Goyer on Bat-Rumors: "It's All B.S."

Chris Nolan has WB by the balls so he'll do whatever he wants prior to going back to Batman. He'll probably do another movie, maybe The Prisoner, like he did back with The Prestige. Then he'll talk Batman.
I don't envy Nolan, he's gonna have a lot of pressure with Batman 3 and the odds are what he ends up with won't be as good as TDK.
A lot of franchises have failed come the 3rd time around and I'm not just talking super hero films (X3, Batman Forever, Superman 3) but other franchises like Godfather 3, Aliens 3, Scream 3 etc.
I think Nolan will end up delivering the best super hero 2nd sequel ever created in the history of the wooooooorld! but it won't be as good as TDK.

I agree on everything you said. But. The 3 superhero films you mentioned didn't have the same people involved (I think Spider-Man 3 is the only one to have the same crew and that film would strengthen your point) as with the first two.
The 3rd one is going to "own" (copyrighted by hanso) because the same people behind and in front of the camera are still there. Living up to the TDK is indeed a very tough task but its not going to disappoint.

We know all the Bat rumors are bs but we're still going to spread'em as they're made up and debate'em as if they were true, because that's what we do and that's who we are, bitches.

I hope Nolan finally impresses me with one of his Bat-flicks. The first two have been so-so. Although TDK was slightly better than Begins.

I hear Nolan's not going to come back to it because he doesn't think he can out perform the last Batman 3.

I highly doubt Nolan has a performance issue Amish… if anything would hold him back it would be:

Who is/are the villain(s)? How do they relate to Batman this time? And what story arc can be the strongest?

Nolan seems like a guy who understands how epic TDK is and will be for years to come. The best way for him to approach the next one is how can I deliver a film that will complement TDK and BB and make it feel like one big arc through three movies.

HAHA funny shit WISEGUY...

I still like the rumor of Johnny Depp playing a calm-demenearod, sadistic, manipulative, villain who can also confuse and f*ck w/ Batman at every turn. I think Chris Nolan could do a realistic, but crazy detective storied movie with this villain whoever the actor is. I just hope he's done f*cking and drinking his brains out to do a movie before MARVEL takes over the World... hehehe

I've said this before, I'll say it again: BATMAN WILL BE THE VILLAIN.

meaning, that there will either be a ton of "villains" (Cher & Angelina Jolie as two forms of Catwoman -- the older retired madame ala Dark Knight Returns, and the younger cat-burgular type ala Batman Year One. P.S. Hoffman as Penguin, Depp as Riddler, whatever) but they won't really be the focus.

my guess is that Nolan will make this a contained Trilogy. think of it:

BATMAN BEGINS (the beginning)
THE DARK KNIGHT (the middle)
HUNT THE DARK KNIGHT (the end)

this is shouted out in the last lines of TDK (homaging to Miller's great Dark Knight Returns) so perhaps Nolan will call it "hunt" but have it also be about how Batman "falls."

of course, like any BATMAN story, Batman doesn't go out without a plan, and not unless it's by his hand. so my guess would be that he would end it -- end the story. close the loop, so that if (and when) anyone else wants to follow up with other Batman movies, they WON'T be even remotely in the same universe as the Nolan/Goyer Batmans. I also think, with the mis-handling of the JUSTICE LEAGUE movie, and how NONE OF THE STARS, TALENT OR FILMMAKERS were informed or involved, that just tells me that Nolan is not interested because he knows that the studios don't care and want a hit so badly, they'll "eat each other" to get it.

so he's gonna end Batman, and in that world, he'll end it with a Bang. Batman will be the "villain" -- while he goes about saving people. and it will likely end with "the world at large" realizing that Batman is JUST, and that he was good, etc., and that he'll probably die (or something similar to the Dark Knight Returns ending.)

anyway, that's my guess.

I think poor Heath Ledger's passing really affected Nolan. I think it probably also threw a whole cog into the works for what would happen with film 3. Joker and Scarecrow are still out there somewhere...

But I can't imagine anyone trying to do Ledger. Two-Face is sadly gone. It's going to be hard work.

I do hope Nolan comes back. I think Hanso is right that he has WB by the balls and I'm glad they're waiting for him (so far). Whatever the case, I hope his next movie kicks ass (I'm sure he wants to do a non-Batman picture), and that his third Batman movie exceedes all expectations.

Has anyone seen JoeyBaloney? Baloney where you at?

Like Hanso stated earlier, I think he will do another movie before he comes back with the 3rd installment. The Prestige is an excellent movie, and it was good for the primary 2 characters in the Batman Begins installment to be in the movie as well...

I think that if and when it comes back it won't be as good as TDK because we'll all be thinking about Heath and righfully so, but the fact is that it will be a great movie nonetheless. Raising the bar is what he has done, and with that much pressure on you to deliver another success takes time...let's face it: If he were to do something right now,it would take away from what he just accomplished...I say continue to vacate and when the time is right, it will be a master stroke, and we'll all be wondering what the villian will look like, just like we did with Heath...plus it's great to know that he has WB by the balls.....

I can see it now, him at a meeting with the execs, and holding their balls in a jar and shaking the jar at them.......