Hathaway is Catwoman = genius

Anne Hathaway is Catwoman/Selina Kyle in The Dark Knight Rises. Holy sweet moma! As if there weren't enough reasons to see Bats 3, Chris Nolan pulls off the casting coup of the decade.

The very thought of la Hathaway in that outfit sends me into delirium. A pity I've got to wait until 2012 to see her in the flesh...

While comic book heroines have always had more going on than impossible figures and ridiculous costumes, it is hard to separate the defined character from the physique. You wouldn't cast a skinny actor as Captain America, just as you wouldn't cast Kathy Bates as Wonder Woman.

When fanboys debate comic book movie casting choices, inevitably much of the debate is around looks: does any given actress look like the character they are portraying? However, as with the casting of Heath Ledger as the Joker, we know Nolan casts primarily on talent. With Hathaway, it's a win-win: she's got the talent, and, by golly, she's got the figure.

This year sees Mad Men's January Jones donning Emma Frost's, er, outfit for X-Men: First Class. Again, great casting: she can certainly carry herself with Frost's arrogance and carry off that outfit as her appearance at the Golden Globes clearly proved.

2012 also sees Emma Stone (left) as Gwen Stacey (although with red hair, she should be MJ), Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow in the Avengers, and two mystery girls: a new Lois Lane for the Superman reboot, and a new Bond girl.