As casting reports have been confirmed for the third installment of Christopher Nolan’s vision of Batman, my anticipation for the film keeps growing. Previous to Nolan’s rendition of the superhero, I was a die-hard believer that the Tim Burton and Michael Keaton combo would be the end-all-be-all version of the hero. I don’t know if any of the current actors can surpass Burton’s crew, but I think we can all agree that somehow Heath Ledger was able to one-up an amazing performance by Jack Nicholson. That said, the current line-up for The Dark Knight Rises is as follows:

Christian Bale - Bruce Wayne / Batman (Bale should win best supporting actor this year, but he needs to do something about that voice when playing Batman, seriously.)
 

Anne Hathaway - Selina Kyle / Catwoman (I hope this works.)
 

Tom Hardy - Bane (Great choice. He was amazing in Bronson.)
 

Morgan Freeman - Lucius Fox (Can’t go wrong with the voice for everything.)

Gary Oldman - Jim Goldman (He is under-appreciated.)
 

Michael Caine - Alfred (Swagger.)
 

Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Unknown (Out-shined DiCaprio in Inception… I can’t wait to see more from him.)
 

Marion Cotillard - Unknown (I am a super fan of her.)
 

On a side note, I am also anticipating Tim Burton’s adaptation of the supernatural 1960’s soap opera, Dark Shadows. Teaming back up with Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer, I hope we don’t have a revisit of Sweeney Todd. 

Johnny Depp - Barnabas Collins
 

Michelle Pfeiffer - Elizabeth Collins Stodard
 

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