Top 10 Actors That Can Play Batman After The Dark Knight Rises

Why does no one ever mention Jim Caviezel. He already pretty much plays Batman on Person of Interest.

Let’s not kid ourselves here…people WILL use the Nolan Batman series as the NEW gold standard for judging any batman film(before;or,after the series). Therefore,you’re going to need someone who can not only play the role;but,someone who will have the fanboys rioting in the streets,for better;or,worse(remember how the fanboys reacted when they chose Heath Ledger for the Joker,anyone?) .With that stated,WB/DC should go with Idris Elba;however,since they will reboot Batman in time for the,”Justice League Movie”,they will go with the dude from,”Third Rock From The Sun”,and continue the long tradition of making Batman,”safe and corny”(Getting off his soap box,while shrugging his shoulders,hoping the studios will pick Idris to be the,”Black Panther”).

Only guy I even thought twice about on this list is Andrew Lincoln. But really none of them are good for Bruce Wayne/Batman. I could def see them in other roles though. Gosling was almost cast as Hal Jordan in the GL movie. Idris Elba would make a phenomenal John Stewart. Stephen Dorf as Constantine, Bradley Cooper as Barry Allen, Joseph Fienes as Martian Manhunter, and Wes Bentley as one half of the Wonder Twins. Lol.

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except for Joe and Andrew, your whole is actors who COULD play Batman through a lot of hard work and changing this or that. How about some guys who WOULD be a good Batman? Also half of these make no sense. You’re trying to re-boot it like it’s Nolan’s Batman all over again. It’s going to be different.

Wes Bentley looks too much like Henry Cavill (Superman)
Joseph Fienes would be a good choice though.

Idris Elba? He’s an impressive actor, but come on as Bruce Wayne? Lay off the crack, man! Its already hard enough to find Bale’s equivalent. Jim Caviezel isn’t a bad choice. Same goes for John Hamm. Especially, Clint Eastwood as the older Bruce Wayne (kinda like “Looper”). I’m shocked that no one voted for Johnny Depp. This is a really tough question to answer. But I, too, would want JGL to take the mantle since Nolan has already set him up for it. As for the others, yes, Bradley Cooper should’ve been GL. James Franco as Barry Allen, The Flash. Ryan Reynolds for the role of DEADPOOL! Stephen Dorff should’ve been Gambit, but he’s too old now. Channing Tatum as Captain America (even though Chris Evans could act better than him). Ryan Gosling, would be better off as The Man Without Fear, Daredevil! Or Aquaman (no facial hair) even.

This has to be one of the worst lists I’ve ever seen. Some of these choices make me think the author is going through a hipster phase more than he is actually thinking about a good casting choice. Lets try to be a bit more serious next time.

why the hell is everyone saying joshua gordon levit? HES ROBIN! *angry face*

Josh Brolin or Joseph Gordon Levitt

I really hope they don’t ruin a good thing. Unless Nolan and Bale return, I don’t see anyway a reboot would work out well. If Bale really wants to call it quits, maybe Levitt as Nightwing spinoff?? And also since Nolan is producing the Man of Steel, I REALLY hope a Batman (Bale) and Superman movie can be made with Nolan involved either as writer, producer, director or all three

Worst list of possible replacements I have ever seen. Try again. Ryan Gosling c’mon!

pretty much the worst list ever

Jake Gyllanhall should be the next batman if there is one. He was already the second choice to play batman by Chris Nolan, and Nolan knows his actors. Gyllenhall has that broody, conflicted, pretty boy look that can play not only Bruce Wayne, but also Batman

Michael Fassbender as Batman and Joseph Gordon Levitt as Robin, and Johnny Depp as The Riddler. BOOM!!

Not a great list. I kinda liked the idea of Stuart Townsend at one point, but now, I dunno. I do think that David Tennant would be an AWESOME Joker, though.

