The Dark Knight Rises Casting News

You can now add
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake, cop under Gordon with special assignment and
Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate, Wayne Enterprises employee.

The vocal minority has already thrown it's toys out of the pram because Cotillard hasn't been cast as Talia Al Ghul (daughter of Ra's Al Ghul). Who says that she hasn't? I'm sure that John Blake won't be all that he seems either. What would a Nolan movie be without a few twists?

To those who spout negativity over this news, I simply say:

Calm down and enjoy having some bloody surprises in a movie!

The Dark Knight Rises rumours wrong?

Again, the Internet has taught us not to believe everything you read. The problem is do we believe this or the original rumour? I don't know! I'm going to go for Alberto purely because I think that it ties the films together, whilst also drawing from The Long Halloween (as the The Dark Knight did).

On Friday, Variety reported that Inception co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt had closed a deal to re-team with director Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight Rises. The trade has since updated their article with who he will play in the anticipated film:

Speculation has run rampant regarding the role, with blogs pegging the part as The Riddler or Deadshot, but insiders tell Variety that Gordon-Levitt will be playing Alberto Falcone, the son of Mafia chieftain Carmine Falcone, the character Tom Wilkinson played in "Batman Begins."

Filming for the movie is set to kick-off soon. Warner Bros. Pictures is planning a July 20, 2012 release.

UPDATE: EW is now saying Variety is incorrect. While he has a role, the magazine says it's not Alberto Falcone. Let the speculation start again...

Source: comingsoon.net

The Dark Knight Rises with more casting news: Joseph Gordon-Levitt locked and Juno Temple in talks

It looks like the rumours were true, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has signed onto the Dark Knight Rises. As we're only a few months away from principal photography, I'd expect more details to come to the fore quite soon.

Update 20th March: it appears that the rumours were even more true, with JGL's role being touted as none other than Alberto Falcone as featured in The Long Halloween and Dark Victory. I won't spoil those stories other than saying he is Carmine Falcone's son. Interesting choice, I think that I'll be reading those two collections very soon.

After much speculation, the Inception star will re-team with director Christopher Nolan again for an as yet, still unknown role.
Warner Bros is also looking for a supporting role to be filled as well with British indie starlet Juno Temple (Kaboom, Atonement). The part is said to be that of a street-smart Gotham girl. No formal offer has been presented to her as of yet though.
Unfortunately nothing too revealing to report here as Joseph Gordon-Levitt's role still has not been disclosed but Variety's Jeff Sneider adds his thoughts on what it may or may not be:
Nolan's camp is extraordinarily airtight -- but speculation has ranged from The Riddler (don't bet a plug nickel on this) to League of Shadows villain Deadshot (more likely).
The Dark Knight Rises stars Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman. Nolan will direct the film from a screenplay he wrote with Jonathan Nolan, from a story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. Nolan will also produce the film with his longtime producing partner, Emma Thomas, and Charles Roven. “The Dark Knight Rises” is slated for release on July 20, 2012. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

Source: DailyBlam