To the best of my knowledge (there are those who disagree with this… but I’ve not been able to confirm it) director Christopher Nolan is not signed on to do a third installment of his Batman franchise. I think there is very little doubt that he will in fact be back… but he’s not obligated at this point.
There has been a lot of speculation that if Nolan didn’t come back, then Christian Bale wouldn’t come back. I’ve tried to tell people that Bale IS contractually obligated for a third film and has been for a long time. But now Bale himself confirms that.
In a recent conversation with the folks over at TotalFilm, Bale says:
“Will we do a third movie? It’s got to be the right story. You can’t make something like The Dark Knight and then come out with something disappointing. I would like it if people say, ‘You’ll never make a good third movie.’ I say, ‘OK, let’s make a third movie in that case, let’s prove them wrong. But that’s just me. The fact is, I have to! I’ve signed up! Chris doesn’t. So I’m in a bit of a fix if he says he doesn’t want to!”
So now that we’ve confirmed the obvious, perhaps we can move on. But like I said earlier, the chances of Christopher Nolan not returning for the next Batman film are painfully slim to none, so none of this speculation will matter anyway.
