Ok, first of all of course the man would make a cool Strange.  What can't Bale do?  Guy is a great actor and if he landed the role it would be awesomeness.

Having said that, I don't think this is remotely true since the man is Batman.  I can't remember anyone going from one superhero to another.  Cyclops jumped superhero franchises but not superhero roles, he's the only that comes to mind. 

The Del Toro stuff has to stop, he can't direct this movie.  He's already commited to some other films not to mention that book project he's got.  I'm telliing ya, Marvel has to tap Alfonso Cuaron for the movie.

I'm sorry, but I can't stand him. I liked the idea of Johnny Depp better.

If Del Toro  were to sign on to direct we know then that a Dr. Strange movie is atleast 5 yrs. away.   Batman 3 will have been released.  Bale would be "contractually " done with WB/Batman. He might even be done with his Terminator sequels by then.  So why not?     

I liked bale in the PRESTIGE.. he made a really good magician. So add a lil mustache and goatee... and he could pull it off well.  Depp would make a more interesting  and deeper sense to the Doc... but Bale would be cooler (as long as he doesnt do anymore stupid shit with his voice). Either one will suffice.......

At least 5 years?  It'd be more around 10.  Del Toro has got both Hobbit films and a couple of other movies lined up.  The guy is out of this unless he jumps out of all the other stuff he's doing.  The Marvel dude was talking about a 2012-2013 date for Strange, ain't no way they get that with Del Toro.

They should forget about him and go after his fellow countryman Cuaron.

 Marvel seems to be developing some sort of master plan for its movies, but what is that plan.  If they keep using A-Listers to star in their films, they're setting up for a lot of eventual recasting down the road.  What film series have kept the same actors past a trilogy?  Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Star Trek, any others?  Creating a marvel universe film series is going to make that tricky for Avengers 2 or Civil War.

haha... good points AmishPirate... but i think you're thinking a lil too much and too deep into this. Let's get to atleast Iron Man 2 or Captain America filming, before we start talking about casting for the "Age of Apocalpse" movie triligoy, or  X-Men Vs. the Avengers Movie extrvaganzas.......

haha

I say skip the origin story, jump right into a horror-tinged tale where Strange is called in like the Exorcist, and cast Pierce Brosnan as the Doctor.  Nobody can rock a pencil moustache like Brosnan (and I'm sure he'd welcome another shot at a franchise...)

I don't know chaburchak,  Timothy Dalton rocked a pretty sweet pencil 'stache in Hot Fuzz.

Halle Berry did it jumping from X-Men to Catwoman....but lets pretend that never happened.

The only thing I don't like is I would like to see a different actor for each comic book character. But with these characters being in different properties we don't have to worry about the individuals clashing together in a team-up film or anything. I like the idea of Bale but with all the films he is attached to and the director's they keep mentiong. I'm just gonna wait to comment about upcoming rumors till I can say fantastic choice once an actor is finally chosen.