Thursday
18Dec2008
Rumor Patrol: Eddie Murphy Won't Play The Riddler
Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 2:02AM
Do you ever get the feeling that
The Sun
just makes shit up? The latest Batman rumors propagated by the same source that
told us Russell Crowe was in Sherlock Holmes and Paul McCartney was lined up for Shrek Goes Fourth involve
Shia LaBeouf
as Robin and
Eddie Murphy as The Riddler.
But even if we knew that The Riddler would be involved and that they were going to bring Robin on board and if they wanted Catwoman, too - basically, if Nolan just catered to the wants of the studio, something he won't have to do - why in hell would anyone hire Eddie Murphy right now? And why would you hire a Robin who's at this moment actually a bigger star than your Batman?
Here are a couple of the scoops The Sun is reporting: "The film, set for a 2010 release, is being developed under the working title Gotham."
Maybe it's going to be called Gotham, but it's not coming out in 2010. Too much pre-production still to do. Elsewhere, "The flick will end on a cliffhanger over whether Batman survives a blast at Wayne Towers."
Doubtful. Christopher Nolan doing four Batman movies? I don't see it. And he won't leave the door that open for another film, so three will be the end of the road. At least as far as its current universe goes.
Nope. Total rubbish.
Reader Comments (2)
Bigger star than your Batman? Hmm...don't know about that. However, I completely agree and know...this story is not true.
Even though both guys have need franchises to get them where they are, Shia LaBeouf can sell a movie all on his own. He's a legit movie star at this point. Outside of Batman, Christian Bale hasn't done that. Look at 3:10 to Yuma, which also starred Russell Crowe, and compare its performance to the much less sturdy Eagle Eye.
And Disturbia, which happened before Transformers and Indy Jones, outperformed every non-Batman movie Bale's ever made (save Pocahontas, but that hardly counts).
Of course, I don't think Bale especially wants to be a "movie star," even with the Batman and Terminator franchises.