Both characters were in Knightfall, and Selina is rarely in custume for that story anyway. Got more of a hooker vibe from her.

Bane's had a few different stories about hunting down and destroying Batman, and that should fit in nicely with what Nolan has set up with TDK. Off the top of my head I'm remembering one of the animated movies(Mystery of the Batwoman) were the Penguin was running the mob and hired Bane to take care of Batman.

Here's hoping this film doesn't suffer the same "trilogy" curse that has plagued the other superhero movies such as the original Spider-man (with Toby Maguire), original Batman (with Michael Keaton & Val Kilmer), original Superman (Christopher Reeve) & Blade.

And X-Men...

It'll be interesting to see but for me, Nolan has done these Batman movies right and I think he'll close it out just fine.

The previous Batman series wasn't a trilogy, and Batman Forever was quite good, Tommy Lee Jones notwithstanding.

It's like I don't even KNOW you anymore...

Well, I wouldn't go as far to say Batman Forever was "quite good" but I have to say it's a tad underrated and undeserving of some of the hate it gets (well, Tommy Lee Jones' performance is...).

Hopefully, this will be more Return of the King-ish and less Back to the Future 3-ish.

I hope it's more The Bourne Ultimatum-ish than Return of the King-ish.

Either way - I like both casting choices. Any of the women he casts from here on out will always look good when their performances are compared to Katie Holmes' Rachel.

What, you think Batman Forever was quite bad except for Tommy Lee Jones?

At least Anne has the purr voice down (taken from that piece of shit movie Havoc): NSFW language

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Oh and she's got the fight scenes down:

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jesus....I didn't know JGL was in that...wow....

ugh...don't like Anne Hathaway. Oh well - she'll probably prove me wrong

Uh..do yourself a favor and add Havoc to your Netflix queue.

Nice! Nolan keeps the streak of shitty actresses (that are odd/ugly looking yet many find attractive).

Im surprised he didnt just cast the rest of everyone else from Inception

Again, since when is Maggie Gyllenhaal a "shitty actress"? You can argue looks but she's hardly a bad actress at all.

As for including the rest of the cast of Inception, there's two actors from there (and in the case of Caine, he's reprising his role from the first two Batman movies). It's nothing new that directors like to use the same actor from one project to the next.

yea that shitty marion cotillard and her oscar

My favorite description of Maggie Gyllenhall was that she looks like a sad cartoon turtle.

Yeah, that Marion Cotillard sure is a dog, along with that Scarlett Johansson. And neither of them can act, that's for sure.

My feelings on Anne Hathaway: she hasn't been given meaty, dark material yet, and Nolan hasn't been confronted with a front-and-center female character to chew on and explore. It'll be an interesting challenge for both involved, and I currently have faith that both will rise to the occasion. Hathaway greatly impressed me with Rachel Getting Married, showcasing a few stunning dramatic moments throughout that suggest she might be just right for pinning down an intriguing Catwoman (and Kyle, specifically). I just really hope Nolan doesn't go the slipstream route in projecting her as little more than a face-value villain with boobs in spandex, though I'm naturally optimistic this won't be the case.

Can't even really talk about Hardy as Bane, though, until we've seen a little more out of what Nolan has in mind for him.

I'd be happy to give Anne Hathaway some meaty material that grows...wait, what were we talking about?

Oh, hell, who am I kidding? We're talking about the possibility of Hathaway in skin-tight leather. That's nobody's fault but my own.

Internet is a judgmental bunch. I don't care who plays what. I just trust the Nolans have a great story to tell.

Look back a few pages, I predicted Anne Hathaway as Catwoman before anyone else!

Don't know why they're using Bane, but I am certain he will do the character more justice than Schumacher.

don't tell Strevlac (or whatever his name is) that. For some reason he believes Nolan has no talent for anything.

I think Hathaway has done well in her more dramatic films like Havoc or Passengers. I really have no problems with her being chosen and it will be interesting to see where the character goes being just this one film.