Writer/director Christopher Nolan talked to the L.A. Times confirming some of the previous rumors surrounding the new Superman film. Nolan will be involved with the film and David S. Goyer is working on the story. He also talks briefly about the third Batman film.
“A lot of people have approached Superman in a lot of different ways. I only know the way that has worked for us that’s what I know how to do,” Nolan said, emphasizing the idea that Batman exists in a world where he is the only superhero and a similar approach to the Man of Steel would assure the integrity needed for the film. “Each serves to the internal logic of the story. They have nothing to do with each other.”
“He [Goyer] basically told me, ‘I have this thought about how you would approach Superman,’” Nolan recalled. “I immediately got it, loved it and thought: That is a way of approaching the story I’ve never seen before that makes it incredibly exciting. I wanted to get Emma and I involved in shepherding the project right away and getting it to the studio and getting it going in an exciting way.”
He went on to talk bout the importance and impact of placing strong actors in supporting roles.
“I went to the studio with the analogy of ‘I want to cast the way they did in 1978 with 'Superman’, where they had Brando and Glenn Ford and Ned Beatty and all these fantastic actors in even small parts, which was an exotic idea for a superhero movie at the time. It really paid off, too., As a kid watching ‘Superman’ it seemed enormous and I realized later by looking at it that a lot of that was actually the casting, just having these incredibly talented people and these characterizations. And Marlon Brando is the first guy up playing Superman’s dad. It’s incredible.”
Nolan spoke briefly on the third Batman movie. He doesn't confirm he'll direct the film. Yet Nolan does confirm this will be the last Batman movie set in the Nolan-universe.
“Without getting into specifics, the key thing that makes the third film an great possibility for us is that we want to finish our story,” he said. “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 thing 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 hearkens back to that priority of trying to find the reality in these fantastic stories. That’s what we do."
While Nolan didn't confirm or deny the laundry list of rumored villains he did state that Mr. Freeze won't be involved. “It won’t be Mr. Freeze.” The rumors of course included Catwoman, The Penguin and The Riddler. Of course fans have been asking to see Black Mask as the villian. It's really up to the writers at this point to figure out what works best and I'm confient they will be able to please fans.
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