Chrisitan Bale, Goyer and Nolan on Batman 3

" let's wait and see...I would, knowing the Dark Knight story, I would like very much to complete a trilogy. And I think that knowing the story of The Dark Knight, it leaves you anticipating something that really can get very, very interesting for a third. Now, the question would be: Is Chris [Nolan] going to be doing it? Because to me I find it tricky to imagine working on it without it being a collaboration with Chris." - Bale

"I'm clueless right now," laughed director Christopher Nolan. "All I can think about is taking a vacation — for a month!" - Nolan

Goyer said fans shouldn't expect anything to be a given. He has 70 years' worth of villains to choose from, and he's going to take his time thinking about it.

"Chris [Nolan] didn't even call me for three months after the last one," Goyer said.

"I think there's plenty of characters we could use if we were to do another film. We used Ra's al Ghul and the Scarecrow in the first one, 'Batman Begins,' and that worked just fine. We'll be fine." - Goyer

Monday, July 21, 2008

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.

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