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Last night Cinematical's James Rocchi was a guest on G4's Attack of the Show, where he and Chris Hardwick spoke about all those crazy Batman rumors spreading like wildfire across the internet. Ya know, how Angelina Jolie supposedly wants to play Catwoman, Philip Seymour Hoffman as the Penguin and/or Johnny Depp as Riddler.

As James points out, these are all "just rumors" right now and there's no way of telling which characters Christopher Nolan and his screenwriter brother Jonathan Nolan have in mind without actually speaking to them. It should be noted that Cinematical has also confirmed that Chris Nolan currently does not have a deal to direct a third film, and if he does hop onboard, they'll have to negotiate something first. But enough of my babbling, check out James above, and much thanks to Attack of the Show for inviting us on.

Does anyone else feel like we're playing the "how many consecutive days will we hear Dark Knight news from Christopher Nolan" game? If we are, I just scored again, because I'm back for another Nolan update, this one courtesy of an interview with Esquire. Apparently not content with denying various rumors about who could possibly play the part of Oswald Cobblepot (that's the Penguin, for you non-Bat types), Nolan has decided to once-and-for-all negate every possible Penguin rumor by denying the existence of the character in his movie. If this doesn't manage to quiet those pesky Penguin rumors I don't know what will -- but you and I both know it'll only be a few days before somebody is reporting a new cast move for the nonexistent part (and if they do, you can bet I'll be here to tell you about it).

Here's what Nolan told the mag: "'I'd be more excited to have Philip Seymour Hoffman in the film than to have the Penguin. There are certain characters that are easier to mesh with the more real take on Batman we're doing. The Penguin would be tricky." And while I'd love to see Nolan's vision of the Penguin, I'm glad he's not going villain overboard -- too many bad guys spoils the ... uh, broth.