Director/Writer Christopher Nolan recently spoke up about the future of the Batman franchise and half a dozen reporters nearly swallowed their tongues in antipation of some big reveal.
“I don’t know why they’re hard to do,” Nolan says. “Maybe there’s so much expectation to them. But I wouldn’t want to do one if it weren’t going to be as good as the first or second. That’s not respectful to the fans.”
He added, “It was obvious when the box office was so big ($530 million domestically) that we had underestimated how ready fans were to reboot the franchise. The worst thing you could do now that you’ve gotten the plane back in the air is mess up the landing.”
I appreciate that he is moving forward with care. It seemed to have worked out fine for him last time, so I am giving him breathing room.
But this does two things for me. It squashes all the casting rumours and script guesses we have seen online implying that one villain or another would make an appearance. Even Nolan doesn’t know for sure where he is going with all of this. But the other thing it does for me is build more anticipation than ANY casting rumour could. Nolan is taking his time to put out something he hopes will top Dark Knight. He isn’t rushing headlong into this hoping to fart out a lame followup just hoping to ride the wave of success.
Dude, take all the time you want.