I’d like to see them skew younger and go for a Batman in his early 20′s if they really plan on rebooting Batman. Go with a more “by the book” adaptation of Batman: Year One, with a little of the recent Batman: Earth One thrown in to give things a little different look (like go with an Alfred that is more of a grizzled bodyguard and The Penguin as Gotham’s corrupt mayor). They should keep the story dark and serious but try to still differentiate future films from Nolan’s work.

Alba would be a great choice on account he can be very suave and at the same time incredibly terrifying. Gosling is also a good choice simply for the Bruce Wayne side of things, however I think after seeing Drive he would be suited for more of a Punisher reboot. And clearly no one has payed attention to the last two Batman films, Batman is not a person. Batman is a symbol and the entire point of Levitts role is to show the kind of man he is and how he is fitting to take up the cowl of Batman. In no way is he Robin. An heir? Yes. but no Robin.

totally crap list…not even one in the list could even match to half of what christian bale did to the batman character…

JON HAMM.

I can´t believe people aree complaining about Idris Alba. im black, but not offended by the comments, saying he´d be a bad choice. But come on Dominic Cooper, Bradley Cooper, Ryan Gosling, Sorry but as weird a choice as Idris is he´s one of the least bad choices on the list. Of this list I´d say he´s the second best choice after fassbender, that´s how bad this list is.

I would be totally down to see Ryan Gosling as Bruce Wayne provided that Nicolas WInding Refn directed it. The only problem with that would be that even though they do have different directorial styles, I feel like Refn’s take on the Bruce Wayne story wouldn’t be different enough from Nolan’s as they both have the whole “dark, gritty realism” thing going on. It would more than likely be a very good movie, but it would probably feel like too much of a retread of what we’ve already seen before.

And although it’ll never happen, I’d love to see some kind of spin off or even a short film about JGL’s Robin/Nightwing/Batman 2.0 directed by Rian Johnson, who worked with him on Brick and the upcoming Looper. Johnson could totally make a movie that would fit into Nolan’s universe while still feeling new and also not “challenging” those films in terms of scale. Like I said, it’ll never happen, just wishful thinking.

this guy doesnt know anything about batman

how about they just get Joseph gordon Levitt to do a Robin movie and then have the Sequel turn into Nightwing and Robin’s evolution of turning into Batman after Bruce Wayne, and have Joseph Gordan Levit be in the two movies and have Bale cameo to train him but have Nolan as a Executive producer or writer not a director so it can still have its charm and finesse

I would imagine the rebooted Batman films will be lighter in tone, to avoid comparisons with Nolan’s film.

I would love them to go and make the next set of films based on Batman Beyond, with Alex Pettyfer in the role.

I think everybody is overlooking something. Replacing Batman is easy, Christian Bale makes a mediocre Batman, Nolan’s directing/writing and the supporting cast made the batman films good. Replacing Gary Oldman as commisioner Gordan, Heath Ledger as the Joker and Michael Caine as Alfred will be the real challenges.

How about Colin Farrell or Benjamin Walker? Also, I would love it if Anthony Hopkins played old Bruce in a Batman Begins movie.

Where is Nicolas Cage

Disagree with all the choices that are listed however Fassbender is the best(but wouldn’t work right since he is already a key part of the new X-Men franchise).

All you crybabies whining about how much you hate this list, yet none of you have suggested anyone (besides the too-short, Robin-esque Gordon.) I don’t agree with some of the names on your list, but I appreciate you thinking outside the proverbial box. However, I think your Fassbender casting would be great.

How about Karl Urban? He’s got the look, attitude and height. Can act too.

dude, realy!? never come up with a list ever again.

Its not about the batman its so much about nolan and how he defines me
Bradley Cooper or Ryan Gosling are the best choices in this list, but not saying the “best”
My voice for: Leonardo Dicaprio but with more muscle!

wow! those choices are the most ridiculous and awful choices i have ever seen in my whole life! im serious just f%&$ pathetic!

