Christopher Nolan's Next IS "Batman 3"

It's been a long time since I last talked about Christopher Nolan, as he's been out of the news quite a while since Inception came out more than two months ago. This latest news has been quite obvious for some time, but never actively confirmed by him. Personally, I was worried that Nolan would leave behind his Batman franchise altogether to somebody else. Fortunately, he has reaffirmed his intent to direct the sequel to The Dark Knight, slated for release in July of 2012. As for the plot and villain of the next film, he's still keeping things as close to the chest as always. Michael Caine expects production to begin in May of next year, but I've learned to take anything reported from a source that isn't Nolan himself with a grain of salt. Nolan knows his time table, so lets trust he will have time to make it spectacular.