Batman 3: Johnny Depp Definitely The Riddler, But Probably Not
The Batman 3 casting rumours have so far been numerous and vague, but at least one thing’s for certain – Johnny Depp will definitely play The Riddler.
That’s a stone cold fact. You heard it here first. Why are we so sure that Johnny Depp will play The Riddler in Batman 3? Because Johnny Depp recently briefly mumbled something desperately ambiguous about it possibly being quite fun to maybe play The Riddler during a local radio interview with his band.
See? That’s means Johnny Depp is definitely going to be The Riddler in Batman 3, which is why we’ve already started to manufacture a set of Johnny Depp Batman 3 Riddler action figures. OK, admittedly we just got a load of unsold Pirates Of The Caribbean action figures and Tippexed question marks onto their backs but – face it – that’s probably what he’ll be like in the film anyway.
We know this is a bit premature, but we’re absolutely confident that Batman 3 is going to be the best film ever made. Seriously, ever.
Look at how Dark Knight ended, with Batman living in fear as a supposed criminal vigilante. Batman 3 is going to have the same feeling of doomy paranoia and creeping dread, but it’ll also have Cher titting around in a rubber doily too. There’s something for everyone there, provided that you’re a manic depressive comicbook fan or a stereotypical homosexual.
But what if you want more from The Dark Knight’s sequel than a fed-up Batman and a terrifyingly expressionless pensionable Catwoman who keeps getting her old lady minge out? What if, for instance, you want to see The Riddler in Batman 3?
Well, frankly, if that’s the case you’re an idiot. The Riddler is rubbish. He’s basically The Joker but with a green hat and a thing for Sudoku. He’s Henry Kelly from Going For Gold with a bee in his bonnet. He’s rubbish. Don’t argue, we’re right. He’s rubbish.
But none of that fierce logic is washing with Christopher Nolan. It’s long been rumoured that he’d like to cast Johnny Depp as The Riddler in Batman 3. So far Johnny Depp has kept quiet over the reports, but during a local radio interview recently, he decided to share his thoughts on the matter:
Host: Hey Johnny, a listener called in earlier said you have to ask about the rumors on the internet of you doing the Riddler.
Depp: Oh yeah, I heard about that. Not that I know of.
Host: You’d be a good choice.
Depp: It seems like it’d be a fun gig for a while, yeah.
“It seems like it’d be a fun gig for a while, yeah.” If that’s not official confirmation of the casting, we don’t know what is. But you know what this means?
It’s obvious. Cher as Catwoman and Sweeney Todd’s Johnny Depp as The Riddler? Batman 3 is going to be a musical!
That’s excellent news, and we’d like to take this opportunity to offer Christopher Nolan our specially-composed pieces I’m Just A Lonely Millionaire With A Creepy Bat Fixation, Butla Rapp and Don’t Kiss Me Catwoman (You Have A Moustache Like My Gran). Don’t be stealing our ideas, Nolan.
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johnny depp = riddler and dustin hoffman = the peguin
I think you mean Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the penguin, not Dustin, i wouldn’t like the penguin in the 3rd Batman outing, but after playing Arkham Asylum i’d love to see Harley Quinn in the next film, Johnny Depp as the riddler = PERFECTION, I’ve also seen alot about David Tennant being The Riddler, which be a horrible choice because he’s such a bad actor.
I hope we see a 3rd Batman film, we only need for Christopher Nolan to confirm he will be directing the film.
Ally.
I agree, Harley would be gret but david tennant fits the description. depp wouldnt be half as good! harley would be great but replacing heath ledger…:’(
Having the Penguin would be a perfect follow on to the Dark Knight. With all the mob bosses dead or in prison there’s a power vacuum left to be filled and since Batman can’t work with the police anymore, the Penguin would have a greater chance of staying under the radar. I’m sure Nolan could work up something a bit more realistic and gritty than the camp and, frankly, pathetic versions of the Penguin shown in the past.
