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    Didn't know where to put this so........
    
    Latest news from the Entertainment Desk is that Val Kilmer is
    re-thinking contractual agreements to appear in the next Batman
    flick.  Rumor has it that a search for a new Caped Crusader is 
    under way.
    
    And just who was approached to play the hero in black...
    
    None other than ER's George Clooney!

    
    More rumors about the next flick...
    
    Patrick Stewart as.......Mr. Freeze
    Alicia Silverstone as....Bat Girl
    Uma Thurman as...........Poison Ivy
    
    Chris O'Donnell will return as the Boy Wonder

    I read that it is rumoured Arnold Schwarzeneger will play Mr. Freeze.
    
    
    		Ruth

    >> Patrick Stewart as.......Mr. Freeze
    
    I'd save Patrick Stewart to play Egghead (who was played by Vincent
    Price, I believe, in the old TV series).
    
    Chris

    
    I don't remember poison Ivy from the TV show

    George Clooney as Batman? He maybe popular on TV but his
    first venture out for the big screen has bombed badly and
    I can't picture him as Batman at all.
    
    Mo
    

    he turned down the "Green Hornet" for some other role, (not Batman)
    I think the G.H. would be better for him...??????
    
    we'll see what happens.
    

    
    personally,I liked his first venture into movies a great deal
    
    
    
    ...to each their own I suppose!
    
    
    						Ian

    I think the new Batman film will be called "Batman Triumphant" and as
    far as having Arnie as Mr Freeze, "BOLLOCKS".  Arnie is good at action
    films ok but I think Patrick Stewart would be far better, after all, he
    is a brilliant actor.
    
    Uma Thurman would do a good job as Poison Ivy but she doesn't have red
    hair and who is Alicia Silverstone.  Good to have Chris O'Donnel back
    as Robin but I cannot picture George Cooley as Batman.  I didn't like
    them changing the actor once, never mind twice but Val was good at
    playing both Bruce Wayne and Batman so I hope he decides to reprise his
    role as The Caped Crusader.
    
    						Steve
    

    
    	Well, no one could picture Michael Keaton as Batman, but then
    	there he was and he did quite well.
    
    	George Clooney, at 1st, sounds like just as bad a choice, but
    	anything's possible.
    
    	Alicia Silverstone was in "Clueless" and "The Crush".
    

    I have heard that it has been confirmed that George Clooney has signed
    up to play Batman in the next three Batman films.  I'm not sure why Val
    Kilmer isn't doing it but I heard the ominous word being mentioned,
    "MONEY"!
    
    						Steve
    

    George Clooney!!  Oh no, IMO I think the producers have made a terrible
    mistake. I know looney Clooney is on that popular drama on T.V. now.
    But wasn't he Booker on Roseanne a few years back? And wasn't he on
    Fact of Life alot of years back also?! Great, what a way to mess up
    something that could have been good. (Although I wasn't to crazy about
    ther pick for Robin in Batman Forever either.) Oh well I guess we will
    have to wait and see.

    
    	George was also in the comedy series "E.R." that aired about
    	10 years ago.
    

                               George Clooney

Actor
       1. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) .... Seth Gecko
       2. "ER" (1994) .... Dr. Doug Ross
       3. Harvest, The (1993) .... Lip Syncing Transvestite
       4. Without Warning: Terror in the Towers (1993) (TV) .... Kevin Shea
       5. "Bodies of Evidence" (1992) .... Det. Walker
       6. Unbecoming Age (1992) .... Mac
       7. "Baby Talk" (1991) .... Joe (1991)
       8. "Sisters" (1991) .... Det. Falconer (1993-1994)
       9. Red Surf (1990)
      10. Sunset Beat (1990) (TV)

      11. "Roseanne" (1988) .... Booker (1988-1989)
      12. Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)
      13. Return to Horror High (1987)
      14. Combat High (1986) (TV) .... Biff Woods
          ... aka Combat Academy (1986) (TV)

      15. "Facts of Life, The" (1979) .... George Burnett (1985-1986)

    I think if you look at Michael Keeton and Val Kilmer's acting history
    as opposed to Clooney's you will see a vast difference...
    

    I heard Adam West will be doing Batman V
    
    Warren

    I see we are getting a little off track here....
    
      If, you think about it really doesn't matter who plays Batman. It's
     the villians that usally shine in these movies. Clooney, although he 
     wouldn't be my first pick would do just fine. What is really important
     it who is going to play the bad guys...Think about the 1st batman
    movie....Jack Nicoleson(sp?)stole the show!!! The 2nd one was Michelle
    Pheifer grabbed some of the spot light(I thought they did a lousy job 
    with Danny Devito)...and the 3rd one was Jim Carrey who took his turn
    at stealing the spotlight from Batman(Tommy Lee Jones as Twoface was
    very annoying). So, if they go and get two or three villains then it 
    won't matter who the caped crusader is.
    

