Yahoo News Jonathan Nolan Says He’d “Absolutely” Make More Batman Movies
The Dark Knight trilogy is considered, by some, the best superhero franchise ever made. The trio of films directed by Christopher Nolan, released between 2005 and 2012, are revered for their grown-up, adult crime drama vibe and cinematic scope.
Now Nolan’s brother and franchise co-writer Jonathan Nolan says he’d be down to return to the Batman universe.
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In an interview promoting his hit Amazon series Fallout, Nolan was asked if he’d ever want to revisit the Batman franchise.
“Wouldn’t that be a dream?” Nolan said. “That period was 10 years of my life [from] when I got the call to work on Batman Begins, and it was epic. Working with Christian [Bale], Heath [Ledger], Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and to honor an American icon. If I had the chance to go back and work on that again? Absolutely.”
“We’ve moved onto other things,” he added. “And, of course, other people have picked up the mantel and moved on with those characters,” referring presumably to Matt Reeves The Batman franchise, which is set to release The Batman Part II in 2026.
Asked who he would want to see play The Dark Knight in a newly launched Batman trilogy, perhaps one by DC Studios co-chief James Gunn, Nolan said, “To me, it will always be Christian.”
Nolan is coming off a massive win with Prime Video’s video game adaptation Fallout, which he directed and executive produced. The post-apocalyptic action-drama launched last month garnered more than 65 million viewers globally and earned a quick season two renewal. The show also garnered positive reviews from critics, scoring a 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Nolan reacted to Chris’ recently crediting him with The Dark Knight‘s most famous line — “You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”
“It came later in the script,” Nolan recalled. “We’ve done a version or two of the script where we were looking for something that would distill the tragedy of Harvey Dent but that would also apply to Batman. The richness of Batman is in the way this principled, almost Boy Scout-like figure is wrapped up in this kind of ghoulish appearance and his willingness to embrace the darkness. So I was looking at Greek tragic figures. The first part of that line is ‘you either die a hero’ — and that part’s important, because not everybody wants to be a hero; it’s engaging in heroics that puts you in this space, where you have this binary outcome. The idea is there are people who put themselves on the line and so often that wager turns on them. It’s also that old idea of absolute power corrupting absolutely. It felt uniquely resonant to the tragedy of Harvey Dent and the tragedy of Batman. The fact that it resonates with people beyond the film is gratifying. I was proud of that line.”
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