How is David Tennant in anyway a bad actor? Oh wait… he’s not he actually a great actor.
The Riddler sucks the only way Johnny Depp will make it work is if he dies post production due to a drug overdose. The Penguin isn’t a very scary villain just a small man with a penchant for umbrellas which incidently I’ve never seen a real penguin use. As for the Harely Quinn thing yeah she’s viable however i don’t think they should use her too soon simply because it’d be like watching the Dark Knight and feeling slightly attracted to the villain. There’s not many decent bad guys after Two Face and the Joker, I mean the Mad Hatter? Killer Croc? that would be a killer croc, a killer crock of shit. I’m thinking Hush or Bane preferably Bane and this time hopefully he’ll be true to the comics and not just a steroid junkie in a gimp mask. Anyway I Digress, the batman franchise I feel is running out of viable villains fast. Thanks for reading.
you’re a retard, him saying it would be a fun gig for a while does not mean Johnny Depp will play The Riddler, it doesn’t even mean he’s been asked,it’s not confirmed until someone actually says the words, and i hope you were joking about Cher, she’s 62,she would make the worst Catwoman, she can’t even act.
Wow, every now and again a post comes along on the internet that just shows me how stupid people can be. Yours is 1 such post. Now, the original article is not such great literature that I feel the need to defend it, but you have completely missed the point. The author of this piece was laying on the sarcasm so thick with his writing you would have to be blind, deaf dumb, and retarded to not get it. You are clearly one of the least intelligent specimens of humanity walking the planet. Sterilise yourself and do natural selection a favor.
Amen brother!
ha. but both depp and tennant said similar things. sooo…. THE COMP is ON. was that over the top?
LMAO that was frikkin’ hilarious…it’s so obvious!!
there should NOT be a batman 3 nuff said,,, the dark Night is the oNLY film that held a candle to greatness (topping titanic,,almost)LEAVE IT ALONE!!!!!!!!!! WALK AWAY. Undoubtedly those assholes at Warner Bros. will want to fill their pockets ,,so it will be done bat 3 will happen!! but we will see it and Hate it, they will make some coin but we will hate it Bastards!!!!!!!
Yeah your right, look at all the others….Terminator, Spiderman, X-Men. Each of the third movies were complete garbarge…
Spiderman 3 sucked, X-Men always sucked (Except Wolverine), but Batman Begins and Dark Knight have been groundbreaking films. Warner Bros. would be fools to not make a third film. Is it a law that the third installment is always crap? Because the Dark Knight was better than Begins. Aren’t there still enough fresh minds behind the new Batman that the third could even top The Dark Knight? I’d bet everything that, if directed by Nolan and Batman played by Bale, the third Batman will become the most popular movie ever made in the history of mankind. The Dark Knight has almost made more money than Titanic… and it’s ten years younger.
yeah. WEll I trust nolan to make it as good if not, better than TDK.
The Dark Knight was a great movie, but if Nolan believes there is a chance that there is more story to tell then he should be given a shout. No one knows if the next film will be better or worse then the TDK and to say that they shouldn’t even try could take away a chance on great (or even better)
Batman film.
I agree with the last comment, give them a chance, i feel myself that the batman story can’t end there as he is the hero and not the bad guy. It could turn out to be a great movie or a peice of sh*t that u wasted 20 bux to go to the cinames and see it.
Im Batman!
No, I’m Batman! You didn’t even capitalize the name! How could you be Batman!
no idiots im Batman i actually have a realistic costume and my dad has the old Batmobile and i drive it all the time even tho its not street leagal
No. I’m Batman! I use all the correct punctuation! My utility belt beholds the following; Batarangs,two-way radio, Batline, infra-red flashlight, smoke capsules, fingerprint dusting kit, minature camera, lock pick tools, tear-gas pellets, Micro-processor power source, Micro-cassette recorder, Batline reel, laser torch, plastic explosive grenades and an underwater rebreathing aparatus. And… BATSNACKS!
