The ‘Batman’ Casting Thread

[HUMANIMAL]

lol i've read somewhere they gonna reboot it with ryan reynolds

 

[Rodrigo90]

That was an April fools joke, thank God.

 

[DDS]

Jon Hamm as Batman, already said a million times.

John Cleese as Alfred

Cranston as Jim Gordon

Ellen Page as Barbra Gordon

Jessica Chastain as Poison Ivy

Patton Oswalt as The Penguin

Christoph Waltz as Hugo Strange

edit: Just went back and saw how many of these were mentioned multiple times.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Patton Oswald Cobblepot?

 

[DDS]

And Idris Elba for Harley Quinn...

 

[Rodrigo90]

Amazing choice

 

[Eddie Dean]

 

[Rodrigo90]

 

[DDS]

Seriously though, where did all this hype for Elba come from? I see him all over different casting threads now.

 

[hellblazer103]

i feel like everyone's mainly suggesting christoph waltz as strange because of the beard. not that he'd be a bad choice, he'd be fantastic , but am i the only one who could see him as other villains as well ? joker , perhaps ?

 

[Gamma Goliath]

Someone else suggested him as joker somewhere too.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Matt Smith as Joker

Jane Levy as Harley Quinn

Kaya Scodelario as Poison Ivy

Viggo Mortensen as Mr. Freeze

Dominic Cooper as Two-Face

Jennifer Lawrence as Catwoman

Ray Winstone as The Penguin

Bradley Cooper as The Riddler

Pierce Brosnan as Alfred Pennyworth

Sigourney Weaver as Leslie Tompkins

 

[RustyCage]

Viggo there reminds me a ton of TDK's Maroni.

Love the idea of Brosnan as Alfred and Weaver as Dr. Thompkins. That'd be beautiful.

Matt Smith would be an interesting Joker - but also the Riddler. Not sure which he suits better. I question that he'd pull off 'creepy' convincingly for Joker, but he's already shown whispers of what could be expanded into a fantastic Riddler in his Doctor Who campaign.

There are a lot of other cool choices for Riddler too though.

I'm gonna be a little rude here, but Jon Hamm has got to be the most boring choice for Bruce Wayne I've ever seen become popular. Square jaws and nice and all, but come on. I don't get any charisma for this kind of part from him at all. -- Plus, he's too old at this point for depicting a Batman in his prime.

TDKReturns adaptation? Sure, I'd consider him a potential fit for that.. But then, I wouldn't care to see that directly adapted, don't feel all of it's components have aged well - plus, Rises lifted heavily from it already, and we have the animated version.

 

[hellblazer103]

i love the idea of tim roth as the joker because he's the closest actor i can think of who can pull off resembling the original joker.

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[CoolCadaver49]

I still say Karl Urban would be cool beans. That's about the only popular choice I can say I agree with (in regards to Bruce/Bats). Yeah, he is too old though...

Cranston for Gordon, that's a given. I am a big fan of Brosnan for Alfred.

In the next films, I wanna see Penguin (Ray Winstone sounds good) and Poison Ivy (I could NOT see Chastain as Ivy though). I don't want any villains that have been used in Nolan's movies (that includes Catwoman). Viggo woulda been cool for Ra's but I don't want to see the LoS in a Batman film for a looooooong time.

 

[hellblazer103]

since this gif keeps popping up, i'll just say this : i could ,possibly, slightly, see david duchovny as bruce/batman.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Matt Smith would be an interesting Joker - but also the Riddler. Not sure which he suits better. I question that he'd pull off 'creepy' convincingly for Joker, but he's already shown whispers of what could be expanded into a fantastic Riddler in his Doctor Who campaign.

Smith would make for an awesome Riddler too.

But what makes me see him as Joker is his flamboyance and eccentricity as the Doctor. It's perfect for a Joker based on TAS. Smith is pretty gifted, I think he could pull it off

 

[circa1981]

For Bruce Wayne/Batman, by top choices wold be Ben Foster http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004936/

and Oscar Isaac http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1209966/

 

[axelbratoski]

"The Batman"
(2016)

Directed by Joe Wright
Written by Hossein Amini
Cinematography by Robert Elswit
Music by Cliff Martinez

