Heath would have wanted it this way.

A few weeks ago, Gary Oldman let it slip that the next Batman film would begin shooting next year.  Michael Caine, in an interview last March, said he believed the Riddler would be involved in this one, which added more fuel to ridiculous rumors like the one about Eddie Murphy playing the Riddler.  Well, hold on to your goofy hats because here’s another steaming pile of speculation coming at you. 

Cinefools just reported that director Chris Nolan has dropped out of filming for The Prisoner, which was 1 of 2 movies he was set to film before the 3rd Batman.  With 1 less film in production, shooting for the 3rd Batman may start sooner.  Here’s 4 other numbers I forgot to cram into this 1 paragraph: 18, 32, 8, 69, HIKE!

As for The Prisoner, it may have a tougher time moving ahead without Nolan attache– OH WHO CARES?  BATMAN!!!

~ robopanda

Sorry, folks, those are the rules – Batman sequel news, no matter how small or unconfirmed, means I have to drop everything and cover it.  The word out of Comic Con (from various sites) is that a not-at-all-joking-sounding Gary Oldman said that the next Batman begins shooting next year, “but you didn’t hear it from me.”  …And that’s pretty much the whole story.  Meanwhile, no one has said anything about director Chris Nolan coming back, and with him busy shooting Inception, it’s hard to say whether he’d have time to shoot a Batman sequel, if what Oldman says is even true.  So does that mean they’re hiring a new director?  Yes.  Yes they are.  Brett Ratner will come aboard to direct, Christian Bale will be replaced by Will Smith’s son, Cher plays his love interest, and Shia LaBeouf will play the villain, a midget prostitute that murders.