LOL!
I want them 2make another joker and keep it goin jonny depp should be the joker of course no1 can b like the first joker but they should keep it goin!!!
Jokerfan420, you do realise that Heath Ledger was not ‘the first Joker’ don’t you?
Jack Nicholson played the Joker in the original Batman – The Movie. Any person who grew up with that film assumed that Heath Ledger would never top Nicholson’s performance, yet we were proven wrong with that.
Heath did a great job yes. But that doesn’t mean that others cannot do an equally, or even better, job. TDK went to show that already.
I hate to sound like a douche, but Nicholson wasn’t the first Joker either. There was a Batman movie prior to the 1989 version. In the 1966 movie the Joker was played by Cesar Romero. I agree that the role improved throughout each actor, but let’s never forget the old school.
everyone wants to see nolans imagining for all the villians, even if it is cher, PSHas the penguin or anybody Nolan will give them a slight comicbook twist but with a reality check. no ones gonna be bopping around looking like a Divito penguin, hopefully not. but casting Depp as the riddler, kinda reminds me of burtons batmans. might as well cast Helena Botham Carter as Catwoman. I dont think nolan will let his masterpiece fail. perfection takes time.BATMAN ENDS
I WANT TO SPEAK WITH THE MARVEL GUY!
Perhaps it’s time to step away from the usual villians for Batman. A more down to earth villian for the third film with some foreshadowing of the next big comic book villain to come in a fourth and fifth installment. Take a step away from the Joker, have Harley show her face…. AVOID PENGUIN AND RIDDLER ATLEAST FOR NOW!!! Nothing will have the impact that Ledger’s Joker had right now. Take a new direction for the third film them come back all guns blazing for a fourth and perhaps final film.
ok who ever wrote this page is an idiot ok the joker and ridler are very simmaler ut the joker has a bunch of knifes and guns, the riddler has exploding puzzle peices and an ober genious theres a diference idiot
If there’s gonna be a 3rd film put Harley Quinn in it, have her start out by trying to get inside the mind of the joker (who’s face does’nt have to be seen when being interviewed by Harley or others) then over time falling for him and doing all his dirty work on the outside maybe even with help of another (possibly Hush or even Scarecrow (again) who makes Batman believe he is to blame for everything that has gone on in Gotham.
doesn’t if you must use poor grammar. The apostrophie replaces missing letters so “does’nt” doesn’t make sense.
YES!!! Bring in Hush I couldn’t agree more!
Erm, The Riddler is exactly like the Joker but with a green hat? You quite obviously know ‘nothing’ about Batman then…
The Joker is a psychopath who does things simply for the hell of it. Heath Ledger played him to perfection. He has no reason for doing what he does other than to cause as much chaos as he can.
The Riddler on the otherhand, is a genius in terms of intellect. He is cold, methodical and a sociopath to boot. He doesn’t do things at random, he plans them methodically and due to an obsessive compulsion caused by his fathers continued berating/beating of him as a child, has to leave a clue to prove that he is more intelligent than the law authorities.
If you can see the same as the joker in that then you sir, are the idiot. Not the people who like the Riddler.
This article, was a load of bollocks.
I think that the idea of angelina jolie as catwoman is OUTRAGES she is not qualified to do such a role!…in my honest opinion that jessica alba or nikki reed has a better chance of attracting more of a fan base than anything you hve ever seen…im a writer myself and i think you guy’s are making a big mistake and your going to lose alot of fans if you dont attract them with somthing new and fresh.. ~Steven A. Graham Jr.~
There’s so many rumors floating around at the moment, it’s very unlikely that this could be true. For instance, another popular rumour is that David Tennant aka the Tenth Doctor from Doctor Who will play him, and has been backed up by a very convincing poster, but this poster could still be fake.
This is crap its DAVID TENNANT play the Riddler you slow git do more research before posting rubbish!!!
