The LA Times recently talked to Christopher Nolan as part of their ongoing Hero Complex series, where he took time to explain and clarify just exactly what is going on with The Man of Steel and Batman 3. The rumors that Batman Begins writer, David S. Goyer, is developing a Superman screenplay are true and it seems Goyer brought it up to Chris when things were coming to an impasse on the next Batman project.
“He basically told me, ‘I have this thought about how you would approach Superman. I immediately got it, loved it and thought: That is a way of approaching the story I’ve never seen before that makes it incredibly exciting. I wanted to get Emma and I involved in shepherding the project right away and getting it to the studio and getting it going in an exciting way.”
Christopher Nolan also discusses how the Superman films have been approached in a lot of different ways. He says this emphasizing the idea that Batman exists in a world where he is the only superhero. Nolan says that his approach on a Superman film would be very similar: “I only know the way that has worked for us that’s what I know how to do. Each serves to the internal logic of the story. They have nothing to do with each other.”
With all this talk about superhero films, Christopher Nolan continues on to explain the current progress of the Batman trilogy. Nolan explains that his brother, Jonathan Nolan, is “now doing the hard work,” writing the script which is based on David Goyer’s story ideas. “My brother is writing a script for me and we’ll wait to see how it turns out…he’s struggling to put it together into the epic story that you want it to be.”
“Without getting into specifics, the key thing that makes the third film a great possibility for us is that we want to finish our story. And in viewing it as the finishing of a story rather than infinitely blowing up the balloon and expanding the story. We have a great ensemble, that’s one of the attractions of doing another film, since we’ve been having a great time for years.
I’m very excited about the end of the film, the conclusion, and what we’ve done with the characters. My brother has come up with some pretty exciting stuff. Unlike the comics, these thing don’t go on forever in film and viewing it as a story with an end is useful. Viewing it as an ending, that sets you very much on the right track about the appropriate conclusion and the essence of what tale we’re telling. And it hearkens back to that priority of trying to find the reality in these fantastic stories. That’s what we do.”
Thanks for the tip, Rory (filmfanatic)! Let’s hear what you guys think in the comments!!
[via Los Angeles Times]
on March 10, 2010 at 1:17 pm
nolan is being coy about directing batman 3 simply because inception hasn’t been released and it goes his against his code of “one film at a time,” right?
right?
on March 10, 2010 at 1:35 pm
He is just being coy so WB can milk the announcement separately.
on March 10, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Good job keeping Batman away from other DC movies. And it’s a good idea keeping these characters relatively separate instead of having each film be an extended commercial for an eventual team-up movie like Marvel’s doing.
And best of all, Goyer’s not writing!
on March 10, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Finally! The man confirms it all.
on March 10, 2010 at 5:29 pm
More importantly, is he being coy about his intentions to direct the Superman reboot? He didn’t explicitly say that he wasn’t…
on March 10, 2010 at 5:37 pm
^ He didn’t explicity say that he was.
on March 10, 2010 at 6:27 pm
good news – one more Batman movie. I like that
on March 10, 2010 at 7:02 pm
I pumped for theses releases too but a little disappointed at the same time. I wanted more than a trilogy. I understand you have to stop somewhere but there are still so many characters left to include…
The following comment is from faustapp from collider.com
“I dunno, for me 4 or 5 films would be ideal, the origin, the repercussion, the redemption, the test, and the finally. Theirs a feeling in the second one that things are just getting going, a revving up.”
I totally agree. Please do more than 3. Ideal would be 5 or 6 films. There are just too many characters, villians, story, and the mythos of Batman to end at 3 films. We just got started!!!
Please nolan Please!!!
on March 10, 2010 at 7:05 pm
^ I agree it would be awesome, but Nolan doesn’t want to do this for the rest of his life. I really wish there was an animated series or something set in this universe, that would be awesome to explore all the possibilities.
on March 10, 2010 at 7:18 pm
There are a lot of characters, but what those characters can offer to the story is another matter. Just adding them just to add them is ridiculous and ends up like the old Batman series.
on March 11, 2010 at 4:40 pm
AHHHHH!! I vowed to be in the next batman movie. I’ll let you know if I succeed.
on March 11, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Preposterous! How dare they end Batman after a third movie! If they ended the previous series after Batman Forever then we’d never have gotten Batman & Rob… Oh, wait.
on March 11, 2010 at 11:01 pm
So here’s a random idea, sure Nolan is great (he’s my favourite director…also I’m from Canada so we spell “favourite” with a “u”)and I love everything that he’s done with the films. IF he is ending “his” story…wouldn’t it be a good idea to include the Joker once again as the primary antagonist in the film? Now I know you’re all thinking “Yeah as soon as he bring Heath back from the dead he’ll get right on that” So here’s what I’m proposing:
I along with many of my friends are aspiring actors, call me crazy but one of my friends bears a resemblance to Heath Ledger and does a perfect Joker Impression. The plan is to make a demo tape (full make up and costume), send it off to Warner Brothers and post it all over the internet (viral marketing yada yada) basically try to get their attention and see if they’re interested. It’s a long shot people but if you like the video (it’ll be up on Youtube in at least 2-3 weeks) we could really use the support. I mean it could be an epic fail, (how reliable is my judgment right?)Anyway there are already two old trial videos we made for a school event. Unfortunately for the first one the make up is flooded by the light and in the second his hair was short so we improvised with a terribly crappy wig but it’s the impression that matters. The Demo video will be made with a higher quality of everything so don’t take the old videos as the proof that I’m supposedly trying to sway all of you with here. Anyway just an idea, I’d like to know what you guys think.
If they’re going to finish these films, they have to finish it the right way.
here’s the first one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfBO98h-UJ4
and the second: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P183-KMTTmw&feature=related
also if you’re a Rorschach fan, just ignore the fact that Joker kills him in our video, I’m not here to debate that.
on March 12, 2010 at 10:09 am
^ No one wants an impressionist. Go away.
on March 12, 2010 at 11:13 am
I agree, Glass.
on March 13, 2010 at 7:04 am
Amen! At least this leaves some hints to Nolan making Batman 3
on April 2, 2010 at 6:54 am
The one thing that makes me, sort of sad is that with Batman 3, Nolan “wraps up” his Trilogy. Sigh !!!