Depp? Hoffman? Cher? Even Chris Nolan directing? Whoops: None of the rumors are true, according to screenwriter David Goyer:

Yet whether it’s that Chris Nolan has signed on, and will start pre-production early next year, or that Johnny Depp and Philip Seymour Hoffman will play the villains, or that Cher (Cher!) is lining up to wear Catwoman’s claws, there’s one thing that each and every supposed scoop has in common, “Batman Begins” and “Dark Knight” storyman David Goyer told MTV News:

“It’s all B.S.,” he said. “ALL of it.”

Sorry, fanboys! The Dark Knight will have to rule the world as the best movie of all time for that much longer (before Batman 3 overtakes it, of course!)…