Yeah! David fits the description way better! and hes good at fast – talking, as far as im concerned the riddler does that…. alot.
most of the comments posted on here are sort of against the making of the third movie, or isn’t really looking forward to watching it. But I sort of want to have faith in Christopher Nolan.
I mean, the whole casting and the success of the joker (thanks to late heath ledger) was such an unexpected phenomenon! I think we can do with another surprise. batman is like an american classic, it’s deep and has a lot of things to be explored. I think nolan has enough ingredients to make the next movie as exciting as the last.
all i can say is i hope he won’t let us down
yes. I too have complete faith in Chistopher Nolan. And also i think its gonna be great! the first 2 were marv, why not this one? And- HE WONT DEFINTILY NOT LET US DOWN!!!!!
Wa-Wa… maby there wont be B-man 3… yes there will, with Johny D as the riddler… Oh damn no, its going to be that other bloke from Britans got tallent… wa wa wa.
do you lot do anything but windge and moan.
I have a life, i would love to see batman 3 but it wont kill me if they dont make it.
Will it be better than the last one (Dark Knight) if they have a joker then prob not, we ladys and gents We have seen the best joker and no-one new will live up to his example.
but if they keep up the good work B-3 (or 8 if your counting) will be great and I will love to see it.
But please dont windge and moan about it… life is too damn short. get up off your big but and smile… go outside and remember that life is to live.
Sorry, I just have to say that if they dont make it….
I AM GOING TO ABSOLOUTLYDIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but i m positive about it.
Batman 3 would be a great idea. Depp as riddler on paper sounds great! Lets hope it is not a wonka/madhatter version of riddler. Nolan has an excellent track record so far and i expect this film, if made, to be just as good as the first 2.
You should go with all unknowns or very barely known actors for the next BATMAN Movie. Icannot decide if you should introduce the ROBIN character or not. And out of the three obvious choices for villains-Riddler, Catwoman and Penguin, again I cannot decide on which one or combinations of the three that you should havein the upcoming Blockbuster. Always trying to top the last movie is really a challenge is’nt it?
JIM CARREY AS THE RIDDLER!
YEAH! thats true! or David Tennant.
I think they HAVE to have harley quinn in the next movie but the riddler should be the main villian cuz harley would need the joker cuz she’s a side kick.
Yeah, I’m a HUGE harley fan. If she made it to Arkham asylum, then she should make it to this movie!!!! Also, Just because Jonny Depp said that… it seems like more of an opinian. And he shouldnt be the riddler. The riddler is described ‘tall and lanky” wheareas Jonny Depp is kinda tall, but… buff, you now? the riddler uses gadgets and riddles, and genius Not fighting. But I am also a big fan of David Tennant. He is good at acting, being smart, and hes tall (very) and lanky. As for a catwoman, Catwoman is crappy!
why get the Riddler if they could do BANE
now that would be a good fight for Batman.
And No dont bring in Robin, that would ruin the movie
I’ll clear this up for all of you, according to the posters the Riddler will for sure be played by David Tennant. And let me just say that he is without a doubt one of the best actors in existence.
Christopher Nolan I think Should have done the third batman movie called SHADOW OF THE BAT you need to do villians who have not been done yet like Clocks Worth the time keeper,Killer Croc,Mad Hater,Egg Head, The Man-Bat creature.Because we have already seen Joker, Riddler,Two-Face,Penguine,Mr.Freeze,Bane, and Catwoman.But you could have mad a better Batman and Robin movie.
I almost for got looking at one of my comics ClayFace.
I think no body can nor will ever top Jim Carrey as the Riddler plus Danny DeVito was one hell of a Penguine.They should combine the Batman Saga like they did to StarWars.But I think every one will agree that that Batman and Robin movie could have been better and should be done over.
Well I think Neil Patrick Harris would make a good riddler he has a similar body build to the riddler from the comics and Harley Quinn would be another excellent choice and a totally new never before seen villian which presents a new challenge for batman
Why has nobody mentioned a redo of poison ivy??