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Christopher Nolan Talks About a Third Batman Film

Source:  LA Times
Since Christopher Nolan's smash-hit sequel The Dark Knight has made almost $1 billion worldwide, there's no way he wouldn't come back for a third film... right? The LA Times recently spoke to Nolan who was ambiguous about his return to make a third film in this immensely-popular series.

Well ... let me think how to put this. There are two things to be said. One is the emphasis on story. What's the story? Is there a story that's going to keep me emotionally invested for the couple of years that it will take to make another one? That's the overriding question. On a more superficial level, I have to ask the question: How many good third movies in a franchise can people name? [Laughs.] At the same time, in taking on the second one, we had the challenge of trying to make a great second movie, and there haven't been too many of those either. It's all about the story really. If the story is there, everything is possible. I hope that was a suitably slippery answer.


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January 5th, 2009 11:56am
ME WANT BATMAN 3
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November 17th, 2008 8:43am
i doubt he needs one tho. I think he has it under control. He clearly knows what he is doing
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November 17th, 2008 8:31am
ha
hey if anyone could help me that would be great.
I'm trying to get a hold of Christopher Nolan
Does anyone have his e-mail?

if so e-mail me at:

laballistar@gmail.com

i have an idea for his next Batman Film if he needs one
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November 13th, 2008 4:25pm
it's been done,and so's "the killing joke". exept for the catwoman part,that is.
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November 13th, 2008 1:37pm
i think THE LONG HALLOWEEN would be more fitting at this point. It fits the storylines better from The Dark Knight. Continues from the begining of Two-Face and post capturing the Joker and not to mention just how Dark it is.
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November 13th, 2008 12:48pm
In my opinion I think no man's land would be nice to see. I also would like to see the 3 Batmen/Batman rip storyline from Batman and Son, The Black Glove and Batman R.I.P. would that not be cool to see?
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November 11th, 2008 7:42pm
Wikipedia bio for Anarky, in my Dark knight Review, I show how he would fit in to the movie story

Lonnie Machin is introduced as "Anarky" as early as his first appearance in Detective Comics #608, withholding his origin story for a later point. He is established as an uncommonly philosophical and intelligent twelve-year-old.[50] The debut story of the character failed to provide a back story to explain his behavior, but a narrative from Batman reveals that he is a socially conscious and arrogant child who believes he knows how to solve societies' problems. Convinced that only he can do so, he becomes a vigilante and fashions weapons - a stun baton and smoke bombs - in labs at school.[25] He went to lengths to disguise his age and appearance by creating a costume with a false head to increase his height. This was in fact intended as a ruse on the part of writer Alan Grant to disguise the character's true identity, and to confuse the reader into believing Anarky to be Lonni Machin's father, Mike Machin.[25]

The character made his debut as "Anarky" by responding to compliants in the newspaper and attacking the offending sources, such as the owner of a factory whose byproduct waste is polluting local river water.[50] Anarky and Batman ultimately come to blows, and during their brief fight, Batman deduces that Anarky is actually a young child. During this first confrontation, he is aided by a band of homeless men, including Legs, a homeless cripple who became loyal to him and would assist him in later appearances. After being caught, Lonnie is locked away in a juvenile detention center.

Anarky's next appearance came in Detective Comics #620, approximately a few months after his initial appearance, according to the DC Universe sliding timescale. During his detention, he increases his computer skills to the point of becoming an advanced grey hat computer hacker. He takes on the online user alias "Moneyspider" to steal millions of dollars from western corporations, including Wayne Enterprises, outmaneuvering Batman's own data security in the process. He then uses the money to create bank accounts for poor farmers in third world countries. He is caught by Tim Drake in the latter's first solo detective case.[51]

In the following years, Anarky is portrayed as frequently escaping from the center and peregrinating around Gotham City. At this time Anarky was a lesser known, but established antagonist in the Batman franchise. However, his back-story had still yet to be elaborated upon. Grant provided hints to Anarky's origin in Robin Annual #1, The Anarky Ultimatum, part of Eclipso: The Darkness Within crossover event. Within the story it is revealed that Lonnie Machin was a highly intelligent child who from an early age read prodigiously at local bookstores, but had few friends.[52] It wouldn't be until 1995 that Grant would finally reveal Lonni Machin's history.

