Gyllenhaal Takes Over Holmes Batman Character

Posted by support@reallyscary.com (ReallyScary.com) on March 16, 2007 Variety reports Maggie Gyllenhaal is in final talks to star opposite Christian Bale in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, the next installment in the revitalized Batman franchise. She'll play the role of Rachel Dawes, played by Katie Holmes in Batman Begins. Holmes dropped out of the project earlier in the year.

Nolan is set to begin lensing in the late spring or early summer. Pic is eying a summer 2008 release.