Apparently the role of Robin has always been a dream role for Milo. He even goes as far as saying he wouldn't mind playing second fiddle to Batman, "I would love to be Christian Bale's sidekick in Batman. Even when I was younger I never wanted to be Batman."

I call shenanigans on this — who grows up pretending to be Robin? But more importantly Milo needs to check his aspirations at the door as Bale would rather get dragged by the Tumbler than work on a Dark Knight that included Robin, and we agree with him. No Robin thanks, we're saving room for characters that deserve be brought to life in Nolan's gritty Gotham, like Catwoman.

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In a press conference Eckard was doing for Towelhead, the press tried to squeeze out a denial from the actor about whether his Dark Knight character is toast in the next film. Is it possible that Two-Face survived his apparent demise in the end? Eckhart told Coming Soon that he was sorry to say Harvey Dent is DOA:

Q: Is Harvey Dent alive?
Aaron Eckhart: No. He is dead as a door nail.

Q: So he's not coming back?
Eckhart: He ain't coming back baby!

Q: I was hoping he would.
Eckhart: No. I asked Chris [Nolan] that question and he goes, "You're dead" before I could even get the question out of my mouth. "Hey Chris, am I?" "You're dead!" Alright, cool.

Q: That's not a problem in comic book movies. You could still come back.
Eckhart: I think in contract negotiations it's a problem.

Q: So you were never signed on for another film?
Eckhart: No, I'm not coming back. I think unfortunately, Heath [Ledger] was supposed to go on and that didn't work out. I'm nobody. I'm a cog. I have no say over this sort of stuff. I'm sure that there's so many other characters that they could whip together. I heard Angelina Jolie was going to be Catwoman or something like that. I thought that was a great idea. I'd like to be in that one.

Nooooo Eckhart! We were so close to stopping all these crazy Dark Knight rumors and there you go again giving credence to the Jolie Catwoman yarn. Sigh, I don't think the Dark Knight 3 rumors will ever end until Nolan breaks his silence and tells the world what he's planning on doing. Until then we need to be giving more thought to my Liza Minnelli as The Penguin casting proposition.

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Oldman and Nolan confirmed the next Batman villain would be The Riddler, last played by Jim Carrey in Batman Forever. Asked whether they would recast the role of the Joker due to the sad passing of actor Heath Ledger Oldman expressed his great appreciation for Ledger's portrayal, and said, "Maybe we don't need the Joker. Because we'll have The Riddler." Fascinating, how will Nolan bring to life such an over-the-top character? Granted he brought The Joker to deep and dark reality, so The Riddler could very well be a slightly believable villain.

Director Chris Nolan had no idea about bringing back The Joker, and in fact he says he's not especially gung ho about making a third Batman movie in the first place. When asked about making a third film, Nolan tells Movie Web, "I don't know. I take my projects one at a time, and I am not thinking about that right now. I don't know if I want to come back." Whoa — what's with the sour grapes? You've been making movie magic, why not round out the series while you still have all the actors you love under contract? [Movie Web]