    
    	Just read it in Entertainment Weekly that George Clooney will be
    Batman,Uma Thurman will be Poison Ivy, Arnie will be Dr Freeze and
    Alicia Silverstone will be Bat Girl.(She was also in a couple of
    Aerosmith videos by the way.)

re .21

Apparently the filmakers have realised that the 'baddies' are the most imprtant
characters in the Batman films. There is a rumour that the real reason for
Val Kilmer not doing Batman 4 was caused by a disagreement between him and the
film company over the casting of Arnie. It seems that Val Kilmer was to star
with Arnie in a film (True Lies I think), and Arnie said no, so Kilmer was 
dropped. When Arnie was cast in Batman 4, Kilmer told the film co to ditch Arnie
or else he (Kilmer) would refuse to star. The film co then told Kilmer where
to go.

Allegedly.
Clive

    
    Apparently, Arnie is learning to iceskate for his role.  That ought to
    be interesting, "graceful" isn't normally the word one would
    associate with big Arn.
    
    
    
    I.

    This is from the tabloids, so who knows how much truth there is to it,
    but ... I've read that that Val Kilmer's agent felt that he deserved
    much more money for the next Batman movie ... and they thought it would
    be easier/cheaper just to find someone else, who wasn't quite so
    expensive.  According to the paper, Val Kilmer actually wasn't that
    happy about the decision.   Also heard that Stallone was up against
    Schwatznegger for the Mr. Freeze role, but that Arnie won out.
    
    I think George Cloony would be just fine ... after all, who ever
    thought that Michael Keaton would be good in Batman's 1 and II?  

    re .19
    
    I heard something along the same lines, although the film the dispute
    was over was The Terminator.
    
    						Steve
    

    
    
    
    re -1
    
    
    what? George Clooney and Val were fighting over who would be the
    Terminator? :)))))
    
    Chris
    :)

    re -1 & -2
    
    No..No..No... It was Val kilmer and Geroge Clooney who were
    fighting over who would be terminator...
    
    Back to Batman...
    How long will these go one?  Probably as long as we pay for the
    tickets!
    

re .22

You're right. I knew it was a Cameron film. Apparently Kilmer was originally
chosen to play Kyle Reese, but was replaced by Michael Biehn after Arnie
objected. Ho hum, those crazy Hollywood Prima Donnas.

Clive

    
    
    
    so Michael Biehn is in the running for Batman as well???? :))))))))))
    
    Chris_triumphant
    :))))

    I wish Michael Biehn would do a little more work.  The last thing I
    remember seeing him in was some awful movie with Charlie Sheen (Navy
    Seal?)  Has he done anything more recent?

    
    	I didn't know he was in "Grease" until I extracted this.
    
    	I liked "The Seventh Sign", although that probably wasn't exactly
    	a contender for an Oscar.
    
    
    
                               Michael Biehn

Actor
    
       1. Rock, The (1996)
       2. Blood of the Hunter (1995) .... Blake
       3. Crash (1995) .... Casey
          ... aka Dirty Money (1995)
       4. In The Kingdom of The Blind, The Man with One Eye Is King (1995)
       5. Jade (1995) .... Bob Hargrove
       6. Deep Red (1994) .... Joe Keyes
       7. Deadfall (1993) .... Joe
       8. Strapped (1993) (TV) .... Matthew McRae
       9. Tombstone (1993) .... Johnny Ringo
      10. Taste for Killing, A (1992) (TV) .... Bo Landry
      11. Timebomb (1992) .... Eddy Kay
      12. K2 (1991) .... Taylor Brooks
          ... aka K2: The Ultimate High (1991)
      13. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) .... Kyle Reese (uncredited/cut
          out)
          ... aka T2 (1991)
      14. Navy SEALS (1990) .... Curran

      15. Abyss, The (1989) .... Lt. Hiram Coffey
      16. In a Shallow Grave (1988)
      17. Rampage (1988) .... Anthony Fraser
      18. Seventh Sign, The (1988) .... Russell Quinn
      19. Aliens (1986) .... Corporal Dwayne Hicks
      20. Deadly Intentions (1985) (TV) .... Charles Raynor
      21. Terminator, The (1984) .... Kyle Reese
      22. China Rose (1983) (TV)
      23. Lords of Discipline, The (1983) .... Alexander
      24. Fan, The (1981) .... Douglas Breen (The Fan)
      25. Hog Wild (1980) .... Tim Warner

      26. Paradise Connection, The (1979) (TV) .... Larry DeWitt
      27. Steeletown (1979) (TV) .... Gibbey Anderson
      28. "Runaways, The" (1978) .... Mark Johnson
          ... aka "Operation Runaway" (1978)
      29. Coach (1978) .... Jack
      30. Fire in the Sky, A (1978) (TV) .... Tom Rearden
      31. Grease (1978) .... Jock (Basketball Player)
      32. Zuma Beach (1978) (TV) .... J.D.
      33. James at 15 (1977) (TV)

Note: the titles that start with a quote (") are TV series

    I have heard about a title change, instead of calling it "Batman
    Triumphant", they may be calling it "Batman and Robin.
    
