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Volume 392
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Saturday, October 13, 2012
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This is from moviehole.net
Hearing, from a very good source, today that Arnie Hammer, who is now a hot commodity after such flicks as “The Social Network” and “Mirror Mirror”, not to mention his upcoming lead
role in “The Lone Ranger”, is ”back on WB’s radar” for the part of Batman. Not for a solo flick, but for the ensemble “Justice League” movie [again].
The studio needs a new guy to guard the cave now that Christian Bale has hung up the cowl. And with plans to reintroduce a younger take on the character in the upcoming “Justice
League” movie, a draft of which has been completed by
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Will Beale, the studio has Hammer atop of their list of potentials. It’s really, when you think about it, a no-brainer. Thus, I wasn’t very surprised when informed this morning that
he’s in with a good chance to play the part in the superhero tag-team movie.
It’s a win win, really. Hammer apparently wears the suit smartly, has already rehearsed for the gig before, but more so, is a much bigger star than he was three or four years ago.
Hammer headlines Disney’s “Lone Ranger” next year and while eyes will be on that film’s performance, the young actor is, at this stage, in with a very good shot to jump from a horse
to a batmobile shortly after.
“But the Batman in this movie might only be used in Justice League movies”, we’re informed, suggesting Hammer’s Batman might be restricted to the JLA universe, so chances are someone
else might be get a shot at donning the charcoal duds in a solo movie.
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