With The Dark Knight being the #2 domestic earner of all time, I have a feeling it's just a matter of time and trucks full of money lobbed at Nolan before he signs on for the next one.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 12, 2008 3:35:27 pm PDT #8316 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
le nubian - Oct 13, 2008 1:41:49 am PDT #8317 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I thought he planned out a trilogy and that the issue is what will happen after the 3rd movie. I think a 3rd movie is a done deal.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 13, 2008 3:15:29 am PDT #8318 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I thought he planned out a trilogy and that the issue is what will happen after the 3rd movie. I think a 3rd movie is a done deal.
Of course, the Joker may have been part of that plan, which may bollocks things up. I really hope if he was, that Nolan figures another way to do it, because I really don't want to see anyone else in that role now.
le nubian - Oct 13, 2008 3:42:05 am PDT #8319 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Even if he were part of the original plan, across both of the movies, Batman is fighting villain(s) who are interested in anarchy and causing havoc. So it wouldn't be a stretch for him to have yet another villain in the 3rd movie who would be focused on such.
Barb - Oct 13, 2008 4:22:32 am PDT #8320 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
The rumors I remember hearing the most actively in the wake of the release were for The Riddler and if you could get the right actor-- one who could be a cool, measured, intellectual counterpart to Batman with a nice dose of the craxy, I think that's the best route to take after the sheer, off-the-wall anarchy of Joker.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 13, 2008 6:25:27 am PDT #8321 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I could get behind that with Nolan doing it, but definitely a tricky charcter to get just right.
Strega - Oct 13, 2008 6:32:50 am PDT #8322 of 10000
If there's a deal for a third movie, it's fairly recent. I agree with Matt that the studio will be eager to convince them to do it, so I expect they will. But in the PR blitz Nolan & Bale were both pretty clear that there's no firm plan for a third movie. This is from an interview in July:
Christian has expressed enthusiasm for doing a third "Batman" with you. How about it?
Nolan: All I can say is that, when we finished the first film, I didn't have any intention of doing a second one. And this time, I really tried to put everything that I ever wanted to see in the Batman story into this film.
Gris - Oct 13, 2008 7:10:55 am PDT #8323 of 10000
Hey. New board.
I'd actually really like to see Nolan's take on an Azrael story. And if we need a pure villain to offset the freaky-vigilante-who-thinks-he's-a-good-guy, maybe bring in Bane.
You could have Azrael be a vigilante who had been working in a strongly Catholic South American city who follows Bane to Gotham, encroaching on Batman's territory, shining more mirrors on the are-you-good-if-your-intentions-are-good thing.
Barb - Oct 13, 2008 7:33:59 am PDT #8324 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
I wonder... since he's worked with Nolan before, how Guy Pearce would be as The Riddler?
DavidS - Oct 13, 2008 7:41:54 am PDT #8325 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
if you could get the right actor-- one who could be a cool, measured, intellectual counterpart to Batman with a nice dose of the craxy
You know who'd be good in that role? Christian Bale.
I wonder... since he's worked with Nolan before, how Guy Pearce would be as The Riddler?
Oooh, or Guy Pearce.