Wednesday
08Oct2008
David Goyer Refutes Every Single New Batman Rumor
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 8:06AM
Short of
Chrisopher Nolan sending you a cake that reads,
"I'm not working on Batman right now," I don't know how you can get more
definitive than this statement from
David Goyer,
co-writer for both
Batman Begins and
The Dark
Knight and one of the more prolific comic book interpreters
around.
By all of it, he means Nolan being re-signed, pre-production beginning in February, Johnny Depp being cast as the Riddler, Angelina Jolie filling Catwoman's bodysuit, and whatever else you've got.
"Chris and I haven’t even talked about it. He quite understandably is taking a long, long vacation and wants to purge himself," Goyer said. "We have mused here and there [but] I mean Chris is pretty much a one movie at a time kind of guy...I wish I could tell you more. There really isn’t anything to tell."
So there's no script, no determination on who the villain(s) would be, nor anything else, which is exactly what we've said all along. So pump your brakes.
"If and when [Chris is] ready to talk - we’ll talk," Goyer said.
Reader Comments (4)
This is self-evident to anyone who has followed Nolan's film-making.
The only surprise is that he didn't send his people to deny it sooner.
I completely agree, though I've more than done my share on his behalf...
I'd have to believe that Christopher Nolan has a "personal" project in the pipeline that he will do before jumping back into Batman.
Or has everyone forgotten that this is the man who made Memento and the Prestige?
... and Insomnia, which is his best work so far ...
The Prestige was announced wery early after Batman Begins and many people persisted in thinking it was a cover for the next Batman instalment.
As there is no "personal" project announced, I think it's possible that he might do Batman again, but I think it'll take longer than the rumours say.
I think he'll want to make sure that he has a basic idea for the script that works first, then write the script, then go into production.