Ryan Gosling as Batman/Bruce Wayne
Liam Cunningham as Alfred Pennyworth
Jena Malone as Barbara Gordon
Rufus Sewell as Black Mask
Eva Green as Catwoman/Selina Kyle
Logan Marshall-Green as Deadshot/Floyd Lawton
Billy Crudup as Mr. Freeze/Victor Fries
Rooney Mara as Harley Quinn
Ray Winstone as Harvey Bullock
Michael Nyqvist as Dr. Hugo Strange
Viggo Mortensen as James Gordon
Jared Harris as Jeremiah Arkham
Paul Bettany as The Joker
Emma Thompson as Leslie Thompkins
Lennie James as Lucius Fox
Timothy Spall as The Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot
Melanie Laurent as Poison Ivy/Pamela Isley
Ciaran Hinds as Ra's Al Ghul
Ben Whishaw as The Riddler/Edward Nygma
Joseph Gilgun as The Scarecrow/Dr. Jonathan Crane
Berenice Marlohe as Talia Al Ghul
David Wenham as Thomas Wayne
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Two-Face/Harvey Dent
Jessica Chastain as Vicki Vale
Sean Harrisas Victor Zsasz​

 

[RustyCage]

Smith would make for an awesome Riddler too.

But what makes me see him as Joker is his flamboyance and eccentricity as the Doctor. It's perfect for a Joker based on TAS. Smith is pretty gifted, I think he could pull it off

Ah, there's our hang-up. I don't like the Joker from TAS.

The Riddler from TAS is awesome though. One of the better interpretations.

Generally, any time Dini writes Riddler it's great -- just recently finished Gotham City Sirens, loved him in that. Smith would nail that take on the character.

 

[RustyCage]

Paul Bettany as The Joker

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He was one of my picks for Riddler back when everyone was assuming (rightfully) that Nolan would be doing Riddler next.

But he would probably make a thrilling Joker. I'm very open to this.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Ah, there's our hang-up. I don't like the Joker from TAS.

The Riddler from TAS is awesome though. One of the better interpretations.

Generally, any time Dini writes Riddler it's great -- just recently finished Gotham City Sirens, loved him in that. Smith would nail that take on the character.

Say it ain't so!

Speaking of Riddler. Any time I ever thought of him being on screen again, I just thought of the characterization from the Arkham games. That isn't something I'm fond of, because it presents him as a pathetic whining brat. Being reminded of John Glover's Riddler, the sophistication and maturity, even with his bigheaded ego, thats what I'd love to see.

Smith would definitely suit that....or Joker, he's versatile

 

[ChukNoris]

Thoughts on who could play...

Killer Croc?
Solomon Grundy?
Maybe even Mad Monk?

 

[NinjaTurtleFan]

Good Guys

Batman- Ryan Gosling or Jon Hamm
Comissioner Gordon- Bryan Cranston, William Hurt, or Ted Levine
Flass- Alexander Skarsgard
Loeb- Colm Meaney
Barbara Gordon/Batgirl- Emma Watson
Dick Grayson/Robin- Chandler Riggs or Logan Lerman
Alfred Pennyworth- John Cleese or John Hurt
Harvey Bullock- Michael Madsen or Michael Chiklis
Lucius Fox- Giancarlo Esposito
Thomas Wayne- Clive Owen or Jude Law
Martha Wayne- Sandra Bullock

Villains
Deadshot- Sean Bean
Killer Croc-Kevin Grevioux
Deadshot- Thomas Jane
Maxie Zeus- Patrick Stewart
Talia Al Ghul- Noomi Rapace
Bane-Robert Malliet
Joker- Vincent Cassel, Walton Goggins, or Paul Bettany
Harley Quinn- Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, or Anna Faris
Selina Kyle/Catwoman-Olivia Wilde, Kate Beckinsale, or Carla Gugino
Edward Nygma/Riddler-Michael Emerson, David Tennant, or Guy Pearce
Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin- Alfred Molina, Timothy Spall, or Ray Winstone
Harvey Dent/Two-Face- Timothy Olyphant
Roman Sionis/Black Mask-Joaquin Phoenix
Rahs Al Ghul- Jeremy Irons, Daniel Day-Lewis, or Viggo Mortensen
Salvatore Maroni- Dominic West
Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow-Adrien Brody
Jervis Tetch/Mad Hatter-Andy Serkis
Rupert Thorne-Brian Cox
Carmine Falcone-James Caan
Roland Daggett-Damian Lewis

 

[Eddie Dean]

Matthew Goode was amazing in Stoker - Batman?

I can also see him as The Riddler.