Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes after announcing their engagementTom Cruise and Katie HolmesKatie Holmes has reportedly been dropped from the next Batman movie - for getting engaged to Tom Cruise.

Warners Bros chiefs are reportedly unhappy that her blossoming love for the Mission Impossible star diverted attention away from Batman Begins.

But co-stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman have all signed up for the sequel after the movie took nearly $47m (£25m) in its first week at the US box office.

The news will be a blow for Katie and Tom, who is still reeling from his water attack by a Channel 4 prankster in central London.

Bale as Batman was the first to put pen to paper, followed by Caine as butler Alfred and Freeman as Bruce Wayne's business associate Lucius Fox.

"Everyone is in agreement that the movie's strength is with Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman," a source is quoted in pagesix.com.

And the insider added Holmes is out.

"She won't be in the sequel, the next romantic interest will be a much stronger actress. Warner is happy that people are now focusing on who'll be playing the Joker rather than Katie and Tom," he added.