CHRISTOPHER NOLAN GOES FORWARD WITH BATMAN-3 "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES" & STEPS BACK FROM SUPERMAN "MAN OF STEEL"

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN GOES FORWARD WITH BATMAN-3 "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES" & STEPS BACK FROM SUPERMAN "MAN OF STEEL"

Christopher Nolan was set to guide the Superman Reboot in a role most described as Godfather, but now he is setting his sights solely on The Dark Knight Rises and leaving Superman in the hands of Zack Snyder.

Christopher Nolan has overseen the new story and script (penned by Jonathan Nolan and David S Goyer), and brought a director, Zack Snyder, onto the project. But now? Almost inevitably, as he ramps up to shoot The Dark Knight Rises next year, Nolan is taking a step away from the Superman project as he had no plan of directing the film.

Emma Thomas, Nolan's producing partner, confirmed of the film that "we are handing it off to him", with the him being Snyder. From this point onwards, to be clear, Nolan and Thomas are away from the film, having got it to the screenplay stage.
Nolan has always been a one-movie-at-a-time kind of filmmaker – so, in order to focus on his final installment of the Batman franchise, Nolan has decided to leave Superman’s future in the hands of Zack Snyder and Warner Bros.

Nolan’s influence and guiding hand will surely still be present as he originally “had an idea they couldn’t believe wasn’t being explored by Warner Bros.” and with Zack Snyder in place with that idea in hand, his involvement is done.

I don’t see this as a bad thing but a good thing. Despite most people thinking Nolan is without flaw, perhaps his greatest strength is recognizing his limitations. Nolan knows he is better when he can devote his attention and efforts into one film at a time, and so not to distract himself from The Dark Knight Rises he is limiting his projects to just one. BATMAN.

If he divided his attention, perhaps The Dark Knight Rises would suffer. It is set to be the last Nolan Batman film, and the last thing you need blemishing your supernatural reputation is a third film of a franchise that sucks after so much success at the first two.

Zack Snyder is currently putting the finishing touches to Sucker Punch, meanwhile, and then will embark on the new Superman : Man Of Steel film, which is due to shoot next summer...