Saturday, June 20, 2009

Chris Nolan May Leave Batman Behind

I had been holding off on posting about this because I wanted to wait and see if there were any updates on this story like the Michael Bay post, but nothing new has come up.

After the release and amazing success of Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" last summer, the world waited with bated breath for news of a follow-up.
But the announcement never came.

The director instead moved on to his own original film idea: a sci-fi project called "Inception" about which very little is known apart from the fact it is due out in summer 2010.

Nolan has always been cautious about a third Batman movie, as there is the pressure to match and outdo "The Dark Knight" when most franchise's third installments go against this trend.

Latest reports suggest the chances of him coming back are slimmer than most people imagined and that there might be a long wait for another caped crusader adventure.

According to the fansite Batman-on-Film, Christopher Nolan's return is in doubt.

It's claimed Nolan was so shaken by the death of Heath Ledger, who played the Joker, that he wants to move on from the Batman franchise. Nolan's original plan had been for the archvillain to return in the next movie.

Although the filmmaker had been pondering possible story ideas with Batman writers Jonathan Nolan and David Goyer, his involvement is uncertain and the franchise is reportedly back to square one with no story laid down at all.

The source also said that it would be 2012 at the earliest before another Batman film might be released and possibly 2013.

More news to come! Catch ya' later!
Sources: The Geek Files

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