It has been announced that Neil LaBute regular and devout Mormon Aaron Eckhart is to play Harvey Dent in the upcoming Batman sequel "The Dark Knight". Many an actor has been linked with the coveted role over the past few months including Ryan Phillipe, Liev Schreiber, Josh Lucas and Justin Timberlake! (seriously, I read this). Now, all Batman fans worth their salt know that Harvey Dent is the alter ego of the villainous Two-Face, but word has it that in this movie Dent will be a good guy, helping Batman bring his arch-nemesis The Joker, played by Heath Ledger, to justice before assuming primary bad guy status in the next sequel. I personally think this is inspired casting; Eckhart is a fantastic character actor and his square-jawed charisma is a good fit for the conflicted district attorney. Also rumoured to be joining the cast is Maggie Gyllenhaal who is set to replace Katie Holmes as assistant D.A Rachel Dawes, probably due to the fact that Holmes is now a weird scientologist who'll probably be too busy ridding herself of all those nasty body thetans, but then she was crap in the first movie anyway so it's probably for the best. Christopher Nolan has shown himself to be shrewd when it comes to casting choices in the past and despite my initial reservations about Heath Ledger playing The Joker, I remain convinced that "The Dark Knight" will be another resounding success for the British director. Filming begins in March with a tentative release date of May 2008.
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