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I do not claim total credit for these ideas. Parts of some of them were presented long before I thought of them, either by other RT members or by the comics upon which Nolan's films are based. This is just something like what I would do if I had control over the film.
live">Protagonists: Bruce Wayne (the Batman) - Michael Keaton (just kidding - Christian Bale) - Still greiving the loss of Rachel Dawes and the fall of Gotham's White Knight, Wayne has to side-step Gordon's forces while still trying to counteract the criminals in his city as well as new menaces emerge to negate all of the work he has done. live"> live">Alfred Pennyworth (Butler) - Michael Caine - Bruce's conscientious support, Alfred fears that his master may be pushing himself too hard and that, in his endeavors to make sacrifices for the greater good, he is loosing his humanity and ultimately failing to produce the needed results. Lucius Fox live">(Chief Executive Officer of Wayne Enterpriseslive">) - Morgan Freeman live">- Fox, finally at peace with his bosses activities as a masked crimefighter, returns to Wayne Enterprises as CEO after the sonar spying device is destroyed and becomes more direct in the dealings of his employer. live">Commissioner James Gordon - Gary Oldman - The understated and incorruptible leader of the Gotham Police Department, Gordon begins to regret his decision to have Batman take the fall for Harvey Dent. He realizes that by having part of the police force's staffing constantly and pointlessly hunting The Dark Knight, he has significantly diluted his manpower. Finally, it seems as though Jim has managed to weed out the corrupt from his department. However, is his newly reestablished trust in his officers really warranted? live">Janice Porter (new District Attorney) - ? - Intelligent, direct, and ulive">napologetically feminist, Gotham's latest DA is pressured to incriminate the Batman for recent strange crimes occurring in the city. Inexperienced but enthusiastic, Janice frequently uses her sexuality to her benefit. Mayor Anthony Garcia - Nestor Carbonell - Unsure of how to react recent events, including the Joker's reign of terror(ism), Batman's apparent murder of two police officers, and an assassination attempt, Mayor Garcia abandons his morals, becoming the personification of a disastrous government. Pandering out, crowd control policies, ineffective leadership, and a slive">oiree with the DA make him unpopular. First possible set of villainslive">: live">Harvey Dent/Two-Face - Aaron Eckhart - Still alive in Arkham, kept there discreetly by Comissioner Gordon using secret funding from Bruce Wayne. A split personality develops; former District Attorney and White Knight of Gotham Harvey Dent battles for control with the dominant nihilistic Two-Face persona. He, however, has no plans to escape, as he is just waiting for 'chance' to take its course. Take a course chance does, and soon he is back out on the street, dispensing his own brand of justice to the denizens of Gotham's underworld, as well as anyone else he feels derserves it. live">The Riddler (first concept) - Crispin Glover - A relatively young and green obsessive compulsive detective (let us hope that they do not cast Tony Shaloub), Edward Nigma toils night and day for the Gotham Police Department in order to put criminals of all types behind bars or if necessary, behind the walls of Arkham Asylum. He quickly rises through the ranks, becoming the most famous and well respected symbol of peace and justice after Comissioner Jim Gordon. After putting every major mob member or villain behind bars, he turns his sights on The Dark Knight. As a vigilante and persistantly elusive enigmatic figure, the bat sparks the interest of the now more experienced detective. Becoming ever more obsessed with capturing batman, Edward ostracizes himself from the rest of GPD. E. Nigma begins orchestrating series after series of catastrophic events, such as bridge collapses, train 'malfunctions' and derailments, and prison breakouts in his endeavor to bring The Dark Knight into the light, until he finally realizes what it will take: releasing the criminally insane from Arkham Asylum. (The rise and fall of Mr. E. need not be shown in its entirety; a similar approach as the one Nolan used for developing Harvey Dent could be taken.) live">Selina Kyle/Catwoman (a violent vigilante, but not a homical psychopath like others in this category) - Amy Acker - Once a shy and softspoken secretary, Selina Kyle's darkside manifests itself after her boss attempts to rape and kill her. Now the feline femme fatale known only as Catwoman, Kyle invisibly aids Edward Nigma and GPD by incapacitating the city's most dangerous male criminals, including rapists, theives, and mobsters. However, once all of the unexplainable disasters start happening while under the watchful eye of E. Nigma, Ms. Kyle sets out to prove that Gotham's latest hero with a face might not be the pure heart he seems to be. I would say that her costume would be something similar to Michelle Pfeiffer's from "Batman