Rumors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt For Batman 3; The Lizard As Villain In Spider-Man
It’s a slow news week, and when legit news isn’t filling the frame there is room for rumor to grow. There are two big ones today: thatJoseph Gordon-Levittis being primed to appear inBatman 3, perhaps as the Riddler, and that the big villain ofSpider-Manwill be the Lizard.
First up, Mr. Gordon-Levitt. This comes from Deadline and Movieline sister gossip siteHollywood Life, which claims that JGL has been tapped to play the Riddler inBatman 3. There’s no substantiation to this, and since we don’t even know if the script is finished (fairly certain it is not) it seems too early to call. But JGL is in Christopher Nolan’sInception, which makes it a lot easier to believe than almost every otherBatman 3rumor we’ve heard; supposedly the rumor originated in a joke or comment made on theInceptionset. And it certainly seems like a good idea.
For what it’s worth, however, JGL’s reps have already denied this, according toThe Wrap. So leave it alone for now and wait for the script to be delivered.
And nowSpider-Man. Earlier this week we heard thatMichael Fassbenderisup for two roles in Marvel-derived movies: Magneto inX-Men: First Classand the unnamed villain in Sony’sSpider-Manreboot. The impressive thing, given that there are a couple drafts of theSpider-Manscript at this point, is that no one seems to know who the villain is. Who’d be right for Fassbender?
Bleeding Coolsays that it is the Lizard. The character was being primed to eventually appear in the series directed by Sam Raimi, as Dylan Baker played Peter Parker’s teacher Dr. Curt Connors. That’s the alter-ego of the Lizard, who transforms into a sort of mean man-reptile after a genetic experiment to use lizard DNA to regrow his own human arm goes awry. Baker is out, given that the entire series cast is being replaced, so there’s certainly room for a new Connors and Lizard. And it’s a character that could be threatening but not terribly expensive, and we haven’t seen him on screen yet. So perhaps…
