But first, to understand the future we must deconstruct the past. See, each Batman movie has a certain number of stars. Batman had 4 major stars: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger and Alfred. Batman Returns had 6 major stars: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfieffer, Christopher Walken, Billy Dee Williams and Alfred. When Joel Schumaker took over, on Batman Forever, he brought in 8 major stars: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris O'Donnell, Jim Carrey, Drew Barrymore, Nicole Kidman, Debi Mazar and Alfred. His second time around, this year's Batman and Robin, has 10 major stars: George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O'Donnell, Alica Silverstone, Uma Thurman, Elle Macpherson, Vendella, Vivica Fox, the dude playing Bane and, of course, Alfred.

Figuring the law of averages, we're looking at a record breaking 12 stars for the next Batman flick. Kind of sad. Not only is Warner Bros. running out of villians, they're also running out of actors. Here's a look at 1999's Batman Again with an all new cast:

Anthony Edwards - Batman
Jared Leto - Robin
Sylvester Stallone - Clayface
Mira Sorvino - psychologist Madame Reed-Yoormind (as well as love interest)
Jenny McCarthy - Harley Quinn (and Robin's love interest)
Christina Ricci - the evil Thursday Smith (a take-off on Wednesday Addams)
Leonardo DiCaprio - Thursday's sidekick Joe Friday
Michael Keaton - Manbat (in an uncredited roll)
Jason Preistly - Aszrel
and the chick from the 'Clueless' tv show to play Batgirl
Oh, I almost forgot, a cameo by non-other than The Man of Steel© Nicolas Cage as Superman
and for the fifth time in a row, the same old Alfred

- Josh Edwards