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Bigger Paycheck For Batty Christian Bale?
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Batman sources are confirming—as is Warners—that hothead Christian Bale, as expected, is back for his third Batman pic, once that flick starts filming, ideally for a 2011 release. And despite the fact that I'm told Bale's very interested in increasing his paycheck for this particular segment, "he has to do the movie," said a supertight C.B. crony. "He's bound contractually for another film."
But before that third baby can even come to fruition, the Burbank powerhouse studio is currently making another flick, Inception, with Bale's Batman director, Chris Nolan.
(Ironically, many suspicious Batman snoops think Inception could possibly be a cover for the third Batman film itself, as the plot's currently ultra hush-hush; stay tuned on that subplot.)
Undoubtedly, Nolan, too, will be back for the comic book franchise that's made over a billion dollars on the last installment alone. That was The Dark Knight, 'course. Batman Begins made a paltry $300 million, friggin' cab fare by comparison. But will it all be an easy-as-pie sequel to put together?
Male Movie Stars—Take It Off, Already!
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Are naked men the hot new trend? Hope so, since we've been bitching about it forever. First Daniel Radcliffe bared his potter onstage for Equus, and now there's even full-frontal male nudity in a just-released chapter to video game Grand Theft Auto IV. Great, so our options are a barely legal Harry Potter or animated gangsters?
Still, those are more mouthwatering choices than the one guy who's willing to go balls-out on the big-screen:
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Eddie Murphy Is So Not the Riddler in Batman 3
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Got some more Batman 3 dish for ya. Inside word is that Eddie Murphy most decidedly is not around for a new role in the next Gotham flick, as has been reported. That's all I'm hearing at this point, but actually kind of liked the creepy-as-hell notion of Eddie playing the Riddler. Apparently, the Batman powers that be thought otherwise, go figure.
Beyond that, we're happy to report that—no surprise here—our Bat source says Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman's "definitely" back for the next installment.
So who should be the Riddler, if that is indeed the villain du jour?
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Spider-Man 4: Tobey Not a Lock—Yet?
Merrick Morton / Columbia Pictures
Call it the battle of the contractual web weavers. Tobey Maguire's very interested in doing the next Spider-Man sequel, sure, and now there's word today that the deal is done. Not true at all, blab several top sources on the project, who say the news about Spidey 4—and maybe 5—is jumping the gun.
These film insiders insist that the Tobey sealed-up talk is "premature," though it does look like Maguire is headed toward putting on that sexy suit again. Tobe-doll made roughly $17 mil on the last flick alone, minimum, right? What idiot wouldn't for that kind of loot?
Here's how it's going down: