Talking about his dream job to direct any "Batman" movies, helmer Brett Ratner suggested
that the first spin-off movie made from the bat-themed superhero series should be about Joker. To MTV News, the man behind "X-Men: The Last Stand" said that exploring Joker's origin as the Red Hood would be "really cool".
Emphasizing on how grand Joker is as a villain, the 39-year-old filmmaker suggested that there are other actors, who can interpret the psycho as great as Jack Nicholson in "Batman" and Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight", putting Robert Downey Jr. name as one of them. Ratner explained. "...Joker is a great villain. That's why Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger had so much to work with. And I think there will be another actor who can interpret that. It would be great to see [Robert] Downey [Jr.] as the Joker, for instance."
Following the massive success of "Dark Knight" on retaining the second slot of highest grossing movie of all time with $522.1 million nationwide since its release on July 18, the superhero franchise has been hit with many speculations over its possible sequel, "The Caped Crusade". But, the idea for Joker spin-off has yet to be suggested until this Ratner's remark came out.
Concerning "Dark Knight" sequel itself, it is said to have villains from The Riddler to Catwoman with the casting rumors linking actors like Johnny Depp, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cher and Angelina Jolie. But, both Depp and Hoffman have denied their knowledge on the possibility of them playing The Riddler or Penguin.
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James Franco cant play the joker he can barely play the green gobolin in spiderman 3 I agree with fan Daniel Day-Lewis should play the Joker!!!!
i think that johnny depp should play the riddler he's great in any role and they should bring the joker back who is better to play the joker than daniel day lewis who admired heath ledger performance in broke mountain and dedicated his BAFTA Screen Actors Guild for his performance in there will be blood to heath ledger daniel day lewis would be perfect for the role because he is a method actor he would get in to the role so deep that it would probably be the closes performance to heath ledger IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO SEE THE JOKER BACK ON SCREEN!! or johnny depp could play the joker because he has a dark side in him like in sweeney todd one of the best performance i ever seen! and philip seymour hoffman would be awesome as the penguin he like daniel day lewis or johnny depp can get in to the role he is one of the best actors out there! i also read that seymour hoffman doesnt want to play the penguin but he should reconsider! they should make him a good deal so he would take that role if he still doesnt take the role than i think ray winstone should be the penguin because he his the tough guy look and his performance in king arthur, proposition and departed is some of his best actoring he would be a perfect penguin if the next batman cast has these actors in it who wouldnt want to see it! and with those actors including of couse christian bale still as batman also the directed chris nolan this movie would have ocars written all over it!!!!
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If we're talking about spin offs, I would like to see the new DARK KNIGHT sequel introduce major characters but in a small way and then spin them off in their own movie. ROBIN is a great example. He could be introduced in a Batman movie and maybe give you a hint of who he may become but only explore him as a character in his own movie. Same goes for CATWOMAN. She could appear in the next batman movie and take off in a spin off. If that proves successful, WARNER BROS and DC can potentionally makes more movies and TV projects with other characters (NIGHTWING? BATGIRL?). In other words, make the next BAtman the conclusion of the awesome NOLAN Bat-Trilogy but at the same time an introduction to other potential franchises.
Maybe they could do a prequel, and have Joseph Gordon-Levitt cast as a younger Joker, coming into fruition as a lunatic. They look very similar, and behind make-up should be able to pull it off. Who would say no to attempt that in their careers, I don't know.
I think its a great idea for Johnny Depp, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Angelina Jolie to be cast in the 3rd istallement. And personaly, I think Jim Carrey would be excellent for the Joker part. I have a feeling that Jim can play a sadistic Joker as well. I realy wish Heath Ledger was still with us, then he could reprise his role. Which he most definetly would. Since the great amount of success with The Dark Knight.
If Bret Ratner is even considered for a joker spin-off I will send him to cinema hell!
the worst thing that ever happened to this world is Brett Ratner's birth
i for one like robert dowmney jr, but i dont want to see him in this, he has Ironman, that's his thing, he should stick with it. And Brett Ratner is a big douche.
ummm no robert downey junior and he did xmen3 movie and i thought that movie kind of sucked please just leave as is PLUS HE DID XMEN MARVEl not DC COMICS i hope this doesnt happen. please dont change a good movie into something crappy .
This better not happen. Ever since Robert Downey Jr. came out with his immature criticism of The Dark Knight, I have lost all respect for him. Besides, there's no way anyone could become the Joker the way Heath Ledger did. If they do another Batman movie, the only thing I want to see is James
please do not get robert downey jr to play the joker in a silly spinoff, for one he trashed the dark knight except for hetahs performance and then he said... "fuck dc comics"
Um... NO. Just effing NO. 1) Don't let Brett Ratner touch the Joker! 2) Exploring the Joker's origins would NOT be fun. Humanizing him would make him seem less evil, and half the reason why he was so great in TDK was BECAUSE he was so effing evil! He didn't have motives like most villains--he merely wanted to create evil, like Alex in "A Clockwork Orange" (from which Ledger drew inspiration) or the libertines in "Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom."
fukc bret ratner in the ass he doesn't know how to make a good movie he fucking ruined xmen 3
This better not happen. Ever since Robert Downey Jr. came out with his immature criticism of The Dark Knight, I have lost all respect for him. Besides, there's no way anyone could become the Joker the way Heath Ledger did. If they do another Batman movie, the only thing I want to see is James Franco playing the Joker. I don't want to see Robert Downey Jr. as the Joker, Johnny Depp as the Riddler, Philip Seymour Hoffman as the Penguin, or Angelina Jolie as Catwoman, and no Robin or Mr. Freeze, or any other stupid villains except the Joker!!!!