Is this a fucking joke? Did you really list a BLACK GUY to play batman? At NO POINT in time was Batman EVER portrayed to be african american, this is not being racist, this is being true to the comics. You sir, are an idiot and not at all a true batman fan.

Everyone was extremely pissed and doubted heath ledger before the movie actually came out. Don’t judge the actors before you see them play the part.

Couldn’t support any of these choices. Gosling would be the absolute worst of these.

What if Christopher Nolan’s brother directs sequels to the Dark Knight Rises, he wrote most of the Dark Knight Rises and a lot of the Dark Knight and helped produce plus Christopher Nolan said that hes trying to get his brother to start directing. That seems like the perfect combination to me to continue the series.

Edward Norton as
The Riddler would be brilliant. I either think he should play The Riddler
before he´s too old or Braniac in Man of Steel 2, with him as backup villain to
Ryan Gosling as Lex Luthor.

Since we´re having
lists, I´m going to make a little one. Casting for ideal Batman Reboot,
superman villains for Man of Steel 2 and Wonder Woman.

Cast of Batman

1.
Batman – Michael Fasbender

I really think unless we
get a completely new face Fasbender is the man for the job. He´s young, very
talented and has that dark edge to his look. He´s also young enough to work
with Henry Cavill´s ultra young superman. You can see a quiet anger brewing
within, in many of his performances; Just see Shame or X- MEN First Class. He
also has a growly angry voice, he doesn´t have to put on like Bale, (not that I
didn´t like Bales´ performance, but lets face it his Bruce Wayne was way better
than his Batman) and I could see him being very intimidating. Good luck
Fassbender I hope those Hollywood hacks have the vision to see you´re the
obvious choice.

2. Jim Gordan – Don´t
know but maybe Harvey Keitel

It´s
to hard. I don´t know if anyone except the late great Spencer Tracy himself
could do better than Oldman. If you were going for a more noir/Frank Miller
version of the story maybe. So this is off the top of the head, that of course
if he´d do it. Although, he´s so good,
i´d rather him be a villain.

3. Alfred Pennywern – Brian
Cox or

Michael
Caines interpretation of Alfred was brilliant, and I personally thought he
along with Hathaway were the best party of the dark knight rises. It´s hard to
choose, but I would like to see an even more savvy Alfred played by Brian Cox,
or, go back to a bit of poshe and sagely advice with Frank Langella (I know
he´s American, but he´s a superb actor and can do it, plus it´s not like the
Brits aren´t taking over American superhero roles)

4.
The Riddler – Edward Norton

He
has the Brains, the look, the talent. He plays a great psycho as we´ve seen. I
just think it would be fantastic, there are many who could play the role, but
all round if it´s written in a dark sinister undertone, I think Norton´s got to
have it. Again good luck my friend, I hope Warner Brothers have the vision to
see that you´d be much better than Dicaprio. (No disrespect to the talented
Leo)

5.
The Pengiuin – Philip Seymour Hoffman or Paul Giammati

Need
I say more. Who could make a scarier darker Penguin. King of the mob. A
sinister dark twisted figure, with a pentient for machine gun umbrella´s. It´s
got to be Hoffman.

Runner
up Paul Giammati, very talented and charismatic actor. He´d do the job.

Both
could do the hard job, of following Danny Devito´s bravaru performance.

Man of Steel 2 Villains

1.
Lex luthor – Joaquin phoenix

First
of all for all those who say Lex Luthor isn´t a good villain because he doesn´t
match Superman in strength, and therefore shouldn´t be in the films it´s nonsense. Lex Luthor is
perhaps the best and coolest super
villain apart from The Joker, if left to the right writers. He´s petty,
arrogant, egocentric, sensitive, vain and consumed by jealousy over the man in
blue taking his rightful place as savior of humanity. He is the smartest man on
the planet and it is his accomplishments that should be praised, instead this
annoying alien boy scout has come and taken all his glory. So instead of using
his vast intelligence to further humanities plight, he takes their rejection to
heart and instead becomes hell bent on destroying Superman and his adoring
sycophantic fans who can´t see the real danger Superman poses to humanity. He´s
complex and dangerous, and an integral part to the Superman mythos, he just
hasn´t been done justice in Film.

