Oy Vey...
So all of my friends have been pleading with me to confirm that the rumors that Eddie Murphy has been tapped to play The Riddler in the third installment of the Batman franchise are false. Well, I tried, but it looks like I might've been a bit premature.
According to the Guardian's UK site, the reporter who broke the fanboy enraging rumor is standing by his word. Gordon Smart, the Sun reporter who broke the story, reveals that his source is the same that broke the Daniel Craig as James Bond information, and we all know how that turned out.
So what does this mean? It means be prepared for Norbit playing the role of The Riddler, arguably my favorite Bat-villain. I'm hesitant to go full on against this, because Murphy has shown that he's a capable actor despite his ventures into the obscenely awful(Norbit, Pluto Nash, Meet Dave). I didn't expect Heath Ledger to be nearly as good as he was. Few did. So while this is still strictly in the rumor stage, I'm cautiously optimistic that Nolan(who isn't even signed on to the third film yet!) knows what he's doing.
