Christian Bale in Star Wars? – HE’S BATMAN!, but Christian Bale might want to be a Star Wars character in the near future. The star of the Christopher Nolan Batman Trilogy and other great hits like his “GOOOOOOD FOR YOU!…” rant, Bale apparently was approached to star in the “Solo: A Star Wars Story”. While he turned down the initial role, which many are speculating then went to Woody Harrelson, he’s still open to appearing in a future installment, saying;

Yes, [it was] very tempting. I not only love the films going back to my childhood but also have a very long relationship with Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall because they did Empire of the Sun many years back. There was discussion, [and] I hope there will be future discussions.

He continues;

Star Wars, I’m a huge fan. Star Wars really interests me. I’ve still got the Millennium Falcon, I’ve still got the AT-AT. My daughter, her first love was Darth Vader. She absolutely adored Darth Maul. [She] stood near him at Disneyland and he growled and he’s got those teeth and he stayed in character, really wonderful performance, and she was teeny and I thought, ‘This is gonna scare the crap out of her, this is such a bad idea.’ And then she stopped and she said, ‘Daddy, I’m in love.’

Star Trek Actors Want in on Tarantino’s Version? – There’s talks of Quintin Tarantino taking over the next crop of “Star Trek” films, and apparently some previous actors are all in. John Cho, who played Sulu in the last three films has a lot of interest in the upcoming rumored film. When Cho was asked about the potential project and if it’s happening, he said;

I don’t know. I hope so. I think he’s brilliant….I would like to do some Quentin Tarantino dialogue as Sulu,

Quick Hits – The upcoming X-Men Red series will include Gambit, according to series editor Mark Paniccia. Netflix has just added Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood to the service on January 1st. Konami is rumored to be bringing “Castlevania the Adventure Rebirth”, “Contra Rebirth” and “Gradius Rebirth” to the Switch this year.