I found this cool interview with Christopher Nolan, director of the current incarnation of the Batman movie franchise. He talks about both films, Heath, and his favorite scene from The Dark Knight – surprisingly it is not the disappearing pencil scene.
He also mentions that he has no idea if there will be a third movie or not.
GB: Could you see actually yourself not making the third Batman film?
NOLAN: Well … let me think how to put this. There are two things to be said. One is the emphasis on story. What’s the story? Is there a story that’s going to keep me emotionally invested for the couple of years that it will take to make another one? That’s the overriding question. On a more superficial level, I have to ask the question: How many good third movies in a franchise can people name? [Laughs.] At the same time, in taking on the second one, we had the challenge of trying to make a great second movie, and there haven’t been too many of those either. It’s all about the story really. If the story is there, everything is possible. I hope that was a suitably slippery answer.
Here’s to hoping he can squirrel up a story – because I worry the studio will chase the $$$ and make another one even if he isn’t involved.