Reports earlier this month that Eddie Murphy was cast as The Riddler in the next Batman movie were immediately shot down by Warner Bros. as untrue, but the reporter who announced the news continues to stand by his story.
U.K.-based tabloid The Sun also claimed that "Transformer" star Shia LaBeouf would play Robin and the title of the film will be "Gotham."
Even though Warner Bros., director Christopher Nolan and various executives attached to the franchise have all gone on record saying there has been no casting on the still-untitled film, let alone a script, Sun reporter Gordon Smart claims his story was based on “a reliable contact” close to the film, reports The Guardian.
Smart also claims that the same anonymous source was responsible for another rumor back in 2005 that turned out to be true: the casting of Daniel Craig as the new (at the time) James Bond.
“Everyone had a crack at us when we published that one. I was almost laughed out of conference that day, but it turned out to be spot on," wrote Smart in a recent post on The Guardian's Film Blog. "I wish I had had a bet on it.”
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