While some sources such as The Telegraph or MTV are almost going as far as to commit this to fact, we’ll play it safe and report this as a rumor that could prove potentially cool if true.  If those sources and their corresponding sources find themselves being right, Johnny Depp is being lined up to play The Riddler in the follow up to The Dark Knight.  Also amongst the murmors are those that say that Catwoman and Penguin could also make an appearance in the next film, with Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Angelina Jolie reportedly linked to those roles.

Take it with a huge grain of salt.  To date, neither of the Nolan brothers have specifically said that a third Batman is within their plans, though it would be silly to think that Warner Bros. and DC haven’t given serious thoughts to taking the popular route of fulfilling a trilogy.

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