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There's an ugly rumor going on the net right now that Eddie Murphy has been cast as the Riddler, in the sequel to the Dark Knight. Ewwwwwwwwww and no no no no no no no no! The rumor was posted by the Sun, and the whole article reads as either really bad journalism or great hoax.

They ended the article with, "Everyone’s excited to see what he does as the Riddler." Really?!? Who?!? The 5-year old's who loved Daddy Day Care?

Word is that Johnny Depp (Surprised? I'm not) is a strong candidate to being the Riddler. I'm afraid he's gonna bring another Jack Sparrow to the screen and then it's just a waste. I'm going with my original submission that I think Jude Law would be fantastic.

Another rumor is Shia Labeof, which has also been discounted as being just a rumor. I like Shia, but I'm not too crazy with him as Robin. Actually I have no idea who a good Robin would be. I'm thinking someone sliiiiightly younger than Shia. Shia seems a bit too old for the role.

And the last rumor set by the Sun, is Rachel Weisz... as Catwoman. Meh. Hoping this one is a rumor too. I voted for Jennifer Connelly or Charlize Theron even. Maybe even Milla Jovovich.

I heard that Tim Burton was doing his rendition on the classic fairytale of "Alice in Wonderland" and my immediate reaction was, "Well that was inevitable." Of course that was followed by pure elation that one of my favorite directors was doing his version on one of my favorite fairytales.

Then reality sort of sinked in, as I continued to read reports and updates on the production of this movie, I realized this might turn out really weird and overshoot the mark like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" did.

Case and Point: The cast. According to IMDB this is who has been confirmed so far for the roles:
Johnny Depp........................Mad Hatter
Anne Hathaway...................White Queen
Helena Bonham Carter.......Red Queen
Alan Rickman.......................Caterpillar
Michael Sheen......................Cheshire Cat
Crispin Glover......................Knave of Hearts
Matt Lucas............................Tweedledee/Tweedledum

Others were mentioned but so far they're rumored.

On the cast list alone we can see Burton is going to venture beyond the first half of the classic novel and go through the looking glass. Nevertheless it's still a very very very odd bunch to put together as a cast list. I'm not getting a good feeling about this, but let's not judge too far in advance.

Yipes... Just yipes.