Batman casting rumor round-up

We suspect that, until the moment that Warner Bros confirms its choice to play Batman in the upcoming Batman/Superman movie, we're going to see a lot of names linked with the role of the Caped Crusader. Director Zack Snyder and writer David S Goyer haven't yet got a screenplay in place for the movie, the follow-up to Man Of Steel, but that hasn't stopped the speculation game.

Last week, for instance, names included Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin (the reported frontrunner), Richard Armitage, Matthew Goode, Max Martini and Joe Manganiello.

Since then, though, a few more faces have been thrown into the mix. Watchmen star Jeffrey Dean Morgan, for instance, was rumoured to be reuniting with director Zack Snyder by taking on the Batman role.

Then, at the end of last week, on British actor Scott Adkins' official Twitter account, a Tweet appeared reading "Some BIG news fans!! Warner Brothers have approached Scott Adkins to audition to be the new Batman & he has". Said Tweet has since, perhaps unsurprisingly, disappeared.

The latest name to be thrown into the mix we suspect can be thrown straight back out again, given that it's turned up in a British tabloid. But for the sake of completion, the paper quotes a senior Warner Bros source as saying Orlando Bloom is in line for the role. Specifically, that "Orlando looks odds-on to get the part even before our first casting call".

Appreciating our recent track record on this isn't great, we would be willing to bet that Orlando Bloom isn't odds-on to get the part, and we'd be surprised if he got it. That's nothing against the man, it's just we've never really got a Batman vibe off him.

The casting of Batman may be a little way off yet, given that the Batman/Superman movie isn't supposed to start shooting until next year. As we hear more, we'll, of course, let you know...

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