The Batman Sequel poll

I'll start with the villains. Here's a list of the rumoured villains for the sequel: The Joker, Salvatore 'Boss' Maroni, The Penguin, Roman Sionis/The Black Mask, and Mr. Earle (from Begins). What do you think of this cast of villains?

Here's the direction The Joker will go in: "The Joker. I won't spoil things for you but those expecting an exact translation of [the character] from the comics, in terms of costume, you will be disappointed. However, let may say that this Joker will be the 'The Joker;' the way character is written is very faithful to [how] he is in the comics and I can see why WB is not interested in actors like Crispin Glover or Johnny Depp. Let me clarify what I said about The Joker's appearance. As far as his physical appearance goes, it seems pretty faithful to the comics - although it's never really explained why he will look the way he does. So no make up or permanent smiles on his face. As far as his costume, by 'exact translation' I mean the kind of translation that has been seen in 'The Animated Series' or Burton's 'Batman.' I never said anything saying that we might not see The Joker in purple at some point. The Joker will be the central villain, although he isn't directly connected to the other 'villain plots'. He won't be zany and clowny but rather, in keeping with the tone of director Chris Nolan's films, will be dark and frightening with a broad smile under his wide-brimmed hat. Don’t expect a “Nicholson-ized” Joker -- not in terms of how The Joker looks, acts, or is motivation. This will be something totally different, but true to the spirit of the character. His white skin will be natural (read: he doesn't wear white make-up), while the rest of his “Joker look” necessarily may not. The look of The Joker's smile, may be a nod to 'Gwynplaine' and the 1928 film THE MAN WHO LAUGHS". What do you think of this direction of the character?

Roman Sionis is a villains who's face is perminantly warped by a black mask; hence the name, Black Mask. Here's his role in the sequel:“Another will be an industrial heir not unlike Bruce Wayne - in fact it could be said that he is a dark mirror of Bruce. Over the course of the story, he will be forced to present a new 'face'. Linus Roache is most certainly back seeing as how there may be some flashbacks showing Thomas Waynes' ties to 'Ambiguous Mob Boss,' and a scene showing the relationship The Waynes' had with the late parents of 'The heir'. 'The heir,' will be more a villain to Wayne himself than Batman - causing a rather interesting sitiuation where Bruce will find all his identities under assult". What do you think of this?

The Penguin will be in this film, but he wont be a sewer mutant; he'll be a British Arms Dealer in a small, cameo role. What do you think?

Salvatore 'Boss' Maroni will be an ambiguous mob boss with ties to Thomas Wayne, and will taking over Falcone's territory from the first movie. What do you think?

Mr. Earle will be feeling bitter about Bruce Wayne firing him (from Begins), so he'll go to Cobblepot for his revenge on Mr. Wayne. What do you think?

Rachel Dawes is most likely going to get killed in the sequel(s). Out of the two rumour possibilities, who should kill her?

If Rachel does get killed, what leading lady should take her place?

Katie Holmes may not return, and a fan favorite for her replacement is Jennifer Connelly. What do you want?

Out of the leading candidates for the role of The Joker, who should play him?

Karl Urban (DOOM) is rumoured for Black Mask. What do you think?

Out of these candidates for The Penguin, who should play him?

Hoskins is also rumoured for 'Boss' Maroni. What do you think?

Out of these candidates for Harvey Dent/Two-Face, who's the best person for the role?

Now for the storyline of the second movie:"As for the villains' plot, the mob boss and the heir get involved with a major arms deal with the 'British Guy,' while Batman and his allies attempt to foil it. [As a result,] they uncover more of the corruption plaguing Gotham. Unfortunately for both sides, nobody knew there was a Joker in the deck who complicates matters. There is a small subplot about Wayne trying to help fund the clean up and rebuild The Narrows -- particularly [one] involving a massive tenement complex that will be the setting of perhaps the most spectacular action sequence in the film. In BEGINS, the theme was 'fear;' in The Sequel, it may be 'duality'". What do you think?

Now for the storyline of the third movie:"The next one would have Batman enlisting the aid of Gordon and Dent in bringing down The Joker...but not killing him, which is a mistake they made in the first one. In the third, the Joker would go on trial, scarring Dent in the process, and eventually turning him into Two-Face". What do you think?

Here's Christopher Nolan on his Batman trilogy and the direction it will go in:"Yet the immediate response to Batman's standing up for what's good is a proportional escalation of evil, and that's not philosophical—it's not that it will always be that way—it's about how bad things have to get before things become good. Batman is positive, but I believe that, in the first couple of years, he's going to find an increasingly negative response from society, because the truth is that, when you have a powerful, negative city like Gotham, it didn't become corrupt by accident, and those entrenched people are going to respond very vigorously". What do you think?

Christopher Nolan's brother, Jonathan Nolan (Memento), is writing the second movie's script. What do you think?

The first sequel is said to be a hell of a lot darker than Batman Begins (not in the sense of being more gothic and bizzare). What do you think of this?

Christopher Nolan is reading many Batman comics to try and get his next two Batman films as faithful to the source material as possible. What does this mean for you?