I am expecting a full circle. Ra’s Ah Ghul, the Lazarus Pit, and Talia.

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I’d like to see Talia and agree that this would be a great way to round off the trilogy. Catwoman is nice and all, but my thinking is that Chris Nolan may see her as more of a means of derailing his legacy, in that the Catwoman character seems to have a kind of inherent whimsy that his trilogy decidedly and deliberately omits.

If he does take on a Vicki Vale archetype, then it would help if she were a more intense near-antagonist rather than a love interest for the time being. She needs to be opportunistic and cunning.

Speaking of females, I DEMAND to see more of Detective Renee Montoya. She was one of my favorite characters in The Dark Knight and I believe added a really great layer on the police side of things.

This may be a bit on the fringe, but I would also like to see a Gotham City Police Department spin-off, with Batman playing a peripheral role.

Out of that list, Rachel Weisz and Anne Hathaway are best actresses for the roles.

@IronChef

Montoya was not in TDK. You must be thinking of Ramirez.

Gotta go with Talia.

Talia and Catwoman would be insanely awesome. Catwoman would be an interesting choice as a partner to Batman since Nolan won’t be introducing Robin.

I thought I heard a rumor Nolan was casting for Julie Madison. Anyone else hear that?

I heard about the Julie Madison rumor. Also heard Charlize Theron was up for Sarah Essen.

If they’re casting for Talia, I think Hathaway would be great to cast for that role. She’s more recognizable for her bubblegum/romantic comedy roles than she is for her darker roles and I think her playing Talia would be awesome.

Also, if Talia is going to be in the movie, I predict a twist as with the first with Liam’s Ras (i.e. Henri Ducard). Talia will be going under another name from someone in the Bat-mythos.

In either case, I’m actually impressed with all those actresses (with the exception of Lively–she shouldn’t be playing anything else in the DCU movies but the role she’s already in).

…though I could see her pulling a cameo as Carol Ferris attending a WayneTech function or helping Fox for some reason.

I agree with Cesar with the first part. But a love triangle would be interesting. Wouldn’t it be an interesting plot point to have Selina as a cat burglar but not as Catwoman yet, once stopped by The Batman she becomes obsessed and creates her own totem-esque mantle in conjunction with Batman’s. Toying with him in a seemingly neutral way like a cat would a mouse because she likes the game…of the thrill of the heist, the chase, him. Could be interesting.
Bruce falls for Talia, although he doesn’t realize her threat to The Batman. While he dislikes Selina for being the thing he’s trying to stop, and maybe it’ll be Catwoman, Selina’s other self, that saves his butt. Giving Batman a nice dose of gray to his black and white. Maybe ends with Catwoman saving Talia, “sacrificing” herself in some scenario where we’re left to speculate whether Talia or Selina survived with some clue that they or one may be alive. Nodding to the al Ghul key to immortality and Selina’s “9 lives” schtick, but not actually portraying anything mystical like the first. And also expanding the mythos of this take on Batman, even if left open in that aspect as something that won’t be continued, being that it’s the last film. By Nolan that is say.

filming takes place in new orleans…my first thought for the villain was someone like solomon grundy …but then when i saw the pictures of blake lively and naomi watts i thought they would be amazing as silver st cloud…and a great villain would be hugo strange…the 70s silver/hugo story was a classic version of the batman impersonation tale, and would be a fitting end for the character arc in the trilogy….or maybe it is catwoman and talia : )

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Catwoman’s been done. Talia Al Ghul and the return of Ra’s. Perfect way to round out the trilogy.

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Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, please. And Talia too. I couldn’t care less about Vicki Vale.

No Vicky please, unless she is something more than a journalist just caring about her ‘story’
Keira knightley in any role!

Talia please!

No Vicky or Catwoman thank you. I heard Hush or Clayface (the first one) are possible roles for Tom Hardy, would be nice to see either of those.

As for the other female role – Harley Quinn?

I´m pretty sure it´s gonna be Talia Al Ghul and Julie Madison,or Selina Kyle.
I want Talia,she HAs to be in this movie!
Crossing the fingers here!

I think maybe a Barbara Gordon role could fit in well. I think Chris Nolan could find a sharp way of getting her to the Oracle role while skipping the Batgirl-shot-by-the-Joker step.

I think the Talia move is good though, to bring it back to BB. Catwoman is a no-go, almost too kitschy for Nolan’s batworld. We all know one thing for sure though: this movie will be !@##$@!# awesome.

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Those actresses have my dark knight rising! Hi-yo!

Seriously – Talia would be freakin awesome.

@IronChef

I’m sure the intent was probably to use Montoya instead, but since the character in the movie was morally conflicted (I wouldn’t call her a “crooked cop”), WB/DC probably wanted to make it a different character.

I agree that she was a great character and the next movie would be a good place to redeem her.

I am going to say that we’ll meet Dr. Quinzell… She’ll have been working with Joker in Arkham (we’ll see him from behind) or on ‘recording’. He’ll set her down a path of psychosis that brings out Harley Quinn. I think, however, this will be like Scarcrow was in the last two… barely more than a cameo to set her up if they decide to do a fourth film…

Talia Al Ghul will be the other character. We’ll be led to believe that she is a new love interest for Bruce, but she is actually working to revenge her father’s death. They may use Silver St. Cloud or Vicki Vale as a cover for Talia, but reveal later that she is actually Talia…

I think he’ll use Talia to wrap up the story from the BB and setup Harley to be the role he intended for Joker (anarchy that runs through the main plot causing random chaos)…

Mr. Hardy will play a mobster and will be the one that kills Grayson’s parents toward the end of the film. I figure that Chris will end his trilogy with having Bruce take in Grayson as a ward. That way he burdens the next writer with Robin, but doesn’t have to have to deal with him.

What makes the new Batman movies so great is how they were able to take b list villians and turn them to a list, with the exception of the Joker, because he was always a list. Based on what the two movies have shown us so far, Talia would make sense so she could try and get revenge on what happen to her father, but I think the other female shouldn’t be a love interest, it should be another adversary, another challenge to face for Batman, so why not have it be Harley Quinn, which would be a great sub for the Joker? Let’s not forget at the end of part two, Batman chooses to be chased, well it’s not just the good guys going after him, of course the bad ones will follow in pursuit.

I realize this will sound so far fetch, but I gotta throw it out there. We all know that DC is trying to get WonderWoman on the big screen, why not have her get her start in this last Batman movie? They wouldn’t have to show her as WonderWoman right away, but it could be done in a way to show how the Big Three were established? Now by saying that, that of course would include Superman, and I know they are making a new movie again about him, but it would be nice to see it start here, and they could continue it in the new Superman movie and if WonderWoman gets the green light.

It’s Catwoman. Why settle for copy cat femme fatales or generic Bond girls when you can have the archetype herself.

Catwoman all the way! I don’t care who is the other generic boring love interest. Did anyone really care about Rachel Dawes? I didn’t.
And of course they can make her gritty and compelling. She’s from the school of hard knocks and she can give Bruce a run for his money. The general public don’t know or really give a hoot about Talia or Julie Madison etc etc

Marion Cotillard for Catwoman. Nuff said.

I’d love to see a like father, like daughter approach, and a nod back to Ra’s trademark smoke and mirror tactics. I’d love to see Vicki Vale be a love interest for Bruce Wayne and a thorn in Batman’s side, on a crusade to expose his identity in the name of justice — only to reveal that Vicki Vale is actually Talia, out for revenge.