christopher nolan

Batman’s Next Flight Now Years Away

6:41AM Kyle Buchanan | As much as Warner Bros. would love for Christopher Nolan to begin working on a follow-up to The Dark Knight, like, yesterday, new reports reveal that his plans for a Bat-sequel are being put off. More »

David Fincher, Christopher Nolan Lead Usual Suspects in 2008 DGA Nominations

3:26AM STV | The Directors Guild of America this morning announced its nominations for last year’s outstanding achievement in directing. Big names — and few surprises — after the jump.. More »

WGA Hopes You Won’t Remember Who Directed ‘The Dark Knight’

5:36AM Kyle Buchanan | When we received an awards consideration copy of The Dark Knight last week, there was clearly something missing — or, to be more accurate, censored with black felt-tip pen. More »

World Crisis Looms as City of Batman Revolts Against Christopher Nolan

3:40AM STV | No one in Hollywood likely ever expected to see the words “Batman” and “Turkey” in the same sentence, but a developing story out of the Balkans reaffirms our faith in the impossible: The mayor of an actual Turkish city called Batman announced over the weekend he plans to sue director Christopher Nolan for naming infringement. More »

Brett Ratner Salivates as Chris Nolan Hints He Might Not Direct ‘Batman 3′

6:47AM Kyle Buchanan | While outlandish casting rumours for the next Batman sequel are a dime a dozen (we’re starting another right here: fresh from her Dreamgrillz triumph, VH1 star Tiffany “New York” Pollard is being tipped to star as Bruce Wayne’s next love interest), we’ve never been able to put much stock in them, principally because Bat mastermind Christopher Nolan hasn’t actually signed on to a third film yet. Now, talking to the LAT, the director signals that his future involvement in the series shouldn’t be seen as an inevitability: More »

Philip Seymour Hoffman on ‘Batman’ Rumors: Why So Erroneous?

8:55AM Defamer Hollywood | In recent weeks, rumours that Philip Seymour Hoffman would play the Penguin in the next Batman installment have become so widespread that even Michael Caine began to repeat them as fact (claiming that he first read of them in a newspaper, then confirmed the rumours with a WB executive). However, if Hoffman is soon to don a monocle and top hat, this is the first he’s heard of it (and he’s totally going to miss his call time). Speaking to MTV News at the Toronto Film Festival, Hoffman said that much like a persistent archvillain, the Penguin rumour is one that reappears to torment him every few years: More »

6:40AM STV | Lawsuits Waiting to Happen, Vol. MCXVIII: Now that it’s been rid of Bob Shaye and his 500-thread-count sheets, New Line’s bed these days seems a friendlier habitat for Mike De Luca. The studio’s ex-production boss reportedly plans to exercise its genre mandate with The Thirteenth Room, a novel adaptation whose rights NL acquired Monday and which De Luca is looking to produce. Stop us if you’ve heard the logline before, though: “[The book] follows a man accused of brutally murdering his wife who is given a chance to save her by going back in time, in one-hour increments. He puts together clues to figure out not only who killed her but why.” De Luca thinks the whole thing’s pretty crafty. “It has a great cinematic structure that unfolds in reverse,” he told Variety. Meanwhile, we’re waiting for word on whether Christopher Nolan’s lawyers plan to follow the hot new Watchmen/Disturbia model of suing De Luca after he’s shot his unofficial Memento revision. It’s not a trend we’re fond of, but neither are remakes. Call it even. [Variety] More »