Well I can't really say this is shocking news, but it's an answer to a question that people have been constantly asking over the past two years. The latest issue of Empire Magazine has a big feature on Christopher Nolan, and they made a point of asking him about his third Batman film and whether we might see The Joker being played by another actor.
As expected, Nolan very clearly responded in the negative:
There is the ever-lurking question about villains: who will The Dark Knight tussle with this time… Could it possibly be a returning (and recast) Joker, pulling strings from Arkham, Lecter-style, Empire wonders?
'No', says Nolan emphatically and unhesitatingly. He resists elaborating simply because, quite understandably, he says, 'I just don’t feel comfortable talking about it.'
Well I guess that's that. We can all breathe easy because Heath Ledger's legacy isn't about to be tarnished... at least not until the Batman franchise gets rebooted. But now it's time to start wondering about the less obvious question: will Two-Face return? Tell us who you'd like to see as the next Batman villain in the comments below."
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