it's looking like the Riddler

Firstshowing has news that there's a studio casting grid (basically a document listing the roles in an upcoming project) with the Riddler listed. If true, this means the Riddler is the villain. According to the source, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is listed as 'interested.' Again, if true, this does not guarantee that he'll do it. Just that he's a leading candidate.

News & Notes

Batman above by Jamie Roberts.

• So Inception, Christopher Nolan's new non-Batman movie came out, and it's pretty darn good. So sure, it delayed Batman 3, but at least we got a good one out of it.
• Batman 3 is aiming for a July 2012 release
• Michael Caine, who has been wrong about stuff before, says Batman 3 will start filming in April.
• A few commenters have pointed out this new web series about Jason Bard.
• A Batman-themed porn movie came out recently, and the Village Voice looks the history of Batman in porn (which is NSFW).
• Artist Dennis Culver has a big gallery of his versions of Batman villains.
• Comic writer Warren Ellis invites artists on his forums to redesign classic characters from time to time, and they recently took a stab at Batgirl. Some of them are pretty cool.
• MTV's Splash Page has a clip from from DC's newest animated movie, the direct-to-DVD Batman: Under the Red Hood.
• Somebody made a golf cart version of Batman's tumbler.
• Batman: Black and White was a series of short stories in black and white that ran in the backs of Batman comics in the 90s. Apparently, they're making motion comics (a hybrid comic/video thing) out of them. Check one out here.