I do think they were right to leave him out of the first one and set him up for
second, possibly with Braniac, so they can really fuck with Superman´s mind,
while at the same time be a match for him physically.

So
who should play him. An odd choice maybe, but given the darker tone Snyder
seems to be setting, I think someone who can do justice to the tragedy of that
story. There´s a certain pathos to Lex Luthor when you look at it, a boy
genius, who´s intellect was so vast, that the words used by Pa Kent in the
Superman teaser could almost have been said to Lex as a boy, when he´s 12 and
invents a super fast computer processor ¨One
day, you’re gonna have to make a choice. You have decide what kind of man you
want to grow up to be. … Whoever that man is, good character or bad, is
gonna change the world.”

Can you see it in a tráiler,
cause I can. VO of Lex´s dad saying that (Pa Kent´s speech) as you see Lex as a
Little boy 6 reading War and Peace, then at 12 building his first computer
processor, graduating at 15 from Harvard, then the last shot as he says “good
or bad´is gonna change the world.” A shot from Lex Corp, Superman fly´s past
the top window of the Sky Scraper, a shot of a bald man in a dark room, his
seat turned toward the window. The end.
Well I´m hoping that bald Young man will be Joaquin Pheonix, he´s
brilliant, and he has this way of bringing a real emotional core to the
characters he plays, even villains. See Gladiator. I think personally this is
my best choice. As you can see I´ve thought it through. I think he could really
make us feel sorry for Lex´s plight and fustration.

2. Braniac – Robert
Carlyle

One this guy needs a come back. He is brilliant, yet
seems forgotten. If anyone could toy with the emotions of Kal-El promising him
secrets of his origin, then switch to cold, psycho robot in an instant, it´s
this guy. Really, I know it´s never going to happen, but what a shame.

As
far as I´m concerned these are the only two villains who should be in Man Of
Steel 2. I may not even bother watch it if they are not put together. They are
Superman´s strongest and most meaningful foes and they work best together. If
the film makers don´t have the vision to see that and how they would work in a
more realistic Superman World, then fuckém. And if they do some stupid casting
like Bradley Cooper as Lex luthor.

Cast of Wonder Woman

1.
Wonder Woman – Christina Hendricks

See
picture below. Need I say more? Yes, ok I will. She plays the uber cool, uber
sexy, uber bitch on Madmen. (her talent ehh eh hem!! Got me through a whole
season) But on a serious note she can obviously play strong, domineering and
well sexy man killer characters, I think she could easily pull off nobel
warrior, and man would she look good in that suit.

2.
Queen Hippolyta – Kate Winslet

For
any who don´t know, this is Wonder Woman´s mother. Now a lot might think Kate´s
a bit young looking for the job. But you must remember the women of the island
of Themyscira do not age past a certain point. And she could be put in makeup
to look slightly older. I think Winslet is a brilliant actress and I just think
she´s right for the role. She´ll be the ultimate superhero MILF if you like.
Feminists please don´t hate me

3. Mala – Sofia Vergara

Now i would have picked this
chick for Wonder Woman were it not for her accent. But since the strong
Columbian thing probably won´t fly and I can´t see her sheding such a thick
accent, I´ll go for second best, Wonder Woman´s best friend and frequent
sparring partner, the man hating, pro female seperatist, and second greatest
warrior of Paradise island Mala. Trust me when I say a cat fight between Sofia
Vergara and Christina Hendricks would be a thing of utter beauty.

4. Hera or Aphrodite (Wonder
Woman´s second mother) – depends but I would say either Emma Thompson or Juliet
Binoche

As she would be the imperial
Goddess, wife of Zeus, it could be some hot young actress. But nonetheless I
think the better choice would be to a slightly older maternal figure. So I
think go for these two who are great actresses. But it would have to be a fantastic
script to get any of these two on the Project.

