Based on what I've been reading from both camps, Time Warner wants the next Batman film to be on the fast track, and Christopher Nolan doesn't. And while Nolan has has backing of the fans and critics, TW has the cash and the property. And you can't buy Russian hookers and coke on clout and fan appreciation. So in the likely/unlikely event that neither side will meet halfway and TDK is Nolan's last outing with the Caped Crusader, who do you think should take the helm and continue what has been established. Never mind the actors and their loyalty to Nolan. Just answer the question posed.
The Next Batman film: If not Nolan, then who?
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Brian Singer
JOEL SCHUMACHER!!!!!!!
In order of personal preference:
Mark Steven Johnson
Allen Coulter
Zack Snyder
Quentin Tarantino
Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller
Brian Singer
Michael Mann
Brett Ratner (as an absolute last choice to maintain the visual continuity of the series and because... I liked X3. Fuck you. I don't care what youse think.
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Mark Steven Johnson
Allen Coulter
Zack Snyder
Quentin Tarantino
Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller
Brian Singer
Michael Mann
Brett Ratner (as an absolute last choice to maintain the visual continuity of the series and because... I liked X3. Fuck you. I don't care what youse think.
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Dunno what you've been reading, but one of the highest ranking people over at WB just said in an interview that everything is up to Nolan, they're waiting for Nolan, and implied quite heavily that Nolan is their god at the moment and he's in total command of anything and everything for the future. Which doesn't surprise my one iota, as the man just delivered them a $1 billion dollar box office bank note that's gotten more critical and fan acclaim than any other film this year, and may actually be the first 'comic book film' to recieve an Oscar nomination for acting as well as a potential long-shot at other significant categories.
In other words, right now, Nolan could take a dump on the desks of every WB board member, and he'd still be kneeled down before and sucked bone dry by every such board member. He's their golden goose, and he's got the reigns, the leash, the whip, and the ball-gag.
Nothing will occur with Batman until Nolan says so. Period. When and if he says, "OK, I'm not doing another one," and they give up on any hopes of bribes or pursaision to have him change his mind, then, and only then, will you maybe get to the point where the WB board of execs says, "OK, so, who else?" -- until that point, which I estimate is at least 4 to 5 years away, any speculation on who might 'take over' for Nolan is... assanine. To be honest.
In the end, I think Nolan will do the third film though. The reasons being...
5) He wants to finish the story he's set out to tell, and needs one more film to do it.
4) If he doesn't, he knows he'll always look back and wonder "What if?"
3) He has the best hope of any director to ever live of breaking the renowned trilogy curse, and actually making a superior successful third film.
2) He would have unimaginable power in making a third film, creatively, financially, so on and so forth. (I seriously think Nolan could kill off Batman and get away with it, he's got that much power with WB and DC right now.)
1) It's the ultimate challenge he's likely to ever know, and he strikes me as a man who can not pass such up. It's why he did TDK, after all. It was the ultimate challenge to him, at the time.
In other words, right now, Nolan could take a dump on the desks of every WB board member, and he'd still be kneeled down before and sucked bone dry by every such board member. He's their golden goose, and he's got the reigns, the leash, the whip, and the ball-gag.
Nothing will occur with Batman until Nolan says so. Period. When and if he says, "OK, I'm not doing another one," and they give up on any hopes of bribes or pursaision to have him change his mind, then, and only then, will you maybe get to the point where the WB board of execs says, "OK, so, who else?" -- until that point, which I estimate is at least 4 to 5 years away, any speculation on who might 'take over' for Nolan is... assanine. To be honest.
In the end, I think Nolan will do the third film though. The reasons being...
5) He wants to finish the story he's set out to tell, and needs one more film to do it.
4) If he doesn't, he knows he'll always look back and wonder "What if?"
3) He has the best hope of any director to ever live of breaking the renowned trilogy curse, and actually making a superior successful third film.
2) He would have unimaginable power in making a third film, creatively, financially, so on and so forth. (I seriously think Nolan could kill off Batman and get away with it, he's got that much power with WB and DC right now.)
1) It's the ultimate challenge he's likely to ever know, and he strikes me as a man who can not pass such up. It's why he did TDK, after all. It was the ultimate challenge to him, at the time.
If not Nolan, then I dare-say no one.
Look at what happened when Burton left the franchise/was forced out. We got Shumacher's crap and then complete and utter shit.
Look what happened when Singer left the X-Men franchise, we got Brett Ratner's nonsensical dog turd.
Look what happened when Donner was forced out of the Superman movies, two was marginal (being half Donner and half Lester) three and four were complete crap.
Handing over franchises rarely works. As the studio has very different ideas on what "works" and what doesn't and if it comes time they can pick a new director they're going to pick someone who suits THEIR ideas and those ideas are very different than the ones that worked.
If anyone but Nolan does the third Batman movie it'll be a big disapointment.
OH!, ALLEN Coulter.
I about snapped there!
Look at what happened when Burton left the franchise/was forced out. We got Shumacher's crap and then complete and utter shit.
Look what happened when Singer left the X-Men franchise, we got Brett Ratner's nonsensical dog turd.
Look what happened when Donner was forced out of the Superman movies, two was marginal (being half Donner and half Lester) three and four were complete crap.
Handing over franchises rarely works. As the studio has very different ideas on what "works" and what doesn't and if it comes time they can pick a new director they're going to pick someone who suits THEIR ideas and those ideas are very different than the ones that worked.
If anyone but Nolan does the third Batman movie it'll be a big disapointment.
OH!, ALLEN Coulter.
I about snapped there!
So if Nolan told WB that he wanted to make Casablanca 2: The Secret of the Ooze, with Ashton Kutcher and Chris Klein, they'd let him?
Heh heh, I think I'm inclined to agree.
Even with Nolan doing a 3rd one the film will still be a disapointment to people because people will not judge any 3rd movie on its own merit but against TDK and to some extent BB. Now while there is nothing wrong with comparing it to other movies, it can't be the sole base to judge a movie but again people will.
IMO I will be very happy with a movie, which is inbetween BB & TDK and gives us a nice sendoff to Nolan's era. However TDK has set the bar very high and lets face it that bar is pretty much unbeatable no matter how much talent Nolan and his friends have.
If it had to be someone else -
Bryan Singer
Bryan Singer
Me too.
What the FU--oh."