Next Batman Villian??

Originally posted by Almighty Bauer
I don't want Hush. He's too recent, and bandages would look pretty silly. Not to mention, Bruce never mentioned Tommy Elliott. Also, if Bruce's Dad saved Tommy's mother, then Hush would have been a murderer at the age of... 7? Not likely, methinks.

Originally posted by SelinaAndBruce
It's not like Nolan hasn't messed around with origins and looks here and there so those things can be remedied. I just like the idea of an old friend coming back and ****ing with Bruce/Bats I guess. I know it's probably not feasible which is why I say the riddler but I love the Hush series I just wish it could be a film.

With the Reaper, they could do it like this:

Recent murders of crime bosses make everyone believe that Batman is the culprit. Now more than ever the police are on his tale, though Jim Gordon tries to stay out of it. Bruce spends most of his time as Batman nowadays after the events of "Dark Knight" in hopes of no longer getting close to people. Alfred is terrified of this and constantly tries to get Bruce out and into the open without the suit, but with constant fail.

One night, while patrolling the city, Batman comes upon a man screaming in terror, only to be revealed as a criminal not convicted of raping a young girl. He watches as a masked crusader with scythes for hands attacks him. Batman goes to stop him, believing him to be another Batman ripoff. He finds out quickly that this is no ordinary fake vigilante as he viciously attacks Bruce, injures him, kills the criminal just as the police arrive. The cops see Batman lumbering over the dead body, and are convinced that he is the killer. However, Batman barely escapes.

The GCPD start a new unit to capture batman, called the GCBD(Gotham City Batman Department), lead by Harvey Bullock. In order to find out what is inside the head of the Batman, they call on the expertise of Hugo Strange. To no one's understanding other than his own, Hugo uses this entire scenario in order to study and become more like Batman. Pulling the strings on the GCBD's actions, he calls in Edward Nigma to track down Batman for him in any way necessary.

Damaged and angry in his lair, Bruce ponders on who this 'Reaper' is. Every time he turns on the television, he sees nothing but killings. However, i has become more extreme. Criminals such as petty thieves and jaywalkers are being ruthlessly murdered. The billionaire now must go back out into the night and find out who this madman is.

Things become more difficult when Nigma finally meets Batman, and is revealed to be on the job of mob boss Rupert Thorne to kill the Reaper and Batman at once. The two join forces in order to stop the Reaper, with Hugo Strange studying it all.

Originally posted by Almighty Bauer
It'd be cool if he had a slightly larger role in Batman 3, maybe being taken down at the start (a la Scarecrow) after a committing several murders. But I doubt he'd have a major role after clearly being little more than a thug with a knife in Batman Begins...

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Originally posted by Kapton JAC
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Yup.

I would like to see

1)Hush, he's perfect in my opinion, he's a realistic villain with close ties to Bruce.

2)Phantasm, Andrea would be great as a woman from Bruce's past who chose a different path of vengeance.

3)Bane & Black Mask. Black Mask could be a new mobster who rises up to take advantage of the void left and he hires an assassin named Bane to kill off The Batman.

I hear rumors it is gonna be Catwoman and The Riddler which I hope is true.
I also hope for Gods sake they dont include Robin or Bat Girl in the next flim.

Catwoman YES!!!!!

My mom just told me that Cher is playing CatWoman I hope to god that she was lying

I doubt that would ever be true.

If cher plays catwoman, heath ledger better rise from the dead in his joker costume and say "Tada!!!"

Cher no not at all

Nolan wants to stay away from any campy or sci-fi style villains and has said that catwoman and the penguin would definitely not work for him. I'm guessing a good candidate for a future villain would be the Black Mask considering he was nearly in Dark Knight. I also think that Anarky (especially with his connections to the joker), Hush, maybe a highly retooled poison ivy, Rupert Thorne, Deadshot, and maybe Deathstroke would work. It should also be kept in mind that Deadshot and Killer Croc were already introduced in Gotham Knight.

Deathstroke, given his suit, is too campy for Nolans world.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
Nolan wants to stay away from any campy or sci-fi style villains and has said that catwoman and the penguin would definitely not work for him.

He said Penguin. Nolan said that Catwoman would be interesting.

I don't want a Catwoman but I guess they gotta give Bruce a new love interest. Why I don't know....

Do you think Ras al Gul could return and have Deathstroke as his new apprentice??
I think that'd be sweet...

Originally posted by TheGame17
Do you think Ras al Gul could return and have Deathstroke as his new apprentice??
I think that'd be sweet...

Originally posted by Mairuzu
no

why the hell not??

Originally posted by Aster Phoenix
I would like to see

1)Hush, he's perfect in my opinion, he's a realistic villain with close ties to Bruce.

2)Phantasm, Andrea would be great as a woman from Bruce's past who chose a different path of vengeance.

3)Bane & Black Mask. Black Mask could be a new mobster who rises up to take advantage of the void left and he hires an assassin named Bane to kill off The Batman.

2) A woman from Bruce's past who isn't Rachel!? And she was never in the comics. NO.

3) Bane- yes. Assassin- hell, no. Read Knightfall. Bane's no thug for hire. If they want a gun-for-hire, Nolan could use Deadshot, Cane or any number of other villains.
Black Mask would be great, but I'm not sure if he'd seem too similar to the Joker, because:
- He's a sadist.
- He's got a disfigured face.
- He's insane.
- He's a genius.
- He manipulates the mob.
I think he could seem very similar, though I'm sure Nolan could make it work brilliantly.