The rumor mills are churning today as Vulture just published an article claiming that Christopher Nolan is looking to resurrect his Howard Hughes biopic. Nearly a decade ago Nolan was trying to put together a biopic about the eccentric producer with actor Jim Carrey playing the lead. Nolan and Carrey met shortly after Nolan had completed Memento, and the two worked together for some time developing the project. In 2003 Christopher Nolan had completed his script… just as director Martin Scorsese got the green light to make his Howard Hughes film — The Aviator — starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Nolan was concerned about moving forward with his film and eventually went on to make Batman Begins instead. In a 2006 interview with In Focus, Nolan said his script was “the best thing” he’s written. He added, “Hopefully it’ll have its day. Patience is definitely part of this business.”

Now some 8 years after the project was shelved, Vulture is reporting that they have sources telling them that Nolan wants to shoot his Hughes movie late in 2012, then release it in 2014. This would put a 10 year wedge between the hypothetical Nolan film and Scorsese’s. Apparently Nolan thinks that time span is enough to not elicit an immediate comparison of the two films. I don’t know. I’m personally taking this news with a big grain of salt. Although it is clear from the quotations above that Nolan seems to want to return to the project, I feel like it’s a bit early to know what his intentions are considering it is still a couple months before shooting on The Dark Knight Rises is even set to begin. You can decided for yourself and check out the full write up over at Vulture. Thanks to Dragon_316ca in the forums for the tip!