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Remember when I called “bullshit” on those Cher casting rumors? Well, I hate to say “I told you so,” but…

Okay, that’s a lie. I love saying I told you so.

Here’s the scoop from ShowbizSpy.

Cher won’t be playing Catwoman in the next Batman movie, despite reports to the contrary.

It was claimed the 62-year-old Believe singer was in discussions to star in Christopher Nolan’s third film about the caped-crusader, and that she would join a cast including Johnny Depp as the Riddler.

Britain’s Sunday Mirror newspaper quoted a source as saying, “Cher is Nolan’s first choice to play Catwoman. He wants to portray her like a vamp in her twilight years.”

Julie Newmar was the first actress to take on the role in the 1960s Batman television series. The supervillainess has also been played by Eartha Kitt, Lee Meriwether, Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry.

The source added that Cher’s Catwoman would be “the absolute opposite” of Pfeiffer and Berry’s “creations.”

However, a representative for Warner Bros. insists that “those casting rumors are untrue.”

Angelina Jolie was also recently rumored to be in the running for the part.

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The web is going crazy about The Daily Telegraph’s report from “a studio executive” about the next Batman movie, but I’m calling “bullshit” right now. I’ll give you an excerpt of the article and then explain why I think this was pulled out of someone’s ass.

The Oscar-winner will join a cast that includes Johnny Depp as The Riddler as she plays the whip-carrying burglar. The character has also been played by Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry.

A studio executive said: “Cher is Nolan’s first choice to play Catwoman. He wants to her to portray her like a vamp in her twilight years.

“The new Catwoman will be the absolute opposite of Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry’s purring creations.”

Filming of the new Batman instalment, provisionally entitled The Caped Crusader, is due to begin in Vancouver early next year.

Ok, setting aside the fact that this sounds like a totally ridiculous casting move- although Depp may make a decent Riddler, I’ll reserve judgement on that part - how does Nolan have a first choice to play anyone when he hasn’t even committed to directing the next movie and how is filming set to begin early next year when a script hasn’t even been turned in?

I call B.S, kids.

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