Showbiz 411 says:
The great news from the London set of “The Dark Knight Rises” is that Matthew Modine is about to start filming key scenes in the new Batman movie. I’m told that Modine –whose character’s name has been reported as Nixon– is playing an appropriate character for his name. “He’s a politician and a key villain,” says a source. This does sound like director Chris Nolan is creating an homage to another Nixon we knew long ago. At least Modine is getting to shoot his scenes in a safe studio in London. When I ran into producer Charles Roven in Cannes a couple of weeks ago he was regaling pals about the “Dark Knight Rises” shoot in Jodhpur, India. The film is using the ancient Mehrangarh Fort as a key setting for what will likely be one of the biggest movies of all time.
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OMG, Mathew Modine's character has been revealed! And he's playing a crooked politician! And I'm sure he'll have a major role in the film, just like Tom Berenger, Eric Roberts and Anthony Michael Hall did in Nolan's previous films.
A superhero battling a crooked politician?
Is anyone else as confused by this as I am?
yea that title is completely misleading. Yea he might be a villain, but he isn't THE VILLAIN. I was expecting to hear riddler or bane, but instead hes some crooked politician who will have all of 11 mins screen time in the almost 3 hour epic.
i would love to see killer croc in it, like the version in arkham asylum. Apart from that I would love to see someone else play batman Christian Bales voice in it is atrocious.
It's possible that he has something to do with the League of Shadows. Maybe he's helping to bring the city down from a political standpoint, and in that way he's a "villain". He's not going to be a very major character. He may have an important role, but that doesn't mean he'll be on screen for very long.