Poor Aaron Eckhart. Just over a month ago, and only five days after The Dark Knight opened to huge numbers, he told the world he was ready to jump back in the saddle for the The Dark Knight's sequel, saying that to work with the cast again would be "phenomenal." It didn't take long for the actor to get a reminder that his character had, in fact, died at the end of the previous movie and wouldn't be making an appearance in any sequels.

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Holy A-list villain, Batman! Well, now that this has been thrown up as a possibility, the next Batman movie can't happen without it: Slashfilm reports that Johnny Depp might sign on to play big Bat baddie The Riddler in The Dark Knight sequel.

 

Please let it happen … please let it happen … please let it happen …

The Dark Knight didn't just win its second weekend at the box office, it made another $75.6 million. That's more than twice what the No. 2 movie, Step Brothers, could muster, with its $30 million opening weekend.

In addition, The Dark Knight continued breaking box office records. It became the fastest movie to reach the $300 million mark, in just 10 days. It has the highest second-weekend take in history. And it became the first movie to overcome a star's arrest during opening week to go on and win again in its second weekend. (We admit that third one is probably not true, but we just couldn't help ourselves.) The Dark Knight also is already the second-highest-grossing movie this year, with $314.2 million after two weekends, behind only Iron Man, which has made $314.9 million.

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Not cruise as in Tom, cruise as in news you can surf on over to …

 

- Christian Bale is going to be one busy dude with two major franchises under his Bat-belt. Have you seen the Terminator Salvation trailer?

 

- Speaking of the big Bale, about that crazy assault business in London this week … here's hoping it's a family squabble that spiraled out of control. Everyone has someone in the old family tree who can bring out the worst in them, no?