[?][?][?][?] On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:22 PM, brent wodehouse < brent_wodeho...@thefence.us> wrote:
> > > http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2010/03/12/13205261-wenn-story.html > > Nolan hanging up 'Batman' cape? > > By WENN.COM > > Christopher Nolan has fuelled speculation the next Batman movie will be > his last by confirming the new film will be a "conclusion" to the Caped > Crusader's story. > > The moviemaker revived the Batman franchise with Christian Bale taking the > lead role in Batman Begins in 2005 and returned for 2008's The Dark > Knight. He is now preparing to take charge of his third movie in the > series which will complete his trilogy. > > And although Nolan admits his screenwriter brother, Jonathan Nolan, is > "struggling" to write the script, he's looking forward to concluding the > movie series. > > He tells the Los Angeles Times, "(Jonathan is) now doing the hard work. My > brother is writing a script for me and we'll wait to see how it turns > out... He's struggling to put it together into the epic story that you > want it to be. > > "Without getting into specifics, the key thing that makes the third film a > great possibility for us is that we want to finish our story. And in > viewing it as the finishing of a story rather than infinitely blowing up > the balloon and expanding the story. We have a great ensemble, that's one > of the attractions of doing another film, since we've been having a great > time for years. > > "I'm very excited about the end of the film, the conclusion, and what > we've done with the characters. My brother has come up with some pretty > exciting stuff. Unlike the comics, these things don't go on forever in > film and viewing it as a story with an end is useful. Viewing it as an > ending, that sets you very much on the right track about the appropriate > conclusion and the essence of what tale we're telling. And it harkens back > to that priority of trying to find the reality in these fantastic stories. > That's what we do." > > >
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