Returns". live">Second possible set of villains: live">Harvey Dent/Two-Face - Aaron Eckhart - Still alive in Arkham, kept there discreetly by Comissioner Gordon using secret funding from Bruce Wayne. A split personality develops; former District Attorney and White Knight of Gotham Harvey Dent battles for control with the dominant nihilistic Two-Face persona. He, however, has no plans to escape, as he is just waiting for 'chance' to take its course. Take a course chance does, and soon he is back out on the street, dispensing his own brand of justice to the denizens of Gotham's underworld, as well as anyone else he feels derserves it. live">The Riddler (second conceptlive">--more of an antilive">-herolive">/reluctant ally for Batman than a true villainlive">, a villain in that he antagonizes the main character by going against his wishes) - Joshua Harto - Coleman Reese, after having his life saved by Bruce Wayne, who he knows to be Batman, has a change in heart. Absolving The Dark Knight of his crimes will not be straightforward without ordeal, so Coleman creates the Riddler as a new identity for himself, getting inspiration from both his name and his current mission (Mr. Reese=Mysteries). Putting two and two together (Some of the murders were presumably committed while Bruce Wayne was elsewhere, preventing a van from killing the young accountant and giving his testimony to police, so they couldn't have been done by the caped crusader.), Reese sets out in trying to discover the real plot behind the deaths of five people, including two police officers. Doing this will recquire him unraveling the riddle of Harvey Dent and the massive cover-up by Jim Gordon. live">Bane - Vin Diesel - As Batman continues to crusade while simultaneously avoiding the cops, a new threat emerges: Bane. A criminal mastermind and genius strategist with a mind that rivals that of The Dark Knight himself and a mysterious ability to enhance his physical abilities through the use of a dangerous drug referred to only as 'Venom', Bane is the most powerful villain Wayne has ever encountered. As a section of the Gotham Police Department is busied searching for Batman as part of Gordon's coverup for Harvey Dent, Bane, whose origins remain unknown (although it is apparent from the various tattoos on his body that he had spent time in prison), organizes the remainder of the Falcone crime family under his command. His motive: to eliminate Batman, Gotham's only remaining symbol of justice other than Comissioner Gordon, and wrestle absolute control of the city from its citizens and the other crime organizations. Fully aware that a direct assault on Batman at his top form would be foolish, Bane has his henchman destroy the walls of Arkham Asylum, unleashing its deranged inmates (including Harvey Dent/Two-Face and, ironically, Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow) upon the now nearly defenseless Gotham. The remaining officers of the GPD and The Dark Knight now concerned with rounding up the inmates, Bane has the freedom to pursue his own ends as Batman, desperate to find Dent and protect the city from his alter ego, as well as the mechinations of Scarecrow and other escapes, runs himself to exhaustion. All of this can only lead up to one thing: a confrontation between the weakened crusader and the muderous mastermind. live">Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow - Cillian Murphy - Now a prisoner at Arkham Asylum, Dr. Crane has only three goals: escape, make as much money as possible, and get his final revenge against the Batman. I know that it may seem like a bit much having three or four villains (especially after the travesty that was "Spider-Man 3"), but this is something like what I would do on the third film. Of course, the film would have to be an epic on a greater scale than "The Dark Knight" (probably over three hours in length) and would entail the skills of a director of at least Nolan's calibur. Also like its predecessor, the third film, which I would entitle the obvious "The Dark Knight Returns", would be a very hardcore PG-13 movie. It would also continue the tradition of exploring various themes. Among the new ones in this film would be questions like "Does being cunning, physically powerful, and rich make you a stronger person, or do your past evils become weaknesses?" (mainly applies if you look at the second set of villains), as well as women's roles in society, as shown by the contrast of the two very different, very important female characters (only relevant if you take the first set of villains). I've always enjoyed stories involving Batman, as he is probably my favorite superhero next to Spider-Man. P.S.: When it concerns Crispin Glover's casting, I did it because someone else mentioned it on another site, and the idea blew me away. However, I do think that Johnny Depp would be good for the role, as well. In addition, I would like to note that the aforementioned idea(s) was/were intentionally presented in a manner similar to what one might find on the back of a DVD cover. |
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