ROTTEN TOMATOES: Anthony Michael Hall's The Dark Knight Role Revealed?

Anthony Michael Hall's The Dark Knight Role Revealed?

He'll always be Farmer Ted to us.

by Jeff Giles | August 22, 2007

Hey, it's been a couple of days -- why not do an item about possible Dark Knight spoilers? You know you want 'em, and IGN Movies -- reporting on a HollywoodChicago story -- has 'em!

Today's news relates to TDK casting; specifically, the role to be played by Anthony Michael Hall. The erstwhile Brat Packer, whose long descent into the direct-to-video subterranean ended with critically lauded appearances in the TV movie Pirates of Silicon Valley and the USA Network series The Dead Zone, announced his participation in The Dark Knight in the spring, but further details have been kept under wraps.

Until now. If you can't resist seeing another piece of The Dark Knight's puzzle, go on and click through to the link below -- but we warn you: Beyond this place lie spoilers. Whatever you do, be careful not to spill any beans here in the comments. Some of us still like being surprised when the lights go down in the theater.

Source: IGN Movies

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bigbrother writes:
on Aug 22 2007 06:24 AM

Sounds a lot like Eddie Brock in Spiderman, lets hope Nolan gives him the treatment Brock/Venom never got.

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TheIceGhost writes:
on Aug 22 2007 06:27 AM

Interesting... but I'm really starting to worry about all these villains entangled into this plot. One of these guys is bound to get the short-stick; and if this Hall rumor is true, I wouldn't be surprised if it was him.

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blank blank writes:
on Aug 22 2007 07:24 AM

ive tried to recap all the villains in the movie without being spoilerish, but i cant. i wouldnt be worried about overstuffing the movie with villians. begins had two major villains (scarecrow and ras) and was just fine. harvey dent probably wont be two face in this movie, they are saving him until the third one im sure. so that leaves the joker as a major villain for all of the movie. im not counting eric roberts or gamble or whoever as a major villain.

the real problem is that they have to stop spoiling us with all these spoilers. i dont have the will power to not click on them.

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BUCK69 writes:
on Aug 22 2007 08:47 AM

I don't have the will power either so I've read the spoiler. Without spoiling anything much, the character is described as an antagonist as opposed to a villain in the truest sense of the word.

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Merlin235 writes:
on Aug 22 2007 09:26 AM

I'm sure the movie will be fine. A villain doesn't have to be fully fleshed out to be in the movie. The only people who care are the fans of the comics. No one else gives a rip that we might not see ______ villain for a limited amount of time. I mean, Scarecrow got the Venom treatment in Begins, and people were fine with that. I bet he had the exact same amount of screen time as Eddie Brock, and Venom had more screentime than the actual Scarecrow. People will be fine with it, I'm sure.

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I Am Remote writes:
on Aug 22 2007 09:45 AM

Phew. man. My precious Riddler remains untouched.

I agree with Merlin. Look at the Spider-Man series. Other than GG, the villains pretty much suck for being "over explained". I'd take Nolan's scarecrow or ras over raimi's "i will not die a monster" ock or his "i'm not a bad person" sandman any day of the week.

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arendr writes:
on Aug 22 2007 09:55 AM

I accidentally started reading this spoiler yesterday but stopped before I got too far (hopefully). It's getting really difficult to read about this movie without seeing spoilers. Can we please respect the filmmakers a bit more and let them tell a good story?

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IMAmoose24 writes:
on Aug 22 2007 10:02 AM

Didn't read it. I have great willpower when it comes to spoilers.

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Gimy writes:
on Aug 22 2007 10:44 AM

just read...bale and routh will NOT be in the new JL movie. the characters will be recast. thank god...

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ZEZEtheX writes:
on Aug 22 2007 10:46 AM

Well that's lame.

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Merlin235 writes:
on Aug 22 2007 12:09 PM

In reply to this comment (#1063453)
That's too bad, that would have lent a lot of weight to the movie that will otherwise, probably, be lacking.

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ManofStee1 writes:
on Aug 22 2007 12:44 PM

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Where'd you hear this?

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Gimy writes:
on Aug 22 2007 12:45 PM

i'd rather have fresh guys do a COMPLETELY different thing with both characters. its not going to be a dark, SOMEWHAT realistic, movie like Begins and Dark Knight. its going to be a comic cornfest...like Fantastic Four. having Bale in the JL movie would have only worked if they had an Oceans 11 type of stellar cast...and i don't think that was going to happen. Bale's too good to be tied to that project...

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Lizard Brain writes:
on Aug 22 2007 04:42 PM

Here's the spoiler, Hall will be playing..."Crackhead Bob." Scary, yes...

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tiganofamily writes:
on Aug 26 2007 06:50 PM

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the cincinnati bengals suck ***, long live kimo von oelhoeffen for squashing carson palmer like a bug. You will never and i mean never win anything, your team sucks your uniforms are hideous, your coach is overrated, and your fans have the intelligence of a slug with down syndrome. and to think your team isn't even in my teams division, go pats!!!!

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