Christopher Nolan Hands Off Superman Reboot

When news broke that Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception) along with his bro Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer (Blade Trinity, The Unborn) were going to be the creative force behind the upcoming Superman reboot, there were a lot of happy fans. His work with the bat-franchise is amazing, and Inception was ground-breaking. Then they found a director in Zach Snyder (300, Watchmen) and the project really got under way.

Now Splashpage.mtv reports:

Speaking with Hit Fix, Nolan's wife and producing partner Emma Thomas revealed that "Superman" is currently a Snyder project through and through, saying: "We are handing it off to him."

Thomas revealed that the Nolan team simply brought the new "Superman" movie "to an appropriate screenplay," with the rest of the work falling on Snyder and his trustworthy crew.

So while Nolan's involvement would have been preferred, you also don't want too many hands in the cookie jar. And it's about damn time Superman got a good movie that will please the fans, the general populace, and the financial requirement's of the studio's so we can get a proper franchise out of this. 

And since we are on the subject of Nolan, Lets talk The Dark Knight Rises. From the same article he talks about the rumors from...well, us, the online entertainment community.


The filmmaker said that he feels that speculation surrounding "The Dark Knight Rises" is coming at an alarmingly early stage, given the fact that he's still finishing the film's screenplay. Nolan said that he's far from finished with casting, especially because the script isn't finalized just yet.


And over at SuperHeroHype:


Nolan, bearded and affable, explained that he’s scrambling to finish the script for The Dark Knight Rises, his third Batman movie, which he’s writing in collaboration with his brother Jonathan, mostly from his oceanfront abode in the Paradise Cove trailer park in Malibu.The script is due in January for a July release. But he wouldn’t say what the story’s about or who the villain is, other than to confirm that Inception’s Tom Hardy will play “a key role, not saying good or bad,” and to shoot down reports that he’ll resurrect The Joker by including unused footage of Heath Ledger’s performance in the previous chapter.  “That’s all wrong.” 


Good to hear, let the performance stay where it is, and move on. I can't wait until we finally get some details on this flick, but filming is supposed to begin in May, so hopefully we'll have a finished script soon.