Chris Nolan On Superman and Batman

Half a decade ago Christopher Nolan cemented his name in hollywood by reviving the long thought dead Batman franchise with Batman Begins. Over the next few years he made The Prestige, which is a film you need to see about 15 times before you actually understand how amazing it is, and then The Dark Knight which blew open the door for comic book films to be darker and more realistic. Most recently he's been working on Inception, a film that takes place within the construct of the mind, which is an interesting way of saying nobody has a clue what it's about. For all we know Nolan doesn't even know what it's about. Does it matter?

So over the first few months of the new year we've heard little seeds of noise saying that he's being the new "Godfather" of the Superman franchise, and that he's starting to get the ball rolling for a third and seemingly final installment of his Batman saga. He now confirms that it is all true and that puts hope in my heart. When asked about David Goyer's proposition for the Superman film, he replied "He basically told me, 'I have this thought about how you would approach Superman. I immediately got it, loved it and thought: That is a way of approaching the story I've never seen before that makes it incredibly exciting. I wanted to get Emma and I involved in shepherding the project right away and getting it to the studio and getting it going in an exciting way."

Does this mean that he's going to have a hand in writing and directing the film? Perhaps, but my guess is probably not. I think he'll be too busy with that Dark Knight follow-up. He comments on it by saying "Each [film] serves to the internal logic of the story. They have nothing to do with each other. Without getting into specifics, the key thing that makes the third film a great possibility for us is that we want to finish our story, and in viewing it as the finishing of a story rather than infinitely blowing up the balloon and expanding the story. We have a great ensemble, that's one of the attractions of doing another film, since we've been having a great time for years."

So yes, he is making that much anticipated next Batman film. With the approach of closing the story, I can't wait to see what they do with it. I'm still not a fan of David Goyer, but Chris Nolan is nearly a complete remedy to the atrocious writer/director. What's your opinion? Are you as excited as I am to see how these films turn out? How high would you say these films chances are?