Only Bane can make a third installment as interesting as the Dark Knight. The Riddler would just be another guy with problems dressed in a suit and lacks hand-to-hand combat. We all saw that already in the Dark Knight. I am sure the movie would be good with the Riddler, but it would only be mediocre in comparison to TDK. Time for some actual fight scenes between Batman and a main villian already.
The same goes for Catwoman. You really couldn't make much of a movie outside of a romance if you just have Catwoman and Batman. Wouldn't you guys think that it would just be another Batman Returns or something similar to the quirky, sense or right and wrong, conflicted romance?
If it were up to me, I'd get Roland Kickinger to play Bane. He is playing the T-800 in Terminator 4: Salvation with Christian Bale and he is/was a body builder. You don't need too much of a great actor for a part like Bane either. Bane is one of the few villains that can fight Batman and is a strategist like him.
Also, Nolan has stated many times over that he doesn't plan to use the Penguin in his movies. But that is always subject to change.
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