Comments on: Joseph Gordon-Levitt To Play The Holiday Killer In ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

By: rotch

rotch — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:03 +0000

If Nolan stays close to The Long Halloween\’s plot, then you just posted one huge spoiler.

By: The Playlist

The Playlist — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:03 +0000

Probably not. Nolan\’s grabbed at several pieces of Batman canon and mashed them together. Lots of little part of the Long Halloween story appear in The Dark Knight rises too.

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:03 +0000

I love Gordon-Levitt, but I think I\’m gonna have to take back what I said about Eric Roberts being the least Italian-looking mafioso ever.

By: joe

joe — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:03 +0000

too many cooks in the kitchen.

By: bill

bill — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:03 +0000

@rotch

Completely agree. Just because the story is 15 yrs old doesn\’t mean its not a spoiler.

By: Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

There is nothing \”spoilery\” in this post that anybody who knows how to use Google couldn\’t find in two seconds.

And as The Playlist mentioned, Nolan is tends to mash up characters/plotlines so it\’s not like he\’s shooting The Long Halloween dudes.

By: jimmiescoffee

jimmiescoffee — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

well. two face was directly involved with the holiday killer. so ROTCH you talking about that?

By: bill

bill — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

@jimmiescoffee

I just think people who have never read The Long Halloween would like to go in fresh.

By: jimmiescoffee

jimmiescoffee — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

i agree. but its not like it isn\’t an old story. also, like playlist said he seems to grab pieces from different sources. now if nolan titled it \’dark knight: long halloween\’…well that would be different.

one side note. im wondering how nolan is going to juggle all these characters considering this is his last batman film. is he setting up future films for a new director? he is overseeing superman, why not oversee new batman pictures? selina kyle/catwoman, falcone, bane, Juno temple\’s character, maybe two face in some form, and obvious bruce wayne batman issues, his love story. lastly gordon, lucius fox and alfred …on and on…

this is a shit load of screen time to divide. consider how underdeveloped harvey dent/two face was in \’the dark knight\’. also this is a new story. all the villians for \’dark knight\’ are gone and this story basically starts from scratch.

seems like even more to get done in 140 minutes this go around.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

Well, the fact that Alberto Falcone is the Holiday Killer isn\’t really the most important detail in the plot anyway. And they\’re right, Nolan only borrows elements from the comics, in both Batman Begins with elements of Year One and The Dark Knight with elements of The Long Halloween.

If Alberto even is known as The Holiday Killer in this incarnation of him, I think that will only be an establishing plot that will be revealed in the trailers anyway.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

Rosebud is the name of his sled. Darth Vader is his father. And Bruce Willis is dead the entire time.
These have been out there for a long time. If you haven\’t seen a movie or read a book that\’s been out for at least 10 years, too bad. It\’s your fault for missing out and deciding not to catch up.

As mentioned, i doubt Nolan will fully adapt Long Halloween. He\’ll probably take fragments and weave it into his own universe.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

I think Talia will return with an improved version of the compound from the blue flower. She drugs Batman and he hallucinates for much of the film. Levitt will play the hallucination. This character/hallucination will be none other then Bat-Mite. He will not be called that of course, but we will know who it is. He will be a deformed mutation of Waynes greatest nightmares. The compound will also make him extremely horny which is why Talia and Catwoman will be in the film wearing skin tight costumes. Deformed Bat-Mite will prefer Talia, while Batman will prefer Selina. This will literally pull his mind apart sending him spiralling even further into darkness. The compound will make him froth at the mouth as well. Now this is all speculation at this point, but I do have o nose for these kind of things.

By: jimmiescoffee

jimmiescoffee — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

yeah! and the necklace she borrowed was actually a fake. silly french. all that hard labor for nothing!

By: The Playlist

The Playlist — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

the spoiler which you speak of, obviously there is no spoiler because the graphic novel is already out. I suppose you could blame it all on the writer of the Last Halloween if you like. But yeah, here\’s a SPOILER for you, it won\’t be a straight adaptation.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

What about someone who never heard about The Long Halloween until now? What about a kid who wasn\’t around when the book came out? I\’d hate to be them and read such a big spoiler.

By: sean

sean — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

\”What about someone who never heard about The Long Halloween until now? What about a kid who wasn’t around when the book came out? I’d hate to be them and read such a big spoiler.\”

@jim

Just because you weren\’t born when the book came out doesn\’t excuse the fact that you haven\’t read it.
If someone were to spoil Taxi Driver to me, yeah i be pissed because they spoiled it for me, but it\’s my own dumb fault for waiting to finally see it.
Long Halloween has been out for 15 years. Either get on it and read it or prepare for media outlets to spoil some plot points to you.

By: jimmiescoffee

jimmiescoffee — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

if you think mentioning a long halloween is a spoiler you are an not very smart. its simply logical to mention where carmine falcone comes from. yes. its years old and most importantly all this shit is based on pure speculation.

By: rodie

rodie — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

First of all, I still regard this as speculation/rumor on Variety\’s part until Nolan or Warner Brothers releases a statement. Second, if Levitt is Alberto I\’d wager there\’s only about a 1% chance of him being depicted as the \”Holiday Killer\” in TDKR. Instead he\’ll be an up and coming crime boss trying to make a name for himself or take up his father\’s mantle (presuming Carmine is still in Arkham after ODing on fear toxin thanks to Scarecrow).

He\’ll probably have as much screentime as Eric Roberts had in TDK, maybe even a little less, unless TDKR is close to 3 hours, which I wouldn\’t mind of course.

By: rotch

rotch — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

Yikes. I didn\’t mean to spark such controversy.

I agree, it\’s foolish to think Nolan is adapting The Long Halloween in a straightforward way, and therefore it is probably not a spoiler. But if he were, this would be a grade \’A\’ spoiler. I mean, The Long Halloween is one big whodunit, and reveling that Alberto is Holiday gives the murder. Well, actually, not really… but well, that\’s not the point.

Oh, and @The Playlist, you should go to a certain Alfred Hitchcock with your whole \”the spoiler which you speak of, obviously there is no spoiler because the graphic novel is already out. \” argument. I mean, poor guy went as far as asking audiences not to spoil Psycho in the film\’s advertising materials, when in reality there was no such spoiler because Robert Bloch\’s novel was already out. Right?

By: Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

Chris Nolan is pretty aware how the internet works. I\’m not sure he would introduce a character and make it a mystery what their identity is for the entirety of a movie if anyone can find out with two mouse clicks.

Might it occupy a portion of the plot? Sure. But we\’retalking like first hour stuff. He\’s not adapting The Long Halloween. Get over it.

By: JoJo

JoJo — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:54:02 +0000

Can\’t wait till someone on the film leaks the script and spoilers are posted across the web. Love the internet.