Several reports have recently surfaced linking Johnny Depp to the role of The Riddler in the next Batman movie. As Dark Horizons pointed out earlier this week, such suggestions are premature, as no characters of the next Bat-flick have been finalized.

Yet, one thing is certain – gone are the days of lame on-screen nemesises for Batman. Heath Ledger captured the essence of evil in “The Dark Knight” and only an actor of Depp’s quality stands a chance of living up to Ledger’s Joker. Given the way Depp reinvented the notion of what a cool on-screen pirate should be in the “Pirates” trilogy, I’d love to see what he’d come up with for The Riddler. Let’s hope we get to find out.