To be fair I'm not sure Nicholas Hault is a much better option.
I was hoping for someone a bit tougher, an actor who looked like they could do you some damage physically.
But I also think the reason that the Nolan batman films did well, is becaues there was a decent enough gap between the end of the Burton/Schumacher films, and now we just get a batman film rushed out every two years or more.
Give people a chance to miss batman, and they'll be more like to embrace a new one when he turns up.