And Then He Said "Let There Be Superman"
Wed, March 10, 2010 
We’ve been trying to closely follow the news of Christopher Nolan mentoring the DC superhero films since it was first rumored last month. Just a few weeks ago, we reported that his brother Jonah and co-writer David Goyer had been given the nod from Warner Bros. to pen the script for The Man of Steel, which is based on a story pitched to the studio by Goyer.
Take what you will from the excerpt below, but it sounds to me that, instead of DC Entertainment and WB reaching out to Nolan for help with Superman, he first established the negotiations to move ahead with the film after hearing an impressive idea from Goyer.
“It’s very exciting, we have a fantastic story,” Christopher Nolan said while sipping tea in the sleek editing suite that fills the converted garage adjacent to his Hollywood home. “And we feel we can do it right. We know the milieu, if you will, we know the genre and how to get it done right.”
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“[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 [partner] Emma [Thomas] and I involved in shepherding the project right away and getting it to the studio and getting it going in an exciting way.”
In bittersweet news, the interview continues with updates on the highly anticipated sequel to The Dark Knight, which indicate that the third installment will indeed be the last.
“I’m very excited about the end of the film, the conclusion, and what we’ve done with the characters,” Nolan said.“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.”
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Reader Comments (2)
Hopefully Chris, Jonah and David are all in the same page with the story for Batman 3. We might find ourselves watching a great conclusion to an amazing trilogy.
I hate to see such a great movie series end but i guess it's better then dragging it out and ruining it. I just hope they do this great story justice and because we all know the dark knight himself would rather jump off a cliff then to have another flop. The first two where two of the best movies i have ever seen and i hate to see it end.