In one of his more notable appearances, during the Knightfall saga from Shadow of The Bat #16-18 , he takes on both Scarecrow and Batman-Azrael. Grant made use of Anarky at this time to advance a theory influenced by Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, suggesting that Batman indirectly encourages super-villains to come into existence.[12]

In 1995, Grant began the slow increase in Anarky's abilities that would culminate in the Anarky series. In the Anarky story arc from Batman: Shadow of the Bat #40-41 , Lonnie is released from juvenile detention, and builds a machine that allows him to fuse both hemispheres of his brain, giving him increased intelligence, and what he perceives as enlightenment. Creating an online bookstore, Anarco, to propagate radical literature, he begins to accumulate funds that he donates through another front company, The Anarkist Foundation, to radical organizations, such as eco-warriors and gun protesters, or kept for his own projects. These story devices served to further improve Anarky's skill set, and increase his intelligence and financial independence.[53]

During the Anarky storyline, Alan Grant finally revealed Lonni Machin's origins in full, using a farewell letter to his parents to provide exposition into the character's motivations.[54]

BlizZzard
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November 6th, 2008 2:35pm
WB will make a third(thats just common sense) I mean the Dark Knight bought in so much cash its not even funny and the dvd just may be the top selling dvd of all time. Warner Bros just need to get a director with Nolan same aspect on Batman if not Nolan himself and keep all the actors.
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November 6th, 2008 2:30pm
I agree with blizzad they can go up to 5 I mean Batman is a very intresting and complex chraceter who is not chessey at all and does not turn into a James Brown dancing emo if infected by a symbiote(Spiderman in Spiderman 3) bottom line people will always pay to see Batman
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November 6th, 2008 9:12am
who's anarchy?
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November 5th, 2008 7:59pm
I have to say Vicky Vale is not a good idea, and the focus needs to get off of the love part and get to the true nature of Batman, vigilance, I can live without the romance, its not going to hurt the story

BlizZzard
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November 5th, 2008 7:56pm
They need to do character we haven't seen before, like they are doing, so I'm routing for the Mad Hatter, Ridder, Harley Quinn, maybe even Anarchy, check my review of The Dark Knight to see why I think these would good Villains for part three, and I like all of them, and there damn sure better be a 4, if they were serious and wanted to they could take it to five, and it would still be good, and people would still be in it till the end.

BlizZzard
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November 5th, 2008 5:03pm
Well Knobie09 I said Vicky Vale because Bruce wayne always have a love interest in his movies, Johny Depp/Riddler because Johnny Depp can totally play the part, the bat boat(or whatever its called) because Batman always have a new vehicle in his movies,and also the Penguin as a british arms dealer because Nolan once commented that if he was to potray him in his films he would be a british arms dealer.
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November 5th, 2008 1:09pm
i feel we've insulted joel schumacher far enough!! he's the king of dark,dammit!!! A TIME TO KILL,THE CLIENT,88MM,FLATLINERS,THE NUMBER 23!!! i bet he was scammed into doing a cartoon-like batman series of films to keep up with the cartoon series!!
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November 5th, 2008 9:15am
long live the BlizZzard
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November 5th, 2008 9:10am
you've seen too many of schumacher's batman for too long!! again with that johnny depp/riddler nonsense?!? vicky vale?!? batboat?!? penguin as a "BRITTISH arms dealer"?!? WTF?
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November 4th, 2008 10:40am
Nolan is a genious and I do envy him the third film should not be rushed though if it is made the riddler would be the best choice. The marketing campaign would be excellent just imagine "?" "WhO iS bAtMaN?"writen on billboards. Vicky Vale should also be in the film since Bruce is still shooken by the death of Rachel and Vale provides him comfort and leads him out a path of vengeance. Penguin could be worked in as a British arms dealer as recentley rumored. Also the batcave should be featured alongside the new batmoblie, batpod, and the new sleek batboat. Finally these roles should be placed in hands of great actors such as Johnny Deep as the Riddler.
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November 4th, 2008 6:09am
kind of like a cameo,like nolan did with scarecrow.
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November 4th, 2008 6:07am
it would be like in the comics. IF two-face is still alive,it would another one of batman's quest to bring harvey dent's humanity back to him by any means necesary.
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November 3rd, 2008 12:20pm
I just think it would reduce the "real" factor of the franchise is they pull a hat trick and say he's not dead after making it look like he died in TDK. He's served his purpose. There's really no more story to tell of him
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November 2nd, 2008 2:10pm
Agent Vis, I have had this discussion many times, he can't be dead, beacues it wasn't that far he fell, it was about 12 feet, and he landed on gravel,(I dont rember any nail) some of the impact is gone, and Batamn fell to, suit or not, and the reason why I don't think hes dead or shouldn't be dead is because we didnt get enough of him to be dead, and Nolan said himself if they don't die in the comic book, they dont die in the movie, which is why the Joker isn't dead (Batman didn't let go of the string, like everyone though would happen)