5. Steve Trevor – Ryan Gosling

Well this would be good
casting (I´ve seen others say he should be Batman. There crazy) If anyone could
get under the skin of the Amazonian princess, and be cheeky enough to get her
to want to give him a slap only as much as she wants to save him, it´s the
Gosling. I think he could be heroic,
funny and we all know he can be charming. It would be a great suit for him to
be the only guy in the world who could pull Wonder Woman.

6.
Ares (God of War) Villain – Mads Mikkelsen

The
God Of War and I think Wonder Womans coolest villain is the most filmable of
her rogue gallery. This is the way to do a Dark knight or Man Of Steel with
Wonder Woman. The greatest woman warrior, and a feminist icon for the powerful
woman, conflicting with the violence and wonton destruction of the man´s world
and the Sex in The City Generation of women. And who greater to represent man´s
destructive capacity than Ares, the God, who´s powers literally feed off death,
famine, greed and misery. I really can´t see anyone doing it accept Mads. He
just has that crazy look in his eye. He´s perfect.

I had pictures, but they won´t upload.

Bale was great as Batman he just had some issues with the voice when he was Batman,next guy needs to be 6’2 or taller.

I think Ryan Gosling is most perfect to play The Flash..his face is exactly resembles The Flash in Justice League animated series.

wes bentley has the look like the animated series had with black hair and sort of a square jaw although ive never seen him in anything i think hes the better choice. christian bale just seemed like a bit of a stretch for batman anyway

Think if they continued the story and made a 4th Batman.

Do you think Alfred is going to let Joseph Gordon Levitt’s Character be Batman. Alfred would say get out of my house. He didn’t even want Bruce Wayne to be Batman. JGL’s character doesn’t have the money and resources that Bruce Wayne has.

Though I would think it would be cool if JGL’s character was Batman Beyond and Bruce Wayne stayed in the Batcave to help him. Alfred would have passed on.

Did Bruce Wayne die? At the end you see Fox talking to his engineers and one of them says that the auto pilot was fixed 6 months ago with a patch. Maybe Bruce fixed it and never told Fox.

But if Bruce is in hiding remember what Ra’s Al Ghul said to Bruce in Batman Begins, that “The World is to small for Bruce Wayne to disappear”.

So maybe they should make a 4th Batman movie. A Batman Beyond. Bring back Bale and Joseph Gordon Levitt. But they would have to get a new director because Nolan is out.

Fassbender is the only guy worthy of the cowl on this list.

The ONLY person I can see as Batman on this list is Michael Fassbender.

As a black man I think having idris elba as batman is stupid bruce wayne is white why are you trying to be p.c this whole list sucks ass

andrew lincoln ffs?? how about jon bernthal? a much better actor, the dark gaze, and of course the jawline!
and yes gordon levitt should defo become a hero in his own right.

this whole list is fucking retarded…the only good choice was Michael Fassbender…he is the only one who could pull it off but I’m still holding out for him as the next Bond

The only one I could see actually pulling it off would be Fassbender, Elba to but lets keep faithful to the source ok? But then i tough Ruffalo would mess the Hulk, so what I do know

wtf a black batman ?!

Honestly I always though Alec Baldwin wouldn’t have been perfect. Watch the shadow – he’s doing a pretty good bruce wayne in that movie.

what are you diong? you want to kill the franchize??

Horrible list. They just need to get an unknown, 6’4”, 230-240 pound muscle pound martial artist who can act. Too easy, right?

The asshole who came up with this list deserves cancer.

“Though I don’t think he has much talent in acting, he would make an admirable Caped Crusader for a few reasons. Like a couple other choices on the list, he would draw in the female crowd, no doubt about that.”
Seriously? You think a non-talented actor would be an admirable Batman? Are you retarded? Did somebody PAY you for this?

find someone that has the voice like Kevin Conroy~ it would be nice~

Oh, please, don’t recommend Bradley Cooper, he’s a slightly less ugly and obnoxious version of Owen Wilson (without the broken nose) and he can’t simulate human emotion.

