Though previous speculation about who would wear the cat suit in the Dark Knight Batman franchise indicated that Angelina Jolie would take the role, it sounds like previous buzz was way off base.
The 62-year-old singer-actress Cher who earned an Academy Award for Best Actress for 1987's "Moonstruck" --is reported to be in talks to play Catwoman opposite Christian Bale in the third Batman film from British director Christopher Nolan.
"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."
The working title for the Dark Knight film is "The Caped Crusader" and it is to begin shooting in Vancouver, CA in early 2009.
Johnny Depp has already been cast in the film as The Riddler.
Catwoman has had many incarnations both on the small and large screens. The big-screen versions were previously portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry.
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