Dark Knight update

Close on the heels of the news of Heath Ledger's casting as the new Joker:

(These are rumors, just rumors...)

1. Ryan Phillippe as Harvey Dent/Two-Face? Wow. It seems Batman is to have the prettiest Rogues' Gallery in recorded history. I must admit I'm somewhat disappointed that they didn't go with Liev Shreiber for this role — he has a somewhat deeper, darker countenance, more befitting the half-insane Gotham District Attorney.

But mostly, I'm just pleased to hear that Dent will be included in this sequel, as his character remains largely an unfulfilled promise in the Batman film series (Billy Dee Williams played a pre-acid Dent in Batman — a role that went nowhere; and Tommy Lee Jones played an over-the-top, Joker-esque Two-Face in Batman Forever — completely omitting the tortured duality and menacing hatred that makes Two-Face Batman's most personal foe).

2. Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin? Oh, yes please. The promise of The Dark Knight gets better all the time. If I may make a suggestion: Morena Baccarin as Selina Kyle/Catwoman? Please?