Ok. Some of these are outrageous. But some are not bad. I think lincoln would b great.

Worst list ever.

jim caviezel

most of your list was off base.. but Fassbender was bang on (with a HEAVY Bale workout routine) &Gosling is also a good tip.. i was blown away when i saw Drive.. made me realise hes one of the best oung actors of our generation.. &if ur talking Batman for the new Justice League movie..then yes.. coz whoever is picked for that CANT be taller or more imposing than the midget like “super” man that is Henry Cavill -_-

otherwise, if its a stand alone reboot then your ONLY two viable choices are Josh Hartnett or Robert (Yes HIM) Pattinson 6″3 & 6″2 respectively both good looking &able to BELIEVABLY carry off the suited down Bruce “charming basterd” Waynes male Paris Hilton meets Bill Gates persona with ease..
when it comes to the gritty Bat/Wayne scenes i think they can also hold their own.. in the physicality i give Josh the edge even tho he’d have to bulk up a LITTLE bit.. this is where Rob lets down the side as since he wrapped filming on Vampire Fairytales he’s let himself slide abit but Bales instructor should be able to whip him into shape &anyone whos seen Bel Ami Remember Me or the upcoming Cosmopolis will know he can project the grit & “darkness” neccessary for the role..
plus the actual SHOCK if he DOES get picked &the derision as to wether he’ll make a convincing Bat would actually play well into the run up for the film.. as unknowing fans would be expecting very little
&while it could turn into a bit of a circus.. he’d be the most famous guy EVER to play the bat &that could break him of the tween heart throb curse he hates so much.. from sparkly deerhunter to Avenging Creature of the night.. arcs dont come anymore perfect than that -_-

Idris Elba would be better suited to play Al Simmons “Spawn”

Never, should this list have ever been made.

Here’s a much better list: Christian Bale.

This guy hates batman or else just picked the first 10 guys that came up on Google images.

I’d like to think Colin Ferrel, would make a decent Batman.

If height weren’t an issue, I’d say Jeremy Renner. I think Bradley Cooper could pull it off. I’ve been a bat fan since the day I was born. Watched reruns of the sixties tv show, consumed all the comics I could, wore out my vhs copies of BATMAN and BATMAN RETURNS…so Renner and Cooper are my vote. Or Sawyer from Lost…I can never remember his name.

To anyone that thinks this is a bad list, shut up or post up.

omg dude. whats next, justin bieber??! lets say the first 2 would work but still… omg..

I agree with the comments below. These are all horrible, horrible choices. What even?

bradley cooper is the best bet

Worst list ever!
Fassbender yes, Manganiello maybe – everyone else FUCK NO!!!

Jim Caveziel, from ‘Person of Interest’ would make a good batman.

I agree, the first two, were a good spot on, but the turned to a what were you smoking list.

Wonder why Clint Eastwood wasn’t in this list….. They looked at him to make The Dark Knight series where batman is an old, tired crime fighter….. would offer some different angles to take the batman story.

Only Fassbender & Gosling make some kinda sense …
Fassbender,more so than anyone else.

If he were done playing Wolverine, I could see Hugh Jackman as Batman.

