Christian Bale Will Be In Batman 3 – With Or Without Christopher Nolan

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.

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