LLOYD DOBLER & PEE-WEE HERMAN vs. BATMAN?
posted by Serg

Actor John Cusack is apparently ardent to play D.A Harvey Dent the law-abider who eventually becomes the stained Two-Face in the next Batman movie, according to a scooper for Batman On Film.

In the film, Dent teams with Batman/ Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) and Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) to catch the villainous Joker.

Though this is the first anyones heard of Cusack being interested in the role Live Schrieber and Hugh Jackman have been rumored to be in the running for that part. The Con Air and Say Anything star has pretty much cleared most of his schedule for 2007, so he could easily fit the role in. But then again, Joey Travoltas schedule is rather clear too, and hes not being considered.

Should Cusack snag the role, he'd be signing for two movies, in essence : The next film, and the one after in which he'd turn into the abovementioned Two-Face.

And heres another one to throw on the rumor mound

TV series, G4, ran a report saying that Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens will be playing The Joker in the next film. Yep, according to the show, he's the man. The new Clown Prince of Crime. The Smiling assassin.

Anything in that? I doubt it.

I'd say they've simply gotten their Pauls mixed up (Paul Bettany is actually an oft-rumoured candidate for the role), or have been slipped a bogus rumor. I could be wrong, but I just dont see Reubens being the star catch the sequel so dearly needs. He actually had a role in one of the other Batman movies too, Batman Returns, playing The Penguins father, so I think that would involuntarily rule him out. I believe they dont want this new series to bare any tie to the original foursome.