I could be Batman.

idris for john stewart GL, no black bruce wayne. He can play nite owl from Squadron Supreme (Supreme Power)

Daniel Day-Lewis as an established mature Batman would be perfect

Elba is the best. The rest is just shit.

my facking god was the person making this list blazed out of his damn mind none of these guys fit for the role most of them are just fan pretty boys that couldnt do the role and the others are just skinny dumb asses bale is the only one that fits it perfectly and hopefully he will take the part for the fans and others since he’s blown it way out of the ball park for the whole entire batman saga, at the end of the dark knight rises the former detective went into the batcave and got to see everything so if they really wanted to they could have made him robin and continued the storyline and keep it going which is what they should do cause to what i know of batman was older when he started to train robin to fight along side him and now as to bale for him he made the highest standard possible for the role of the batman i personally think there isnt any other actor out there that could top what he did he had intense fighting scenes that were filled with high emotion and a backstory for them which he portrayed in his role its as if he made it into his own life story which is what the best actors do and then they keep doing that role like depp doing jack sparrow though there is going to be some people who wont like this comparison but the people who played their roles like depp as jack sparrow he loves the role its as if that person named jack sparrow was inside him and all he did was take it out and let it play out its as if depp is actually like his role jack sparrow just like how bale has basicly had the persona of the batman inside him and he just pulled it out of himself and added to it which is why it had such success with the fans which is why he should keep going as long as the people writing the scripts can come up with good scripts for the batman movies and nolan should keep making them for as long as there is a good script

Idris Elba? You can’t be serious. I see him playing John Stewart (the black green lantern). i

I’d prefer this instead:
Ryan Gosling – Bart Allen
Bradley Cooper – Barry Allen/ Oliver Queen
Michael Fassbender – Hawkman
Idris Elba – John Stewart

Nobody will be able to replace the intensity of Christian Bale’s Batman after this movie, specially none from this list, that was the reason for the disaster on Tim Burton’s Batman series, thinking that having so many different Batman’s wouldn’t affect the story.

Karl Urban, Joe Manganiello, or Jon Hamm are the only plausible choices to be pursued for the role of Batman: The Dark Knight Lives! Even the Robin cameo is entirely doable in the form of Leo Howard, the martial arts master and actor of the Young Conan in the 2011 version of Conan The Barbarian!!! Just as the role of The Flash has to go to either Bradley Cooper or Ryan Gosling. And Ryan Reynolds should be dropped from the DC Universe as GL and replaced with either Adewale Agbage or Idris Elba, playing GL – John Stewart, or Nathan Fillion, playing GL – Hal Jordan. If the role goes to Urban or Hamm, since it is highly unlikely that Henry Cavill will be involved in the “Justice League” movie; then it leaves runner up for Supes – Joe Manganiello to fill the Boy Scouts suit! He is physically imposing, filling that aspect of the role at 6’5″ tall, to Urban’s 6’0 or Hamm’s 6’1″ Batman. Wonder Woman by either Cobie Smulders, Moon Bloodgood, Michelle Monaghan, Adriana Lima, or Adrianne Palicki (whom deserves the chance to show the WW chops that are being ransomed and kidnapped by NBC wrongly!) Dennis Haysbert – Martian Manhunter, and Aquaman played by Gerard Butler or Hugh Dancy or Paul Bettany!!

If there is one person I can think of to succeed Christian Bale, it is Jon Hamm (Don Draper from Mad Men). I think he’s the only one who’d make a great Batman.

i see playing batman being played by CHRISTIAN BALE

absolutely the worst picks ever

the best batman is and always will be adam west, nuff said

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Idris Elba? really? nick fury and spiderman already turned black, but not batman

Why not bring back Adam West LOL LOL! THE CHOICES ARE EQUAL TO HIM!

how about Bruce Greenwood… he’s got the look and voice down, especially if they went with an older, more cynical veteran crime fighter… that’d be my choice

When the original Batman movies were coming out I thought Jeff Speakman would’ve made a GREAT Batman. Now I think he’s too old for the part unless, that is, somebody ends up making a live action “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns”, in which case he would again be perfect.

Yeah !!,Pee-Wee would be a great choice, LOL!!

Dylan Mcdermott would be amazing for both Bruce and Batman.

http://i.usatoday.net/life/_photos/2012/08/05/McDermotts-Campaign-goal-To-hold-my-own-RS207KKQ-x-large.jpg

He even pulls a Batman appear in the movie, “The Campaign”

shower scene

where is Hugh Jackman? I think he would be able to be best Batman. He is talented, longer(6ft 2in), and so muscled. We all know real batman should be portrayed by a well built person but not by dwarves like Michael Keaton.

