Indelibly great film rag Empire cozied up with Chris Nolan to talk about his impending blockbuster puzzle flick Inception, and managed to get some bits and pieces of information about the 3rd Batman film and the Goyer-scripted Superman reboot.
While there’s nothing particularly revelatory, the nugget that should hopefully bring an end to a great deal of silly prognosticating is a definitive, unqualified declaration that the Joker will not be recast. Nolan makes it clear he’s uncomfortable with the subject and doesn’t elaborate, but he’s much more detailed when explaining his vision for the two biggest icons of the DC stable.
“It’s not something I ever really applied a blanket rule to, but Marvel characters are very different from DC characters, and the key DC characters are very different from the minor DC characters. You’ve got to go back to that element of, “What do I see when I close my eyes and think of Batman? What do I see when I close my eyes and think of Superman?” And for me a big part of that is their individuality. They are extraordinary beings in an ordinary world. And the reason I think the two are fascinating is because Superman is very specifically superpowered and obviously otherworldly; Batman is very human and flawed. They’re two very different characters, but there’s an elemental feeling of power in the iconography of those characters. To me that’s originally because they stood alone. I need to hang on to that in my imagining of them.”
It was announced in February that Nolan would be taking on an advisory/producer/Godfather role as DC attempts to bring the Man of Steel back to the big screen, backed by a concept from David Goyer (which Nolan pitched to them).
“…We were just sitting there idly chatting and he said ”…by the way, I think know how you approach Superman,”… and he told me his take on it. I thought it was really tremendous. It was the first time I’ve been able to conceive of how you’d address Superman in a modern context. I thought it was a really exciting idea…”
Of course there is much more in the actual issue of Empire (which I would encourage you to pick up in whatever various paper or pad formats you desire) as well as discussion about 3D, Stanley Kubrick, and of course, Inception. Check it out.
Source | Empire (via Cinematical, NolanFans.com)
24 comments
FIRST! Uhh…wait. This isn't aintitcool?! Sorry.
now someone quote whatever Nolan said about Kubrick!
I know it might tarnish the legacy of Nolan's trilogy, but a big part of me wants to see Batman 3 end with Batman having defeated whatever villain but he's still losing the "bigger fight". He's giving up hope, when he looks up in the sky and sees a Superman – bringing a close to the "reality" of Nolan's trilogy – I mean he's done at this point – and ushering in a new world of both Batman and Superman and the endless variious directions they can take that.
He may also have implied "no robin" (saying the image of them standing alone is important to him). Maybe.
Is it gay to have a huge, rock hard boner for anything Nolan or Inception related?
A little worried that the "extraordinary being in an ordinary world" bit on Superman means we get yet another rehash of "Lex Luthor wants real estate!"
Don't get me wrong, I think Nolan could do a fantastic "Business tycoon Luthor" but…I think folks are ready to see Superman being Super with more than just "Superman lives progressively larger objects, overcomes Kryptonite to save the day."
Superman vs. Darkseid is really the only Superman movie I'd be remotely interested in at this point, because at least Darkseid could take (and dish out) a proper super-sized ass-kicking. Lex Luthor has just become boring as the main villain. Unless they're going to use him as the puppetmaster – untouchable because his involved can't be definitively proven – orchestrating the actions of other notable villains, I just can't stomach the thought of another movie where it's Superman against Luthor. (Either way, I hope to hell Goyer isn't directing.)
Only if balls touch, #5.
Here we go again with superman and everyone thinking nolan's the right man for the job. Well I don't. He can't shoot action and he failed in both begins and tdk to give us a good look at batman the master detective etc, so what makes people think he's right for superman is beyond me. If it does get made, I hope it has nothing at all to do with the donner films. It's over, time to have superman from the comics on screen, which would be sweet as hell. There is some shit in those books that will make great cinema.
I think Tim Sale and Jeff Loeb's "Superman for All Seasons" would be a great place to start. With Batman, the story was told from Bruce's perspective. Why not do the opposite with Superman? Have it told from the eyes of everyone else. As for Batman 3 (i really hate calling it that) I want to see the intelligent, strategic, cold and calculating Bane.
Shutup about Batman as detective. Both movies had scenes with him detecting. These are adaptations, shitbird. Nobody wants to see Christian Bale sleuthing for two hours.
It makes me very very sad that the Joker is dead. He wasn't dead until just now… Fuck that.
I just want to see a Superman who is somewhat based on real physics, i.e. leaps tall buildings in a single bound, rather than one that flies as if propelled by rockets and can orbit the Earth so quickly that time reverses for every inhabitant.
It'd be cool to see Superman go Dr Manhattan & become indifferent to people, having to deal with the implications of being a god.
@13 You will believe a man can jump? Black Dahlia, if you don't like the fantastic, then I think maybe superheroes aren't for you. I'd look into a nice police procedural or something like that.
The way to do Superman new is from someone else's perspective. Someone who knows Clark Kent and knows Supersman too, but doesn't know the two are the same cat. The film should be told through the eyes of Jimmy Olsen or someone like that. You can actually make Clark Kent look different from Superman–everyone watching knows they are one in the same– and tell the story in a fresh way. The audiance of today cannot relate to a alien who can do everything. They might be able to relate to a smart you man who is looking for someone to believe in all the while just being lied to.
I'm hard.
What are you all, a bunch of prepubescent children? If you're excited over a superhero movie, you are still a child or a grown child with a childish intellect. Grow the fuck up and stop consuming this trash and maybe the industry will get out of this pathetic state of arrested development.
I agree with #16 and others who have said the best way to make Superman is tell from outsider's perspective. Superman/Clark Kent has no arc and is not dramatically interesting because of his goodness. Imagine "The Shawshank Redemption" told from the POV of Andy instead of Red and you realize why most attempts at a Superman story are misguided…
Homoeroticism. That's what both franchises need now, more than anything. Homoeroticism.
He doesn't "get" Superman any more than he "gets" Batman. And as someone already mentioned, he can't shoot action for shit. I'm not excited. 'Inception' on the other hand looks promising. Back to the mindfuckery of 'Memento,' but with a big FX budget.
Nolan can't shoot action? So you want to go back to Tim Burton's Batman doing half-assed kung fu? Bitches will always find something to bitch about. Thank God the Nolans don't give a fuck about trying to please any of you fuckers.
Good idea form #16 n #19
youre all fucked in the head i hope nolan and goyer make superman a terrorist and a rapist
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