Batman 3

• Quint

  

  I haven't seen any threads on this. . .
  
  Official Title: The Dark Knight Rises
  
  Villain Rumor: Tom Hardy (Inception, Bronson) will be playing Hugo Strange
  
  http://screenrant.com/tom-hardy-hugo-strange-batman-dark-knight-rises-kofi-88427/
  

  The version of Strange you’re most likely to see onscreen is the one where the character is a prominent (or celebrity) psychologist with mob ties. In the famous Batman storyline “Prey”, Hugo Strange is tapped by the Gotham P.D. to work up a profile on the Batman, in order to help the police catch the vigilante. Strange is said to have been raised in “Hell’s Crucible,” a tough Gotham neighborhood not far from “Crime Alley,” that infamous site where Bruce Wayne’s parents were murdered. While brilliant, Strange is also violent and unstable – in one version of his origin he was suspended from his tenure at Gotham State University for conducting bizarre experiments that transformed people into mindless, destructive (and deformed) brutes.
  
  Strange becomes increasingly obsessed with discovering who Batman is, and eventually with actually becoming Batman himself (which he eventually does, doing some terrible things in Batman’s name). The twisted villain eventually deduces through his psyche examinations that Bruce Wayne is likely Batman, and uses that knowledge to turn the police against the vigilante and lure Batman to his doom.

  
  Tom Hardy in "Inception": http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4870020/inception_dream_a_little_bigger_clip/
  
  
  Tom Hardy in "Bronson":
  
  
  Hugo Strange:
  
• derek bomar

  

  so no riddler eh? damn
• Fab4Runner

  

  Sounds phenom. I am glad they aren't using a villain that's already been done. That's one of the things I loved about Batman Begins.
• Fab4Runner

  

  Oh and...
  
  
  
  
  Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Wow, if that is the villain, that is awesome.
  I'm all for moving away from the typical Riddler, Penguin, Freeze, etc. characters as they seem too cartoonish.
  I've always liked the darker Batman stories, and the Joker really plays into that, which is why I loved the last one.
  
  But, Hugo Strange could be awesome if combined with the dark tone of the first two movies. It would be a great transition from the end of the Dark Knight.
• FatHobbit

  

  ptown_trojans_1;565447 wrote:I've always liked the darker Batman stories, and the Joker really plays into that, which is why I loved the last one.

  It didn't hurt that Heath Ledger did an amazing job with that character. When i heard they were having the joker again, I thought it was a horrible idea because Jack did it so well. I didn't think anybody could outshine him. Boy was I wrong.
• like_that

  

  I think its a great choice as well. I think Tom Hardy can pull it off too. Other great choices imo could have been Harley Quinn, the Black Mask, the Mad Hatter, or Mr. Zsasz.
• raiderbuck

  Just get rid of that stupid Batman raspy voice. It was tolerable in the first movie, completely ridiculous in Dark Knight
• j_crazy

  

  raiderbuck;565475 wrote:Just get rid of that stupid Batman raspy voice. It was tolerable in the first movie, completely ridiculous in Dark Knight

  
  agreed. but i get it.
  
  any suppsed release date.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  raiderbuck;565475 wrote:Just get rid of that stupid Batman raspy voice. It was tolerable in the first movie, completely ridiculous in Dark Knight

  
  Why don't people realize that the reason Batman has the "raspy" voice is so that no one can pickup on his voice. If Batman talked normal, ala Bruce Wayne, then people would start to piece the puzzle together that Bruce Wayne IS Batman.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  Idk... I just don't see how anything can even come CLOSE to topping Dark Knight. Ledger's performance was so brilliant that anything else will simply fall short. As for the character, Hugo Strange, I like the idea, I just don't see it living up the the bar that Dark Knight set.
• Emmett Brown

  

  j_crazy;565535 wrote:agreed. but i get it.
  
  any suppsed release date.

  
  July 20th 2012.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  like_that;565457 wrote:I think its a great choice as well. I think Tom Hardy can pull it off too. Other great choices imo could have been Harley Quinn, the Black Mask, the Mad Hatter, or Mr. Zsasz.

  
  Mad Hatter is too close to the joker as in Quinn imo. Joker was who I was hoping for, but a joker more in the mold from Saw as opposed to Jim Carey. SMH at Batman Forver/Batman & Robin.
• justincredible

  

  Zsasz had a brief appearance in Batman Begins. I am surprised he hasn't reappeared.
• krambman

  

  Calling this Batman 3 is a bit of a misnomer since this is really the seventh Batman movie. Although I understand that this is the third film in this Batman saga.
• Fab4Runner

  

  Commander of Awesome;565643 wrote:Mad Hatter is too close to the joker as in Quinn imo. Joker was who I was hoping for, but a joker more in the mold from Saw as opposed to Jim Carey. SMH at Batman Forver/Batman & Robin.

  
  You mean the Riddler, correct?
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Fab4Runner;565662 wrote:You mean the Riddler, correct?

  
  Yes I meant the Riddler. Good catch.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  krambman;565660 wrote:Calling this Batman 3 is a bit of a misnomer since this is really the seventh Batman movie. Although I understand that this is the third film in this Batman saga.

  
  Not really. The first two have been so great that to even draw reference to the others would be a disgrace.
• j_crazy

  

  justincredible;565653 wrote:Zsasz had a brief appearance in Batman Begins. I am surprised he hasn't reappeared.

  
  
  i think the scarecrow is going to be a big time player down the road, he's been in the first 2 and i think they are building up to him being a bigtime villain.
• justincredible

  

  j_crazy;565942 wrote:i think the scarecrow is going to be a big time player down the road, he's been in the first 2 and i think they are building up to him being a bigtime villain.

  
  Is this not going to be the last one? Not that I'd be upset if it wasn't, I just assumed there would be only three.
• McFly1955

  

  Early rumors I heard were Crispin Glover (George McFly) as "The Riddler"....This was over a year ago and doesn't seem to be circulating any more.
  
  
  I'm biased being a huge Back to the Future fan, but I think Glover as the Riddler would be very good....Likely not Ledger as the Joker good, but close.
• Quint

  

  justincredible;565948 wrote:Is this not going to be the last one? Not that I'd be upset if it wasn't, I just assumed there would be only three.

  
  Nolan said this will be the last one he will work on. . . but it will make another billion I'm sure. There is no way studios won't try to continue to capitalize off Batman. There are even rumors of a TV show. They'll probably just reboot the franchise like they are doing with Spiderman.
• Trueblue23

  

  Hugo Strange fits perfectly with how the story has set itself up so far.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  "The Dark Knight Rises"
• Go4alOngbOmB

  

  Thx captain obvious.....We saw that in the 1st post.
  
  I cant believe the Riddler wont make an appearance, I have a feeling he will be a bad guy in th e3rd dark knight installment, Movies seem to be made in 3's these days. Kinda like 2 face in this past one.....keep the story moving.
  
  Honestly The Dark Knight may be the best Batman movie ever, this coming from a guy who doesnt follow the comic book oe anything! just a casual fan.