility as well.

The Mad Hatter: I doubt Tim Blake Nelson would want to take a role in another superhero flick after doing the Incredible Hulk, but I think he’d make a great Jervis Tetch. So would Dustin Hoffman.

So those are my thoughts.

Oh, and eaglesfillthesky? Maggie Gyllenhall is hot as hell–brains are sexy.

Also I think it’s obvious that Ra’s is going to come back in the third instalment. Throw in Catwoman and Talia and you have a nice little love triangle.

Also with having the Joker and Two-Face, Nolan has opened the door for more villian’s to come along. Before TDK I couldn’t really how it was going to stay with it’s gritty roots but of course they pulled it off.

There was a poster above that said the Penguin would have to be a crime lord. I agree, but stay away from his fish like persona. The penguin is so weak that he would have to have some kind of Mutated bodyguard, enter THE KILLER CROC!

Either way I cannot wait for the third instalment.

How about Sossamon as Talia Al Ghul?? :/

Oh and GEOFFREY RUSH as the Penguin all the way!!!

Besides, there’s plenty of good choices out there that are better than Harley. First and foremost: Talia Al Ghul. I still picture Catherine Zeta Jones in that role, age be damned (she still looks awesome). I’d like to see Talia introduced, and Ra’s revived by a Lazarus pit.

Catwoman’s an obvious choice, and Rachel Weisz would be as good a choice as anyone. Hush, Black Mask, and Hugo Strange would all be good choices. I’d be interested in seeing how Nolan might approach either Killer Croc or Bane, but I’m not sure if he’d be interested in either of those villains. Penguin would work too, but only if he’s made to be a ruthless crime lord, and not some goofy quacking caricature (or worse still, the half-man, half-animal freakshow that Danny Devito and Tim Burton went for).

I certainly wouldn’t mind if Two-Face ended up actually surviving his fall at the end of TDK (Not happening, I know).

Oh, and Sarah… I have to take exception with your opening line: “Now that Heath Ledger’s posthumous award has shown once and for all that superhero movies are as worthy as any other films of the best talent out there…” Seems to me that Batman Begins proved that already. Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and Liam Neeson. What more could a movie need? Ledger’s performance (and Oscar win) just proved what all of us geeks already knew.

If there not going to replace Ledger,Harley could be intoduced in the movie as someone copycating The Joker like Batman had copycats.Harley also works real well with Poison Ivy.

Poison Ivy,Scarlett J maybe,she’s a soild actress.Can;t really think of anyone off hand.

Zooey Deschanel,Shannyn Sossamon,Michelle Williams for Harley?

Weisz for Catwoman,she does have a sexy look and is a good actress.

I like the earlier rumors of Depp as the Riddler and PS Hoffman as penguin.

Bob Hoskins works for the Penguin to.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Dick Grayson.

Maybe Anthony Hopkins would work better as Hugo Strange?

The 1# thing is to make sure they can act.

Weisz would be awesome as Catwoman.

Michelle Williams = Harley Quinn

James Van Der Beek = The Riddler.

Okay, I was joking about the last one but completely serious about Michelle Williams as Harley Quinn.

ok, number one, rachel weisz is pretty, period.

second, maggie gyllenhaal is “pretty but not in a conventional way”, if by “pretty but not in a conventional way” you mean ugly.