Christopher Nolan Gives Batman 3 Update

When fans are anxiously waiting to hear news, sometimes stupid little things that mean nothing get blown up into bigger deals than they really are. Case in point: in an article from the trades giving the latest on Inception's box office (In case you were wondering - $753 million!) a minor update was given from director Christopher Nolan on the status of Batman 3:

"Nolan confirmed he is currently working on the script for 'Batman 3,' which Warned Bros. has announced a July 20, 2012 release date for, though the studio has not yet officially greenlit the pic.
'They haven’t told me they don't want to do it, so I’m hopeful,' he joked."

That blurb was subsequently snipped out not too terribly long after it was published. Cut to some suggesting something was up with Batman 3, Nolan's directorial participation, etc.

During a recent press conference in Rome to pimp Inception, Nolan was asked about where his third Batman installment stood and its greenlight status. It starts at the 56 second mark:

Translation: chill out, fellas. Nothing unsorted is up with Batman 3.

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[Lighthouse]

I'm already sick of Batman 3 news, and this is before anything has happened.