Michael Uslan is officially the only person signed on for the next Batman movie, though many are confident that Bale and Nolan will return.
So the first bit of official news comes from the only guy with a contract a la Bat. The plan is to have Batman sequel out in 2011
Uslan will be onboard as executive producer for the “Dark Knight” sequel, which he estimates will be theaters by 2011. As for the identity of the next round of Batman’s supervillains and love interests, Uslan remains tight-lipped. “It’s one of those deals where if I told you, I’d have to kill you,” he says with a chuckle.
I have no doubt that Christian Bale will return as Batman/Wayne. In the previous big screen series they thought to “James Bond” the character allowing different actors to take on the role and while that series got worse and worse as each film came out, I don’t think the rotating Batman actors was the cause.
However this new franchise seems to be breaking the sequel curse offering up a rare better film for the second chapter, and they will have some big shoes to fill to make an even better third, so I would think they would keep with the winning formula and go from there.
With the plan for a new film in 2011, this leaves them plenty of time to get it right. I expect we will hear more soon.
