Nolan Off Batman 3? Dark Knight director reluctant to go on Source: Batman on Film
Widely reported this morning is a piece over at Batman fansite Batman on Film, which suggests that Christopher Nolan, the director of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, may be reluctant to continue the series.
The alarmist article sites a shady "behind the camera" source, defensively pegged as "legit", claiming that Nolan was sufficiently rocked by Heath Ledger's death to not want to continue (The Joker was apparently slated to turn up in at least one more film), and that a threequel, even if it arrives via other hands, is unlikely until at least 2012.
Nolan is currently working on the mega-budget Inception, so it could just be that he simply doesn't want to think about Batman at the moment. Or it could be that, like Bat-Predecessor Tim Burton or Bryan Singer on the X-Men franchise, he prefers to step back now and serve only as producer.
CHUD, meanwhile, have a conspiracy theory: that Nolan is using the press to play hardball with the studio and negotiate himself a sweeter deal... We couldn't possibly comment.
But what do you think? Can the series continue without its visionary director?
I really hope that there will be another Batman by Nolan 'cos he is outstanding director. However i understand his choice of not directing. ... Read More
I know for a fact its only avid film fans who know who directors are. Visiting Guillermo Del Toro last week (im harping on about this) i took 4/5 friends, and it was only when we were about to meet him one of them went...
"Luke...who is this guy...?"
"How many times? Guillermo-"
"Yeh but who is he?"
"Film director! Hellboy, Pans Labyrinth, Blade 2..."
"OHhhhh! Cool"
No idea, as jobloski says its all about the actors, marketing and trailer that bring in the "commoners" ... Read More
L: jobloffski
The next Batman film, no matter who directs it will mostly be a hit because the previous one was.
See you next time, same bat-argument, same bat-threadote]
I really want you to be able to say "Told You So" when it comes out! ... Read More
Not sure you're right there. Wrote a Batman spoof in 2005 (The Dudemen) naming the three main characters Burton Trent, Nolan Wintershow (Dudemen), and the ludicrously OTT bad guy The Shoemaker. The people I've let read it (after TDK hit), all of whom like Batfilms amd have seen all the Batffilms directed by the three I've just referenced dug the Bat-spofery but didn't even notice the characters(set in Fordham City) calling each other Nolan, Burton and Shoemaker despite the first two cropping up... Read More
eems to be a natural assumption on the above posts, that a Nolan-less Batman film following TDK would continue to make oodles of money, I don't think it would, people have memories, people have invested too much into Nolan's vision, the audience wouldn't be keen on seeing a situation like this, I'm not saying a 'boycott' would occur, but audience's would not generate revenue like previous Begins and TDK.p;
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Combine this news with Bay leaving the Transformer franchise (movies.sky.com/movie-news-blogt seems like the world's directors are... disappearing. All mysteriously leaving projects with great success rates. Cult, aliens or strike? ... Read More
By which point we might be just about ready to accept a new director!
I know he's famous for taking Harry Potter to a darker level, but Alfonso Curran (sp) might not be a bad plan if Fincher or Singer said no? ... Read More
True, true. I make that...
*hastily whips out the abacus and proceeds to begin counting*
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$100,000,000,000,001.17. not including merchandise.aybe theyll leave Gotham alone until another director comes along in ten years or so and starts it all again? ... Read More
Warner Brothers have nothing to worry about until at least late 2011 or 2012.
Harry Potter 6 comes out next month and they've got
Harry Potter 7 pt1 in 2010 and Harry Potter pt2 in 2011. ... Read More
