Eckhart Mildly Changes Tune on Two-Face, Media Go Crazy

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on January 12, 2009

It’s been a slow news day today around the FSR offices. Really slow. So slow that we actually let Rob Hunter write something. Still, I refuse to pretend that Aaron Eckhart changing his tune from ”Staunchly Claiming Two-Face Is Completely Dead” to “Less Staunchly Claiming Two-Face is Completely Dead” is serious news.

The real news story is about how starved we are for any real Dark Knight news.

In the beginning, we were salivating to hear even the most unfounded rumors regarding Cat-Woman casting, Penguin casting, or the inevitability that the main villain would actually be Ewan MacGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi. Now, we need people associated with the film to keep the hype going by offering up mysterious comments that could be interpreted in several thousand different ways.

The latest is Eckhart:

I think Harvey — if he’s not dead — is in a serious coma,” stated Eckhart, “and I’m not sure he’s coming out. They might pull the plug on him.”

This quote comes from MTV’s Splash Page, who then asks rhetorically if the words seem firm. And I will answer them. Yes. They seem firm. Despite how hungry fans are for even the smallest quantum of information on the sequel to The Dark Knight, to pretend that his mild tone shift means anything beyond Eckhart being sick of answering questions about Two-Face is grasping at straws.

Yes, it’s possible that Two-Face will be back. Just as it’s also possible that Christopher Nolan will hand over directing duties to McG, that the main villain will be Iron Man, and that the script will based on the original draft for Tonight, He Comes.

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Rob Hunter

The script for Tonight, He Comes was awesome and would be a perfect fit for Nolan's universe! Plus, a masturbating Batman is what America needs right now.

Christopher Lino

Dude this article totally puts the cherry on top of this buzz crazy story that spawned from
thirty seconds of nothingness. It's so true, if tomorrow Christopher Nolan were
photographed having lunch with Gerard Butler, everyone who has an internet connection
would be going crazy saying that he is playing the character Bane. When really the two just
might know each other from a ComicCon convention. Let's face it, we all really want a
franchise that can do no wrong with a character so visually stunning and so emotionally
compelling that we will look at interview of an actor, and although he gives no real answers,
people will say that they translated his "Knowing Laughter" as a "Yeah were filming The
Caped Crusader this Summer"

Romeo Garcia

I heard that the new movie name is :THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS...

CaptainReg0981

Lame-O! me no likey THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. I mean they were pretty good with the first 2 titles (Batman Begins and The Dark Knight) why not something different like Batman: Caped Crusader. They kept using ...Return(s) in the titles I think thats just getting too old.

Tenika

Please, Please, Please Jesus let Eckhart come back!

Eckhart Mildly Changes Tune on Two-Face, Media Go Crazy

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