With Christopher Nolan (the writer/director of both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight) spending the past couple of years hard at work developing his sci-fi action thriller Inception, there has been little to no official news regarding the third Batman film in the latest film series, until Michael Caine let a rather important date slip at the Inception premiere.
The date (which was still fairly rough, and didn’t appear 100% definitive) was the date when the movie will begin filming, and according to Caine (who plays Alfred the Butler in the series, and the father-in-law of the main character; who’s played by Shutter Island’s Leonardo DiCaprio; in Inception), Batman 3 is due to start in April next year.
There’s still no confirmation from Nolan, or the studio, but Sir Mike is clearly in a position to know what should be happening (even if he states that he “doesn’t know” if Alfred will be back), and the news stands to reason if principal photography and post-production is to be completed before that July 2012 release date.
As far as villains go, the internet has been abuzz with rumours and so-called ‘proof’ of who Nolan has chosen to be Batman’s main nemesis for the third film (as well as ‘confirmed’ actors for the roles) since before The Dark Knight was released back in 2008, but nobody will really know, or can realistically guess (because there’s barely even a handful of people alive that thought the Scarecrow would be a wise choice for Begins), until Nolan himself confirms something much nearer the time.
So for now at least, fans will have to content themselves with the fact that Batman 3 is definitely happening, that production should begin within a year, and if that holds true, there are bound to be a huge number of sneak peaks, trickles of information, and possibly the odd photo leak, ahead of the release.
