Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Why so serious?

Is it just me, or does 2012 have an awesome lineup of movie releases?

I recently posted on Christopher Nolan’s choice of Anne Hathaway to play Catwoman in the 2012 release of “The Dark Knight Rises.”   While an interesting selection, it remains to be seen if she’s capable of such a dark role, and being a worthy follow-up to Heath Ledger’s Oscar-winning Joker.

It may not matter how good or bad Hathaway is because today Deadline posted that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in talks to reunite with Nolan. Nolan directed JGL in “Inception” alongside Tom Hardy, who will portray Bane in the upcoming Batman flick.

In “Inception,” I thought JGL really stole the movie, especially in the rotating hotel hallway fight scene, so I’m pretty pleased with the prospect of him joining the Batman cast.  Which character he’s set to play remains a mystery, but in my opinion, he would make an excellent Riddler.  And though it may seem blasphemous to have him replace Ledger as the Joker, JGL does have an uncanny resemblance to the late actor.