Andy Serkis wants to take on Batman as The Riddler!

why couldnt he be better looking josh lol
well done :)

@leee depp for it mmmmm now your talking lol

Not exactly the face I'd imagine for the part...

Quite an unorthodox idea.

After Nolan cast out of left field for the Joker, I can see him doing the same with the Riddler, should he be included in Batman 3 of course.

But damn, Serkis is incredibly interesting as a Riddler choice. I'd be absolutely down with him.

The guy is an amazing actor thats for sure and I'm sure he'd do an amazing job in the role! If anyone has played the PS3 game, Heavenly Sword in which he provided voice and motion work the I'm sure you'll agree that he can play a psychotic villain brilliantly! :)

I'd also like to see him play Scarecrow as I said a while back in my Arkham Asylum fan cast!

Gollum?! F#@K ya! Then he could fight Batman with all the gorilla fighting he learned on the set of King Kong, lol.

how can you go from the joker to the riddler??? the riddler is a weak villian IMO, and could not top heaths joker in tdk, i hope nolan isnt concidering him for b3.

it's gonna be leo. he's already working with nolan now. nolan always uses the same actors.

The riddler should be done by Paul Bettany.

Serkis would do a good Man-Bat or maybe Bane with the help of a lot of CGI of course...

I'd rather have him as the Penguin.

personally, i want to see someone other than the villians already portrayed on tv or film.
like The Ventriloquist and Scarface.
or The Mad Hatter.
They're darker characters, with still a comic book since of villiany, and can still have a realistic twist.
ex. The Mad Hatter could be involved in the "Alices in Wonderland" operation, where as the woman (alices), could be sold as slaves (like Taken).
and
The Ventriloquist and Scarface, could be done like straight out of the comic books. except i don't fully feel he is a character that could carry a movie that follows The Dark Knight.
Although already done, I do believe with Rachel Dawes deceased, now would be a good time to throw in the tweener character Selena Kyle (Catwoman) and allow her to the be catalyst in this Batman film and maybe the next one following.
As far as actors for these characters...established actors are always great to consider, but I believe Nolan only picks who HE feels will do the best job. Remember the mixed reactions to Heath Ledger as Joker?
But again, these are just a few thoughts...

I like the Johnny Depp idea, but what about David Hyde Pierce (the guy who played Niles on Frasier.) Or Paul Bettany from A Knight's Tale.

If anyone can top ledgers performance is serkis. i think he would make an incredible riddler! I dont want to see depp as the riddler

Great poster, LEEE777!!!

I'd rather see Serkis as Riddler than Depp. With Serkis, you get a certain level of quasi-anonymity that allows the character to be more convincing. With Depp, you hear Depp, you see Depp, you watch Depp... and no matter how well he performs, you don't end up seeing The Riddler. Depp's too big, now.

Choosing the villian is about portaying the villian's effect on the hero's life, emotionally, intellectually, etc. Most of the Batman villians have only temporal relationships to Batman, i.e., they're just villians who have a strength he has to match or counter.

Black Mask is an interesting idea.

I know most folks are against a Catwoman story but I would look forward to the kind of good story Nolan can deliver. That being said, I agree that rehashing the old favorites can be more than a little tired.

Killer Croc, Clayface, Man-Bat, et al, are great characters for a comic book but for something that's supposed to feel like real life they make no sense. Scarecrow's hallucinogen was believable because related substances exist. We do not, however, have human-articulated mutant monsters in reality. Nolan's going for reality.

i say bacon for riddler

Id personally like to see Matthew Lillard aka Shaggy. He is a pretty funny actor and can play some serious roles.