Despite very vocal speculation, is the Riddler even confirmed as the next villain?

No. Nothing about this film is confirmed other then John/Chris Nolan are writing, and Chris is directing. So pretty much other then the fact that "Team Nolan" (Wally, Emma, Hans, etc...) are making the film, they start filming in April 2011 and release it in July 2012, nothing is official.

Thanks. Cos I know Riddler has been rumoured since TDK (when people assumed Anthony Michael Hall was to be in the role) and suddenly such rumours gained a whole lot of steam lately. I just wondered where this was all coming from.

Uh...the studio?

http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/07/...man-3-villain/

I'm sure it's already been said in this thread, but it doesn't hurt to say it again:

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Mila Kunis as Catwoman.

....eh...Kunis is too young. We need an physically looking adult woman for Catwoman. Kunis looks TOO young.

no, she looks just about right to me.

Yeah i didn't think of it either but Marion Cotillard would be pretty cool

"A reliable source" doesn't make it official. It will be official when WB or one of the Nolan brothers come out and say it.

Been reading around and the speculation is we'll get something a week or so after Comic Con like they did with The Dark Knight in 2007.

Either Mila Kunis or Marion Cotillard would be fine by me. Are there any Batman storylines that feature two Catwomen?

Keep Catwoman away from this series

Marion Cotillard was even talked up online to play Catwoman even before Inception:

^ That looks like Katee Sackhoff to me.

i hope the Joker will atleast be mentioned and not totally forgotten in the 3rd film i hope they at have him laughing in arkham or something

Kunis is too cute to be Catwoman. And I really like Kunis.

You're seriously gonna take the word of "a reliable inside source with a studio casting grid"? That could be anyone.

I just finished reading the Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" amazing comic. I can now see how Nolan's film carry the same feel. Anyways if they ever do a movie based on that they could even use Jack Nicholson as the Joker since its based years into the future when everyone is old already.
...just a thought

i bet the title is gonna be something iconic sounding said by one of the characters in the comics from the golden/silver ages.

....such as? It can't be caped crusader..too cheesy, though to me it means a lot but...too cheesy

The World's Greatest Detective? Nah...also...I want more detective from Bats.

They also can't call it The Night Rider (yes, he's been called that) cos, well, you know...

And the Caped Crusader was already used in TDK (during the restaurant scene) just to get it out of the way, I reckon.

...as a title..no...

I know. That's why I said that I believe they mentioned the name in TDK to give it lip service and get it out of the way so no one'd expect it as the title of the next movie.

Yeah..lol. Would've been neat if The Joker commented that Bats must be the world's greatest detective or something along those lines.

If anything. I want more dark ambushes and detective work from Bats.

I wanted R'as Al Ghul to say "well done, detective" when Bruce said the line about cheap parlor tricks to conceal his identity towards the tail end of BB.