Batman 3? Will there be a Batman 3 (three)?Nolan Not Positive About 3rd Batman Movie

Bat-director Chris Nolan was accosted by the LA Times after the Scream awards and told them that he wasn't too hot on a Batman 3.

When asked what the possibility of him NOT making Batman 3, Nolan said...

"Well ... let me think how to put this. There are two things to be said. One is the emphasis on story. What’s the story? Is there a story that’s going to keep me emotionally invested for the couple of years that it will take to make another one? That’s the overriding question. On a more superficial level, I have to ask the question: How many good third movies in a franchise can people name? [Laughs.] At the same time, in taking on the second one, we had the challenge of trying to make a great second movie, and there haven't been too many of those either. It’s all about the story really. If the story is there, everything is possible. I hope that was a suitably slippery answer."

While scripter David Goyer debunked many of the “Batman 3″ rumors that have shown up online, there are still many questions about a potential sequel that are on the minds of the fans. One can only hope we will get some solid news soon.

For the full interview, make the jump to the source link below.

Batman 3 - David Goyer and Nolan Talk Batman 3

MoviesOnline: Talking about how difficult it is to write a sequel thats better than the first film, what do you think are the chances for a sequel to this film?

DAVID GOYER: I think Warner Bros would like to do another one. As far as Chris goes, we havent had any long conversations about it yet. It wasnt until three or four months after Batman Begins opened that Chris and I sat down and talked about another one. Well have to see. Its definitely a much scarier proposition. It was a scary proposition trying to do Dark Knight. Its sort of a geometrically proportionate scary proposition to try to do another one, but well see.

JONATHAN NOLAN: Absolutely.

MoviesOnline: But you left it at such an open space where now you cant leave him like that?

JONATHAN NOLAN: I think the idea, as much as anything, is to make a complete film; but also one that suggests the universe that the comic booksto me this is how I always imagined it. If we hadnt made a sequel to Batman Begins, you would imagine that the Joker card explained where were at in the comic books and sort of opened into that universe.

DAVID GOYER: The movie still feels complete. I think if there was not a third one, its not like Oh my god! These things havent been answered.

JONATHAN NOLAN: Thats the idea, very much. Its to make complete films.

MoviesOnline: Youve done Scarecrow, youve done Joker, Ras Al Ghul, and now Two-Face, if you were to do a third film, which characters would you like to tackle?

DAVID GOYER: Were not going to tell you other than to say Batman has been published for 70 years. In the first movie we used Ras Al Ghul and the Scarecrow who had not been in the movies before and had not been in the 60s TV show and there are dozens, if not hundreds of other characters that fit that bill. Everyone says you have to use the Penguin or Catwoman. Well, I completely disagree.

JONATHAN NOLAN: Theres a very deep roster of great characters over seventy years.