Ladies and gentlemen and fan people alike: it seems with no real NEW news comming up we are left only to curious speculations on characters, plotlines, and themes.
I've been following these threads, message boards, and gossip river rapids for two years now. In those two years, I've seen it all...
Penguins, Cats, Murphy's, Shia's, Batman dying, Nolan not comming back, Joker recasts, calls for a new reboot (are you people serious?) and worst of all Johnny Depps galore. It seems that once people on these sites see something that MIGHT fit (and I use might as loosely as I can), people run with it; they either make up stories about "hearing it from a friend", or take tabloid-tom-foolery as canon. Ridiculous.
I've seen many posts about who will fill the female role left behind by Katie Holmes/Maggie Gyllenhaal tagteam of Rachel Dawes. Alas, I have yet to see any solid or reasonable postulations.
People have said time and again Selina Kyle or Talia Al Ghul; these seem to be the most popular. I'm not sure if they are the most popular because they are villains as well and fill dual roles, or because a majority of The Batman fanbase are not nearly as dedicated as they should be. Sure, I'll say it again... ALOT OF NOOBS TOSSING AROUND THESE TWO NAMES... for lack of better knowledge on other lesser known female characters.
So, as a call to those who actually have good ideas and want to bring a little something more to the table, lets continue this conversation.
I'd vote either Vicky Vale, (only) Selina Kyle, or Jezebel Jet (even though she is a much later character.)