Although completely unconfirmed at the moment, French newspaper Le Figaro (translated through Google by Batman news) reports that Marion Cotillard will start in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, becoming another person, after Tom Hardy and possibly Joseph Gordon-Levitt, to jump from Inception to the Bat franchise.
There’s no news on who she might play, but as there have been previous rumours that Talia Al’s Ghul (daughter of Liam Neeson’s character from the first film) will be in the movie, some suspect that may be the role. However previous reports suggested Nolan was looking for a female villain and a love interest, so with Anne Hathaway signed up for the presumably villainous role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Cotillard may be someone for Bruce Wayne to romance.
As mentioned, at the moment nothing’s been officially confirmed by Warner Bros, but here’s what le Figaro had to say, ‘Marion Cotillard in Batman 3?. The actress, who is expecting a child in the spring with Guillaume Canet, will be scarce this year. Shell do a single film and her choice fell on Batman 3. This blockbuster produced by Warner Bros.. enables her to work with the director Christopher Nolan, with whom she had turned very successful sci-fi Inception. Marion Cotillard will join the filming this summer in Los Angeles. She will share the bill with Anne Hathaway.’