...To Make a Long Story Short...

Not much after the release of The Dark Knight, the rumors began circulating about the next one. At this point I can't imagine many solid facts have been worked out in regards to what it will be, other than there WILL be another one.

In this vein I'm announcing the start a rumor of my own with one major difference; mine doesn't suck. "Angelina Jolie as Catwoman?" Boring, been done a hundred times. Also good luck casting her for less than $20-$30million. "Johnny Depp as the Riddler?" Tim Burton is the only director that can get a decent performance out of Johnny and there's no way I'm letting him back at the Batman helm. "But Sven!" you may say "what about Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the Penguin? He's a great actor!" That he is! However, the flaw lies not with the actor but the character. Have you ever seen the Penguin before? He uses an umbrella modified into a gun as a weapon. That's possibly the worst gimmick ever. Lame. So, I give you...

Christina Hendricks as Poison Ivy, for the win.

With the need for a new villain, possible female lead/love interest for Bruce Wayne, and with Christopher Nolan's push to step the outside the pedantic, the crimson haired seductress Poison Ivy is the perfect choice from Batman's Rogues Gallery.

For those of you who haven't heard of the smoking hot red head that is Christina Hendricks, she's can currently be seen playing Joan Holloway on the hit AMC show Mad Men. Where I know her from though, was as Saffron on Joss Whedon's Firefly series. If you haven't seen her yet, I highly recommend renting either of these two series, stat. You won't be disappointed.

Starting from the moment an announcement like this was being made, the nerd-polsion of interest in Batman 3 would send hordes of geeks to stand in line, Ad infinitum. Necessitating some sort of grandfather clock filled time travel tunnel to get in to see this movie opening day.

This needs to happen.

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