When it became clear that The Dark Knight Rises would be Christopher Nolan's wrap-up to his Batman trilogy, we started to hear talk of him sticking around to help out Warner Brothers as they established their superhero line. Part of that was helping to shepherd Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, but beyond that the studio was already gearing up for Nolan and his wife/producing partner Emma Thomas to produce a possible Batman relaunch. But maybe somebody forgot to ask Nolan about it?
While doing some press for the July 20th release of The Dark Knight Rises, Nolan again reiterated that his trilogy was finished, but then went a step further by saying he also won't be involved in any Batman reboots or sequels. Basically, he and Batman are done professionally...
Nolan: "No, none at all. We're finished with all we're doing with Batman. This is the end of our take on this character."
"Batman will outlive us all, and our interpretation was ours. Obviously, we consider it definitive and kind of finished. The great thing about Batman is he lives on for future generations to reinterpret, and obviously, Warners will have to decide in the future what they're going to do with him," Nolan said. "We've had our say on the character. ...
Now, the first part of that quote stems from a question asked about the upcoming Justice League movie. Some had been thinking that maybe he could revisit the character as part of that superhero team-up, which we know Warner Brothers is already planning. But Nolan makes it abundantly clear that he won't have anything to do with Justice League, or any other film based on a DC Comics character...
Nolan: "I've got no plans to do anything more, and certainly, no involvement with any 'Justice League' project."
Pretty cut 'n dried. Nolan speculated that the reason why people thought he'd continue on is because of his producing Man of Steel. He's probably right, but also it seemed unlikely that WB would let him slip away, especially when they need all the creative hands they can get if they're going to try and catch up with Marvel. Since he works with the studio pretty well, chances are he'll stick with them for whatever he does next. It just won't involve dudes wearing capes. [AP]
