CBR: Gordon-Levitt, Cotillard Officially Join "Dark Knight Rises"

[CBR News]

Warner Bros. has officially announced the long-rumored casting of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises," albeit in roles nobody expected.


Full article here.

[bongoes]

"Miranda Tate" huh? Sounds like Talia's going undercover. Or not, they could surprise us and she could be exactly what they say she is, but I remain suspicious.

[GRANT!]

If they cast a young Ra's in the movie it would be kind of weird if Talia wasn't in the movie.

Just saying.

I wouldn't be surprised if Levitt was just playing a cop in the movie but I'd wouldn't be surprised if he was someone else too. I'm pretty sure the League is planning to take down Batman on all fronts in this movie.

[Tar22]

Awesome news! This cast just keeps getting more and more fantastic.

[Nate Grey]

If they cast a young Ra's in the movie it would be kind of weird if Talia wasn't in the movie.

Just saying.

I wouldn't be surprised if Levitt was just playing a cop in the movie but I'd wouldn't be surprised if he was someone else too. I'm pretty sure the League is planning to take down Batman on all fronts in this movie.

Are we 100% sure DKR will be about the League of Shadows again?

[Rollo Tomassi]

Well, how hard is it to whip up some phony character bios of some seemingly minor roles to throw people off?

[Wenatchee the Hatchet]

special cop role directly under Gordon may just mean that Gordon wants Batman to know that despit the official censure and warrant against him for Dent's murders that unofficially there's still a way for them to work together to fight crime. As others were saying, it doesn't have to all be Hugo Strange and the League. Given how The Dark Knight ended and what Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character is described as being I'm inclined to say that a flat, literal reading of his role makes the most sense for now.

Miranda Tate as a cover for Talia "could" work. While I don't assume that's likely it's possible. It may be fun if there's an irony that Tate appears as a good guy and Catwoman appears to be a villain but to show by the end of the film that the reverse is true. It'd be a trope out of a Bond film, of course, but Nolan seems to go for plot twists like that.

[the goddamn batman]

who cares who they play. you're going to like it anyway, and if you don't, this isn't the thing that'll keep you from liking it.

[GRANT!]

Are we 100% sure DKR will be about the League of Shadows again?

I wouldn't say 100%

But Bane has some connection to them in the comics, they keep talking about bringing it back to the first movie and they did cast a young Ra's Al Ghul.

So I say it's pretty likely. 80% sure maybe.

[GRANT!]

who cares who they play. you're going to like it anyway, and if you don't, this isn't the thing that'll keep you from liking it.

It would also help if the movie was actually finished (they haven't even started shooting yet). A lot can go wrong or right between now and July of 2012.

[the goddamn batman]

I suppose that possibility exists.

in all likelyhood, it'll go off without a hitch, and be heralded as the best 3rd film in a series ever made. then the backlash...

[Wenatchee the Hatchet]

ha, well the backlash is going to happen either way. It's certainly got some "pre"-lash with complaints that Hathaway isn't right for Selina Kyle. I'm expecting I should have fun watching the movie.Is this the part where I'm supposed to say that it's gotta be better than that sucky Green Lantern movie?

[the goddamn batman]

and Ledger was totally wrong for Joker etc...

[HeroxMatt2.0]

Wow, there's going to be a lot of secondary characters in this film ... or if you look at it from the League of Shadows perspective, there's going to be a lot of villains in this film. Massive cast, it'll be great to see how it gets handled.

[bongoes]

It'd be a trope out of a Bond film, of course, but Nolan seems to go for plot twists like that.

Nolan has talked about how much he love Bond before...

Wow, there's going to be a lot of secondary characters in this film ... or if you look at it from the League of Shadows perspective, there's going to be a lot of villains in this film. Massive cast, it'll be great to see how it gets handled.

Yeah, it seems like Batman is going to be attacked from all sides in this one.