Again, this is a few days old, but I gotta get the gears turning somehow.
According to /Film, Batman-on-Film, and a spree of other sites, the new issue of Production Weekly reveals that a third Batman is very early in pre-production, and that series director Christopher Nolan is on board for the film. This is big news considering 1), the success of The Dark Knight and and to a lesser extent Batman Begins, 2), that there wasn't a bigger, more publicized announcement, and 3) the usual mystery-hubbub surrounding Nolan's signing or not signing onto the project.
I will openly say that I was "on board" The Dark Knight train from as early as two summers ago, even before Heath Ledger was cast as the Joker (and then all through the viral campaign, and now, months after, still muttering Joker quotes to myself, "All the old familiar places"). In other words, I hope this oddly-downplayed bit of news comes out to be true, and that Nolan and his gang keep on truckin.' I strongly doubt a third entry would be able to top The Dark Knight, with Ledger's death and Two-Face and the Empire-Strikes-Back feel, but it would be nice to have a series end out well for once, and not fall into the Return-of-the-Jedi/bad threequel syndrome (that's two accidental Star Wars references in one sentence, wow).
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Bad threequels doesn't just apply to Star Wars, but to Terminator, The Godfather, the Matrix (though the last two sequels generally were bad), X-Men (The Last Stand, oofta), Home Alone (awoofta), Spider Man... others... and of course, the last time a third Batman movie was made, Batman Forever.
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