Batman

Spidey may need to snare a new leading lady in his web.

Kirsten Dunst is playing hard to get.

The fourth installment of the Spider-Man franchise is gearing up and Tobey Maguire has already signed on for a fourth and fifth film, but The Fang isn’t sure she wants to reprise the role of Mary Jane Watson.

Director Sam Raimi says, “I’m hoping that she is going to come on board and I’ve got a meeting coming up with her. I think she would like to but I don’t want to speak on her behalf.”

Can Zac Efron be an action hero?

And, more importantly, does he want to be?

The LA Times is reporting that Zac is thiiiis close to signing on for a live action version of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Jonny Quest.

This could either be his Batman or his Speed Racer.

And is that really the role Zac, who’s trying to break away from High School Musical-esque teen fluff, wants to do?

We were just telling our mother how "Santa Baby" is our favorite Christmas carol and then we heard this awful news; Eartha Kitt, one of the greatest voices on earth, died on Christmas Day in New York City.

The groundbreaking actress and sultry singer, who broke a major color barrier by stepping into the role of Catwoman on the 1960s Batman TV series after Julie Newmar left the show, had been battling colon cancer.

Yesterday a British tabloid claimed Eddie Murphy and Shia LaBeouf were set to join the cast of the next Batman film, tentatively titled Gotham.

Today, Eddie’s reps are speaking out saying the reports are not true.

Bummer.

We thought Murphy would be a great Riddler.

On the other hand, if that means Shia’s out as Robin too, there’s a ray of sunshine.

According to a new report, Eddie Murphy and Shia LaBeouf will be joining the cast of the next Batman film being developed under the title Gotham.

Murphy would reprise the Riddler role played by Jim Carrey in the 1995 film Batman Forever while LaBitch would be playing Robin (ugh). Earlier rumors had Johnny Depp in the running for the Riddler role.

Michael Caine felt extra chatty at the Toronto Film Festival where he’s promoting Is There Anybody There? The Batman star spilled some major casting beans.

Why does Hollywood insist on refurbishing, rehashing and ruining the classic of our Eighties childhood?

Are you ready for the return of the Heroes in a Half-Shell?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman has confirmed the rumors that Warner Brothers is in talks to develop a new live-action movie according to this post:

Morgan Freeman is recovering after undergoing surgery Monday following a car accident on Sunday in Mississippi. (Shia LaBeouf déjà vu.)

“Morgan is doing well after surgery last night to reconnect nerves and to repair damage to his left arm and hand ago at the Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center at The MED, at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis,” his rep said. “The surgery lasted approximately four-and-a-half hours and he is in good spirits and was visiting with family members this morning.”

Freeman is expected to be released in the next few days.

The Dark Knight is a new breed of filmmaking.

It’s a summer blockbuster about morality, an action film with emotional heft, a popcorn flick that takes pride in the chiaroscuro of each shot, a weighty tale of justice and valor told with an unflinching honesty, a thrill ride driven by impeccable acting…and it’s all based on a comic book.

In short, there has never been anything like it.

Batman, Dark Knight, Patrick Bateman, Smokeshow, Dream Lover, Newsie: these are just a few of the names we have for Christian Bale.

We need a new vocabulary for this man. The way the Eskimo have hundreds of words for snow, we need as many for the supreme excellence that is Mr. Bale.

As he arrives at the New York Premiere of The Dark Knight at the AMC Lowes Theatre in New York City, we are reminded of the little boy we first fell in love with when we watched Empire of the Sun.