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"The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan talks about a sequel on the eve of its release on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Will there be another Batman movie?
Short answer is, no one knows yet. Nolan is doing rough outlines for a third story, but he hasn’t found one he’s willing to commit to film, he told USA Today.
"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," he says. "The worst thing you could do now that you’ve gotten the plane back in the air is mess up the landing."
It’s not like this is the director’s first Batman film, but Nolan still finds the third installment a little hard to do. "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."
Fans appreciate that, for sure. So, meantime, let’s watch "The Dark Knight" over and over; it’s coming out on DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow December 9.
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I hope that there’s a 3rd movie in this series with all the key personnel in place…hopefully Nolan sounds like he’s completely aware of the potential for undoing his work of the first two with a poor third (see Spiderman 3) – I’m fairly confident they won’t throw too many villains into the 3rd which is never a good sign!
I say Nolan makes a movie on Batman’s second year (I think it’s his second year) where he fights the Reaper, Gotham’s second vigilante after Anarky. That would be sweet!!!