Christian Bale Gives Status Report on Batman & Terminator Sequels
Tue, June 23, 2009 
Picture courtesy of our pal dark_bWith Public Enemies about to hit cinemas next week, Christian Bale has been hitting the press circuits recently to promote his latest film. And of course, the inevitable "So, what's going on with Batman 3?" questions are being poised to the actor. Certainly doesn't help matters with the news last week of Christopher Nolan's participation still being in question.
Speaking to Collider, Bale claims be "none the wiser" towards a third Batman installment. He goes further to state, "I really cannot tell you if there will ever be another 'Batman' movie right now."
Sounds like Bale is playing a game of "passing the ball" and to question the prospects of Batman 3 is a stretch. The Dark Knight churned out $1 billion at the box-office and made a killing on DVD/Blu-Ray not to mention the profits made from television/cable rights, merchandising, etc. So everyone damn-well knows Batman 3 will most certainly happen. And by his own admission, Bale is contractually obliged to at least one more Batman film. So it's safe to assume he'll be donning the cape and cowl one more time. It's merely a question of when and under whose direction.
Nowhere near as surprising is his revelation that "no conversation has been had” regarding the sequel to last month's Terminator: Salvation. Sure the film is doing solid business in the foreign markets, but that was a given. The film is nothing short of a box-office failure here in the U.S. with its $200+ million budget vs. the current $120 million gross. Especially when you consider most of the box-office analysts had the film hitting as high as $250 million.
And considering plans were under-way as far back as last December to have Terminator 5 again with Bale headlining and McG in the director's chair for a Summer 2011 release, the fact that there is zero movement on the project (and coming from the star, no less) confirms the obvious. It isn't happening.
Reader Comments (2)
Ra's al Ghul: You are just an ordinary man in a cape! That's why you couldn't fight injustice and that's why you can't stop this train!
Batman: Who said anything about stopping it?
I really hope Nolan returns and finishes his Batman Trilogy then hand it down to another director, and Bale is definitely my favorite Brue Wayne/Batman. As far as Terminator 5 is concerned....I really don't care if it gets made or not, I enjoyed "Terminator: Salvation", but after what I heard that McG is planning is true then I don't even want it even want it to be made or written.