The All New and Improved Batman Reboot Casting Thread

[Deck Rickard]

Any bets on which character will be cast next? Alfred? Gordon? A villain? Love interest?

Rachel Dawes

 

[thebatfan5194]

Any bets on which character will be cast next? Alfred? Gordon? A villain? Love interest?

I’m going to guess Alfred and Gordon will be next.

 

[C Prometheus]

Any bets on which character will be cast next? Alfred? Gordon? A villain? Love interest?

My guess is Catwoman or Alfred get cast next.

 

[Gothamsknight]

I actually think Alfred will be next.

 

[Invader Joker]

I think we're gonna have to wait a while to get anymore casting news. They had to cast Batman now to let the actor work out and so on but for the others they can wait till September.

 

[Boy Scout]

Let me know if the images are too large. I’m doing this from my phone.

Batman: Robert Pattinson



Alfred: Mark Gatiss; Collin Firth




Riddler: Steve Carell; Michael Joseph Kelly Jr.





Penguin: Keith David

 

[Rorschach2012]

Keith David is an interesting idea

 

[Boom]

Bruce Wayne / Batman ... Robert Pattinson
Alfred Pennyworth ... Hugh Laurie
Jim Gordon ... Ethan Hawke
Leslie Thompkins ... Laura Dern
Lucius Fox ... Jordan Peele
Selina Kyle / Catwoman ... Jodie Comer
Hugo Strange ... Stanley Tucci
Harvey Dent / Two-Face ... Trevante Rhodes
Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin ... Jack Black
Edward Nashton / Riddler ... Jason Bateman
Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow ... Domhnall Gleeson
Bane ... Dave Bautista
Joker ... Will Poulter

 

[BareYourTeeth]

Bruce Wayne / Batman ... Robert Pattinson
Alfred Pennyworth ... Ralph Ineson
Jim Gordon ... Joel Edgerton
Lucius Fox ... Jeffrey Wright
Selina Kyle / Catwoman ... Amanda Seyfried
Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin ... Jason Clarke

 

[FeedOnATreeFrog]

I wonder if Reeves will bring back anyone from his previous films.

Penguin - Andy Serkis
Freeze - Woody Harrelson
Clayface - Steve Zahn
Jason Clarke - Thomas Wayne
Keri Russell - Martha Wayne

 

[thebatfan5194]

Jimmi Simpson from Westworld would make a good Riddler.

 

[Boy Scout]

I’m on board the Edgerton for Gordon train.

 

[MovieSlave]

Jimmi Simpson from Westworld would make a good Riddler.

That would be a great choice.

 

[BobJM]

The Batman Saga by Matt Reeves

bat family.
Batman: Robert Pattinson, 32

Alfred Pennyworth: Pierce Brosnan, 66

Leslie Thompkins: Patricia Clarkson, 58

Dick Grayson: Noah Schnapp, 14

Barbara Gordon: Sophia Lillis, 17

gcpd.
Jim Gordon: Joel Edgerton, 44

Harvey Bullock: Brian Tyree Henry, 37

Ellen Yindel: Elodie Yung, 38

rogues.
Joker: Caleb Landry Jones, 29

Hush: Jonathan Tucker, 36

Catwoman: Keira Knightley, 34

Riddler: Paul Dano, 34

Two Face: Christopher Abbott, 33

Mad Hatter: Jason Schwartzman, 38

Scarecrow: Domhnall Gleeson, 36

Ventriloquist: Richard Jenkins, 72

Bane: Edgar Ramirez, 42

Hugo Strange: Jimmi Simpson, 43

Mr. Freeze: Jared Harris, 57

mob.
Penguin: Andy Serkis, 55

Carmine Falcone: Viggo Mortensen, 60

Alberto Falcone: Bill Skarsgård, 28

Rupert Thorne: Brian Cox, 72

league of assassins.
Lady Shiva: Sonoya Mizuno, 30

Ra’s al Ghul: Javier Bardem, 50

misc.
Vicky Vale: Haley Bennett, 30

Lucius Fox: Courtney B. Vance, 59

Luke Fox: Stephan James, 25

Thomas Wayne: Tom Cullen, 33

Martha Wayne: Betty Gilpin, 32

 

[Abudefduf]

Barbara Gordon: Sophia Lewis, 17

Holy cow, yes? This would be such an inspired casting choice.

 

[C Prometheus]

This is just a Work-In-Progress fancast on my part, so I'll probably return to fill out the cast picks over time. I'm trying to go for people that I think would not only be great picks for their roles, but also likely to actually be interested in playing these characters (hence no Ethan Hawke or Jodie Comer, for instance).

Bruce Wayne/Batman - Robert Pattinson
Alfred Pennyworth - Richard E. Grant
Commissioner Jim Gordon - Joel Edgerton
Detective Harvey Bullock - Jonah Hill
Selina Kyle/Catwoman - Vanessa Kirby
Barbara Gordon/Batgirl - Hailee Steinfeld
Thomas Wayne - Jason Clarke
Martha Wayne - Keri Russell
The Joker - Rami Malek
Harvey Dent/Two-Face - Oscar Isaac
The Riddler - Nicholas Hoult
Thomas Elliot/Hush - Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Thoughts so far?

 

[Boom]

Hailee Steinfeld in a few more years would make a perfect Catwoman.

 

[C Prometheus]

Hailee Steinfeld in a few more years would make a perfect Catwoman.

True, but timing kinda gets in the way here for her landing Catwoman, since I think Reeves will cast someone a bit closer to Pattinson's age for that role. On the other hand, I could see her landing Batgirl and being able to branch off from the Reeves trilogy and do that Batgirl solo film that WB was working on awhile back. It helps that Babs is usually Gordon's adopted daughter in the comics and can be a little older than Dick Grayson as a result if need be.

 

[Boom]

Tatiana Maslany for Catwoman.

 

[C Prometheus]

Tatiana Maslany for Catwoman.

I think Tatiana would be an insanely epic pick to play Selina! I'm leaning a bit more towards Vanessa Kirby lately now though upon revisiting her performance in M:I and the heaps of praise she's gotten over the past few years in reviews for her live theater performances. Either of them would be great picks for bringing back that mystique that Pfeiffer's Catwoman had back in the day, provided they have the right chemistry with Pattinson.

 

[FatRobin]

Tatiana Maslany for Catwoman.

I haven't seen anything else from her but I really loved her in Stronger (2017).

 

[TMP98]

Batman - Robert Pattinson
Alfred - Ralph Fiennes
Catwoman - Vanessa Kirby
Penguin - Conleth Hill
Riddler - Nicholas Hoult
James Gordon - Ethan Hawke (unlikely, but still)

 

[Greenlite]

So WB was interested in that Margaret Qualey or whoever girl right? Just saw her in the Tarantino movie trailer

 

[Eddie Dean]

They want her for Bare-Foot-Woman.

 

[Boom]

Alfred Pennyworth
Hugh Laurie
Liam Cunningham
Mark Rylance
Pip Torrens
Richard E. Grant

Jim Gordon
Damian Lewis
Ethan Hawke
Joel Edgerton
Kyle Chandler

Selina Kyle/Catwoman
Amanda Seyfried
Jodie Comer
Keira Knightley
Tatiana Maslany
Vanessa Kirby