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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.

OK...we have to repeat ourselves every time one of these rumors comes up, so if you've heard this before, bear with us while we approach all of this with some common sense. At this point, a third Batman movie is just speculation. Christopher Nolan hasn't signed on to do it, and there's no script. If there's no script that means it won't shoot next spring, and it sure as hell means we don't know who the villains will be.

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?

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