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Would ‘absolutely’ like to make more ‘Batman’ movies: Jonathan Nolan

When asked who he would like to see playing The Dark Knight in a newly launched Batman trilogy, Nolan said, “To me, it will always be Christian.”

Would ‘absolutely’ like to make more ‘Batman’ movies: Jonathan Nolan

British-American screenwriter and film producer Jonathan Nolan said he would like to return to the Batman universe.

During the promotion of his hit series Fallout, he spoke about revisiting the popular Batman franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter.


"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 honour 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 mantle 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.

When asked who he would like to see playing The Dark Knight in a newly launched Batman trilogy, Nolan said, "To me, it will always be Christian."

Recently, Nolan reacted to Chris' 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 that 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 particularly resonant with the tragedies of Harvey Dent and Batman. The fact that it resonates with people beyond the film is gratifying. I was proud of that line," he shared, as per The Hollywood Reporter.

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