Back from vacation, Christopher Nolan is now talking about a possible second sequel. He's hinted that he might not return for a third film. Read his comments and pretty much everything else regarding the next film over at Yahoo! Movies.

Interesting interview.  Christopher Nolan is certainly staying tight lipped about making a third instalment.  Talk of a third film most definitely has been said and Warner Brothers are probably happy for Christopher to do his own thing for the time being.  I bet there is a third script that needs to be polished up.  Or at least an outline.  Chris is just worried that a third film won't work out for him.  The Bourne films were fantastic.  So it certainly is possible to make another great film.

I heard about this on television and he said something like how many films that go to three are good.

A handful exist.

My question to him is how many directors would turn down the money they will throw at you when the film comes up? The answer is zero.

If he turns it down, someone else will take it.

So there have been a few updates on this film in the last few months, and now that the activity around Inception has died away it seems that Christopher Nolan is gearing up to get this one up and running.

Here is what we know:
*Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman are back in their respecive roles.
*Christopher Nolan will direct. The screenplay is by Chris Nolan and his brother, Jonathan. Based on a story by Jonathan Nolan & David S. Goyer
*Tom Hardy will play an unspecified role.
*The film already has a release date: July 12, 2012.

Everything else (including The Riddler being the main villain, to be played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt or possibly Johnny Depp) is speculation. No title has been announced.

Several fan-made posters, some of them very well done, have been circulating the net recently. My three favourites feature Marion Cotillard as Catwoman, David Tennant as The Riddler and Kristen Bell as Harley Quinn.

        

The problem is Heath Ledger died.

During a gig the other week I did my piss poor impression "Did I tell you about these scars?"

The scary bit was everyone in the room got it. And the room was full.

Life and Batman go on. But Heath left a big hole in the Batman universe. Of course, you could get some fool like me to do a HL impression for ten minutes. But Nolan's no fool. BIII is gonna be fucking brilliant. And it will rake in way more than fecking AvaBlueTar on ltd edition BluRay complete with ltd edition numbered Smurf Dolls.

Roll on Nolan. G'luck. But you don't need it.

R xo

I think this could be good so long as they don't try to resurrect the Joker and the rumors about the cast sound fantastic. Even the fan posters look great (except the Catwoman mask). Can't say I'm particularly excited though. Not to say I think it'll be a letdown. Only that I believe The Dark Knight is the closest anyone will get to the definitive Batman film and anything that follows it will just pale in comparison, even with Nolan and an already terrific cast.

Also, the Riddler's the lame villain. Joker-lite. Really hope they go with someone else.

Click here for Christopher Nolan’s interview with the Hero Complex. He reveals the title of the third Batman film and that the Riddler is not the next villain.

I don't like it. It's not a bad title in and of itself but it could only be the title of a sequel. I'm relieved there's no Riddle though. Even more so, no Mr. Freeze...

Come to think of it, I haven't a clue who it could be at this point.

It's great to hear that Nolan is still steering clear of the 3D fad, a major plus in my book. No Riddler and no Mr. Freeze - another two plusses. I hope they opt for an original character as the villian but whatever happens, I have complete faith in Nolan. The man always delivers.

Catwoman is in and that's a given... I think it might be just her really.  Then again, I heard his brother was pondering Clay Face at one point and time.  Which would take the believability down a notch.  Since he's going for a more "It "could" happen but probably not" approach.

Batman has no short order of foes, though.  Riddler, to me, was a shoe in.  I thought he'd be in it.  I'm not sure he won't be, either.  I have a feeling this is a stone throw off the trail and that he'll be in it.  

With this all said, I cannot stand the new batman movies.  They're boring and lack soul.  They are more action man than batman to me.  I just can't get into them.  Then again, I'm not a 10 year old boy anymore, either.  I think Superhero's in general are a little meh... Except for the Flash.  He's from Missouri and that automatically makes him cool.

Title's cool. A little obvious, but cool.

I'm not that fussed about who the villain is going to be. I trust Nolan to make the right choice as long as he's not spreading himself too thin working on that Superman movie.

Fact is Nolan's doing it.

You and I know it's gonna be massive.

CN does not make mistakes. Hasn't so far, never will.

The rest is conjecture.

DK.

R ox

Quoted from rendevous Fact is Nolan's doing it. You and I know it's gonna be massive. CN does not make mistakes. Hasn't so far, never will. The rest is conjecture. DK. R ox

Everyone makes a shitty film eventually. Spielberg, Scorsese, even Kubrick. No one is immune, even Nolan. He'll make a piece of shit eventually, let's just hope it's not this one.

MC,

No one is immune. But their worst is our best.

Such is the world.

Nolan ain't a put foot wrong yet. Can't seeing him doing so anytime soon..

EWS was a disaster for SK. Yet I still liked it. As it was better than most. K's worst is still better than everybody else's best.

So be it.

I know CN's work will be a killer. Always is.

And that is that.

P&L

R ox

So this rumour has been going around for a while but now there looks to be serious consideration about taking unused footage of Heath Ledger from TDK and editing it into DKR to give us a new Joker scene.

I don't know how I feel about this. It didn't work when Superman Returns resurrected Marlon Brando, it didn't work when they did it with Nancy Marchand on The Sopranos and I'm not so sure it'll work this time. They should just leave him be and move on to other things, IMO. What do you guys think?