Batman

I am really excited for The Dark Knight, which is coming out on Friday. I'll be seeing it on an IMAX screen on Saturday. I was thinking about the great Batman villains that could show up in future movies (Nolan serious type). Here is my list:

Already appeared:
R'as Al Ghul
Scarecrow
Joker
Two Face
R'as is now dead (although he was immortal in the comics, still he probably shouldn't come back) His daughter Talia could come into the story, except that her character is best with R'as involved. Scarecrow could make another appearance in a film. Joker probably won't because Heath Ledger is dead. I'm betting the third movie will be all about Two Face.

So for future movies we have:

The Riddler
Catwoman
Mr. Freeze
Harley Quinn (Joker's accomplice)
Poison Ivy
Penguin
Mad Hatter

Yes there are a lot of others but these looked most promising. The riddler would be good if he was done as a serial killer taunting the police with riddles. Catwoman would be excellent because she's in a gray area - sometimes good and sometimes bad. Mr. Freeze is one of my favorites, but he would be really hard to do in the current series because his transformation and weapons are a stretch scientifically. I think Mr. Freeze would be great for a Batman Beyond movie set in the future. Harley Quinn could be cool but you probably need the Joker to be around for her to work. Poison Ivy would be cool if she wasn't done too much as fantasy. She just needs to be sort of a green peace-ish ultra tree hugger gone killer. She should have a plethora of poisons made from plants. I would not have her able to manipulate plants. Penguin is supposed to be an elegant criminal who robs places in a tuxedo. If he was done this way it might work, but I'd probably not make a movie with him. The Mad Hatter could be good. I remember that he did a lot with computers and tried to control people's minds. This might work in the new movies but the director would have to be careful.


There are several other possible villains that I didn't know about until recently. They might work. Here are two of them:

Black Mask - a criminal who hated Bruce Wayne, not Batman and led the group False Face Society. He has a black skull mask

Firefly - He's basically a pyro.