De New York Times komt met de volgende Q&A met regisseur Christopher Nolan. De Inception regisseur gaat in op enkele vragen rondom de derde Batman film. Hieronder lees je het vraaggesprek.

MTV vroeg Nolan of hij überhaupt al bezig is met Batman 3:

“Yes and no I suppose would be the answer,” he said. “We know we’re aiming for 2012 [as a release date]. That’s been talked about. We’re just working on the script, really. My brother [Jonah Nolan] has been hard at work on it for quite some time. It’s based on a story that myself and David Goyer have written.” “I’ve been very completely in this movie,” he said about his work on “Inception,” which arrives in theaters on July 16. “In a couple of weeks, I’ll surface and figure out what I’m doing next and how I’m going to approach it.”

Tegen de Toronto Sun zei hij dit over de The Dark Knight sequel:

“I don’t yet really know what’s next because I’m focused on (Inception),” he explains. Nevertheless after a brief holiday, he says he will “surface in a couple of weeks and focus in on what’s next.” … “It’s great to have interest in what you’re doing. I started out as an independent filmmaker and one of the hardest things when you’re making a film is trying to get people to come and see it. It’s a great privilege to work on an existing property that people feel invested in.”

Wat betreft de aangekondigde Superman film wist Nolan aan MTV te vertellen dan hij nog niet over de casting heeft nagedacht, aangezien ze nog druk bezig zijn met het verhaal. Hij wil bij het maken van de film gebruik maken van Richard Donners versie uit 1978 als inspiratie:

“I was hugely struck by the Donner films in the ’70s when I was a kid,” he said. “In 1978, I saw ["Superman"] and it had such epic scope to it. It took on this incredible, iconic figure and gave that iconic figure an appropriate framing. It made quite an impression on me. It’s definitely one of my childhood touchstones of what epic cinema can be.”

Batman 3 en Superman staan beiden gepland voor 2012.