I also said this before on my review of the movie, Happy Jack and The Joker, they can have the joker in part 3 just not show a close up of show the back of his head, or even show the trail of the Joker on tv, with far away shots, or even have Harley Quinn, interviewing the joker, becoming fascinated with the joker, and she interviews him but you never she his face because its shadowed, and the joker will only have the lights on if he has his war paint on, whih they wont let him, and eventually she lets him escape, roughily all this can happen in 30 mins, then we go on to the rest of the story and villains, that would work.

BlizZzard
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November 2nd, 2008 9:46am
Chris nolan is a great director i hope he returns for a third.
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November 2nd, 2008 7:18am
I THINK EVERYTHIN WAS WRAPPED UP NICELY IN THE DARK KNIGHT. I WOULD LOVE 2 SEE A THIRD FILM, BUT NOBODY ELSE CAN PUSH BATMAN FURTHER THAN THE JOKER! ALL OTHER VILLANS FAIL IN COMPARISON. I DOUBT THE PART WOULD BE RECAST, SO I DOUBT WE,LL SEE ANOTHER (NOLAN) BATMAN FILM!
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November 2nd, 2008 4:56am
Bliz, 2-face is dead, so no big shock eckhart isn't returning...and he should stay dead. Fallen hit the nail. He deserves a break.
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November 1st, 2008 9:32pm
Any chance The Penguin might return? Id like to see that happend
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November 1st, 2008 4:11pm
He'll be back, most likely, but why all BS you guys?
I mean he deserves some respect, and as worked his but off. Let him think, and take a break. Jesus!
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November 1st, 2008 7:47am
he will be back. He said the same crap about the dark knight. he may not return to make the second and we can all see he did. they can top the second. Sure Heath's Joker won't be there but thats not to say theres not an actor out there that can do another one of the villians at or around the same level. He will be back
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October 31st, 2008 7:18pm
And if that is a joke or trick to get people shocked and ready for part 3 its in bad tastes

BlizZzard
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October 31st, 2008 7:13pm
What the fuck,why can't any of these damn directors stick with what they started, fisrt Terrance Howard is cut, John Favuro (dont really care how its spelled right now) dose nothing, then no Arron Eckhart in Batamn 3 (rumored) and now one of my favorite directors, talks this bullshit, these people dont have passion for the movies anymore, if he had passion and was truley serious he finish what he strated and nake a 3rd and a 4th, but history repeating it self with this franchise, 1st director comes does a great job, same actor playing Batman/Bruce Wayne, 2nd movie is better then the first, better Batman suit, villains, and batmobile options, and part 3 comes along and a different diretor takes over, and everybody dislikes the franchises becuase of the changes, but me, the bullshit and bulloxs has got to stop, they're ruining great franchise!

BlizZzard
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October 31st, 2008 11:39am
Well Sly, if his answer is no, the studio will get greedy, hire someone else, and I will again give up on the franchise. Let's hope not.
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