Only Fassbender on that list would make a good Batman

This list sucks.

WTF. Ridiculous choices. Only that can be taken into consideration is Bradley Cooper. He would be an awesome Bruce Wayne, but as the Batman…

Sam Worthington.

2 words, Gerard Butler

None of them would be able to fit the bill. I personally think bale needs to stay for a while

I am backing Rowan Atkinson to play Bruce Wayne/ Batman

This is a terrible list,excluding Michael Fassbender,who would be a fantastic choice to play Bruce Wayne/Batman.If you guys didn’t have the title as descriptive as it was,I would have thought it’s a list of actors that shouldn’t play Batman.

idris elba, dominic cooper, joe manganeilo……R YOU OUT OF UR MIND

Ryan Gosling is probably the best actor out of the choices here. You can train someone to be Batman, give them a workout, build that discipline, so you’re actually casting for Bruce Wayne. Gosling fits that billionaire playboy look. He is the best choice for Bruce Wayne in this list, and actually a good choice overall.

Joe is the only one in my opinion that physically fits the role but I don’t feel him as Bruce Wayne. And certainly not if he’s meant to play the same version as Christian Bale.

A rebooted version for the JL movie, perhaps.

jim cavizeal for batman!

Two words: Jeremy Renner

Yeah pretty horrid list there, the only one I would actually like to see from that list is Andrew Lincoln. He owns in The Walking Dead!

not a one.

Wes Bentley looks like he would make an awesome Superman

Just find someone that looks like a good Batman/Bruce Wayne and have Conroy do the voice over like they did with Andie McDowell in that crap movie. The list does suck a bit but it does get you thinking about who would be a suitable batman so its not all bad. Just to piss people off I’m going to throw out an outlandish suggestion. How about Collin Farrell since he seems to be the resident reboot Actor. Or just throw in Jeremy Renner and call it a day lol.

Gosh, this list a total crap

Keaton was ridiculous as Batman. The whole burton era was a silly joke trying to make a dark version of the 60′s tv series.

Clooney was the best Batman of those films though even if his film was not the best. He was the first to look like a man and like a billionaire.

I don’t see anyone on this list Pulling off Batman but they have cast worse.

I could see Jensen Ackles in the role of Bats. He’s got the physique, the charm, the wit and the ferocity that it takes to be Bruce Wayne and Batman. Only thing that plays against him, I feel, is his height.

I think Matthew Fox would play a great Batman! The doctor character from LOST. Wouldn’t he be great!?!!

Not a very good list. Althought I’d love to see Andrew Lincoln play the Dark Knight; and have Idris Alba voice the title role in a Batman animated feature or making a cameo as BatWing, Ryan gosling and Stephen Dorff would be better choices for the Flash or Green Arrow. I think Micheal Fassbender is one of our generation’s most gifted actors (see Shame) he’d play the ever enigmatic Aquaman better than anyone. Keep searching Hollywood. Because you’ve also got to put someone in NightWing and Robin suits soon too…

Interesting list. I like it and can agree on the majority of the actors. Remember people hated the choice of Heath Ledger at first, now look at them eating crow.

Thomas Jane should play Batman

This list was terrible only michael fassbender was a reasonable suggestion

At this point a dead fish would be better than that god awful Bale!

Matt Bomer man
The Perfect Batman

I’m sorry bal but i don’t think that anyone will bull it off like chrisian bial

No, sure there all great actors but, the only person I can see playing batman the way I envision batman is the wrestler KANE.

I think Anson Mount would fit the part of Batman/Bruce Wayne PERFECTLY…Hes got that dark mysterious look about him and Hes a beast of a actor….batman is suppose to be big and buff….He has a deep enough voice to where he doesnt have to disguise his voice to make it raspy