So we’ve got a youngish Batman. We’ve also just heard that a youngster has been cast to play The Joker. Guess it makes sense then to have a young Harvey Dent?

Batman On Film reports that youthful thespian Ryan Phillippe (“Crash”, “I Know What You Did Last Summer”) is rumoured to be up for the role of young D.A Harvey Dent – the chap that ultimately transforms into the deformed fiend, Two-Face – in the next “Batman” movie (what I like to call “Batman : The College Years”).

Initially, that trusty ol’ rumour mill suggested an older actor, say Josh Lucas (who has confessed to the media that he’d love to play the role) or long-time fave Live Schrieber, may be up for the role of Dent, but seems the studio is sticking with the tradition of ‘going younger’ for the new “Batman” series and is eyeballing the “Crash” star for the much coveted gig. If Phillippe does sign here, here and here - he'd be required back for another "Batman" sequel, the one in which he'd make his shift into the guise of Two Face.

Like both Christian Bale (Batman) and Heath Ledger (The Joker), Phillippe, married to Oscar Winner Reese Witherspoon, ain’t too shabby of an actor either, which may also have a lot to do with his potential - remember, it's merely a rumour at the moment - casting.

In the next “Batman” film, Dent teams with Batman to track down the clown prince of crime, The Joker, who the Caped Crusader has developed a personal vendetta against.