YOU CAST THE NEXT BATMAN

I was talking to a friend about what actors would make good villains for the next Batman movie and I thought, hey that would make a good blog topic. So here's who I think should be lined up to play what villains.









PHILLIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN as THE PENGUIN
The guy is kind of a below the radar actor, but is great and like Johnny Depp does a wide range of movies. He won an Oscar for Capote, and was an awesome villain in Mission Impossible 3, so I think he has enough credentials for the part.



DANIEL DAY-LEWIS as THE RIDDLER
Now this guy is another person who can play any role. He has been nominated for four Oscars and won two of them. After watching There Will Be Blood, I thought, man this guy has a real creepy/funny side which would be great for The Riddler.


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RACHEL MCADAMS as POISON IVY
I pick Adams simply because I love her in anything she is in, and would make a beautiful Poison Ivy. My only concern, would be that these are dark films and the villains have to be able to get into a dark mindset. So for back up I would pick Tilda Swinton who is the exact opposite of McAdams. She could get into the dark mindset with no problem and has recently won an Oscar. I would much rather look at McAdams for two hours though.



JOHN MALCOVICH as MR. FREEZE
He is a little old, but Mr. Freeze always looked a little old as well. Once again, Malcovich has been nominated for two Oscars, he already has the bald head going for him and has already played several creepy villains before.



ANNE HATHAWAY as CATWOMAN
We could throw around names all day for this role, Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson, Kate Beckinsale, Halle Berry etc. Just kidding on that last one. Anyway, I think Hathaway would be a good choice. She is beautiful, but not in the flashy kind like Jolie and Johansson. She wouldn't just be in a Catwoman suit, but she would be Selena Kyle in the movie which is a big storyline with Bruce Wayne and I don't think these films need the whole "sexy actress" like Iron Man and other comic franchises can pull off. Oh and once again, she too has been nominated for an Oscar.



JOHNNY DEPP as THE JOKER
It is tragic that Heath Ledger passed away, but you can't leave Batman's biggest nemesis out of the movies because the guy who played him (and did it amazingly) passed away. A lot of people want to see him as The Riddler, and I would be fine with that too, but why not just give him the part of The Joker. They could easily have him change up his appearance a little in Arkham or just recast him and not tie it in to the story and hope that viewers realize that it had to be done and accept it. We all know Depp is capable of playing the dark villian roles and or course has been nominated for three Oscars.

A few more villains I wouldn't mind seeing would be Killer Croc and Clayface. Christopher Nolan has said that he doesn't want to do villains like these and Mr. Freeze because they are too cartoonish. Eventually you have to give these characters another shot. People want to see Batman movies, and they aren't going to want to see the same old villains and/or mob boss stories over and over. Just because Joel Shumacher ruined his movies doesn't mean someone else will also. Plus, it's going around that Nolan may not be back so hopefully the next director will be a little more brave. But it has to be the right guy.


So who do you think could fit the parts?