    Batman    :George Clooney (signed for next three Batman movies)
    Robin     :Chris O'Donnell                       
    Batgirl   :Alicia Silverstone
    Poison Ivy:Uma Thurman
    Mr. Freeze:Arnold Shwarzenegger
    
    Once again this may not be the final casting but the film is supposed
    to begin filming in September.
    
    						Steve

    Just heard the latest rumour about George Clooney.  Apparently, he has
    not signed up to for the next three Batman films, instead he has signed
    up for three Warner Bros. films.
    
    						Steve 

    
    	Well, is 1 of those 3 WB films the next "Batman" movie?
    

    I take it that it is .
    
    Steve

    As cool as 1 & 3 were, I think I could only handle one more Batflick.
    
    	I mean sequals are great and all, but it should be reserved for
    flicks that'll keep ya interested. And I think the thing that keeps me
    intrested in Batman would have to be the excelent casting of
    characters. ie: "The Joker" - Jack Nicholson, "The Penguin" - Danny
    DeVito (even though the flick itself sucked) or "The Riddler" - Jim
    Carey. So after the next one they'd better giv'er a rest!
    
    J 

    
    
    
    I disagree, Batman can go on and on...
    
    there are so many good stories..but they should concentrate on
    
    the plot and keep some of the villains alive!
    
    Chris
    :)

    
    Batman could go on as long as the plot was up to scratch.  The first
    one was a good idea, the second, blatant capitalisation and the third
    was dire hollywood schlock.  Why don't the screenwriters follow the
    plot of the comic books?  These plots are often well thought out and
    would translate well to film, often relying more on the characters
    intellect than the clever gadgets that seem to get one use and are then
    thrown away (has this got got unlimited money or something?).  I think
    it would be good to get out of Gotham for a while.
    
    
    I.

    
    
    I'ld like to see the Frank Miller graphic novel turned into a movie.
    I thihk it was called " The Dark Knight Return ".
    
    it's about an aged Bruce Wayne bringing Batman out of retirement.
    
    Chris
    :)

    
    	Hmmm, that'd be the PERFECT role for Adam West.
    
    	8^)
    

    
    I agree, I read the novel you speak of Chris and I quite enjoyed it,
    that would make an excellent movie as long as it was done properly. 
    The graphic novel "venom" would be good.  Batman gets addicted to
    drugs!
    
    
    I.

    
    
    the Knightfall series would be great too if not expensive considering
    all the major baddies in it..but you needn't get all top stars to do
    it.
    
    Chris
    :)

    What about the "Batman vs Predator" graphic novels, both are very good
    and I think they would translate well onto the big screen.
    
    						Steve
    

    The "hunter's moon" novel would work very well.  Good suggestion!
    
    
    I.

    
    I toured Warner Brother's Studios last Tuesday. They were in the process
    of building an ice rink set for Mr. Freeze. I asked if we could look at
    the blue-prints and got the answer I expected. :-(

    Paul

    I just read in the paper today that there is a possibility that some of
    Batman 4 will be filmed here in Ottawa, more specifically the Rideau
    Canal!  I don't think any of the big actors will be there (Arnie,
    George or Alicia) but none the less, this sleepy little town might see
    some action.  They plan on filming during our winter season...someone
    better tell them to bundle up...especially if they show up in January! 
    
	Cool, can I be Mr. Freeze sidekick?  Lil' Frosty?

Should the title of this topic be changed ? Hasn't it been confirmed as being
called "Batman and Robin" ? 

The "Batman and Robin" title sucks, IMHO ! Talk about total lack of imagination.

I can't wait to see Arnie ice-skating, though.

Simes.

    
    RE Ottawa
    
    
    EXCELLENT!!
    
    I'll definitely by checking out the filming action if possible!
    
    Chris
    :)

>Should the title of this topic be changed ? Hasn't it been confirmed as being
>called "Batman and Robin" ? 

Done.

- Nina

    
    
    re filming in Ottawa
    
    what paper was that in? The Citizen or the Sun?
    
    Chris
    :)

    It was the SUN and it was at least a couple of weeks ago.  It had a guy
    dressed up as Batman standing on the Westin Hotel downtown, overlooking
    the Canal!

    
    
    Just wanted to know how reliable the source was since I'm moving
    back to Ottawa soon and was very interested in the note.
    
    thanks
    Chris
    :)

    
    Saw a preview for this on ET last night.
    
    All I gotta say is that Arnie's get-up looks like something out of
    Return to Oz.  Also, don't think I like Uma as a red head.....okay I
    lied, that's not all I hafta say.
    
    From the preview, I gathered that Arnie has some pretty cheesy one
    liners in this one, well to be truthful they all have some pretty
    cheesy one liners.
    
    Now don't get me wrong, I'll probably be one of the first in line for
    it.
    
    Also, don't know if it's mentioned here, but it's scheduled for release
    June 20, 1997.
    
    Now I'm done

    The previews are pretty cool.  I think Arnie's costume looks cool too!
    Of course the story (IMO) probably won't be much better than that of
    the Saturday Morning Cartoon version.  But then again, some of those
    Cartoons have better plots than many movies.  [^;=
    
    	Jay