Like many of you, I am a Batman fanatic. I was depressed for many years after the Joel Schumacher debacles. I grew wary when Darren Aronofky was set to reboot the franchise with Alfred as Bruce Wayne's trusted mechanic by the name of Big Al. So upon reading that Warner Bros. has bribed Chris Nolan into doing a third Batman movie, it dawned on me this will be it for him, and I am okay with that. Though I loved the first two features and am certain the third will be genius, I have come to the realization his trilogy should not end and risk some hack like Schummacher or Aronofsky at the helm. Thus, I have decided to put forward my argument for Zack Snyder, and look forward to your take.
I have only seen two Zack Snyder films, 300 and Watchmen. Both were adaptations of great works, and were in my opinion transferred to screen beautifully. Zack says he wants to do Dark Knight, and as a fan of the Nolan movies I think he could transition Miller's works smoothly into Nolan's without a reboot. Snyder respects the fans love of great volumes of work, yet, manages to bring out the whole story with only limited cuts to the originals. I think for anyone to try and do Dark Knight Returns, that mandate can only be met by him, I ask you to name another director who has done any comicbook to film transition so well. Although, I think he needs to lay off the soft porn scenes he has a constant hard on for. Save the R-rating bro.
I perceive Nolan will try to complete his trilogy by ending with some great crisis that leaves Batman broken, tired, and resigned to continue. I feel he will give Snyder no cliffhanger to resolve, but leave him with a character who could have vanished and given up his holy war for 10 years. Moreover, I believe Nolan will not re-introduce the Joker or Dent. I think he will try to re-establish Catwoman and Riddler, thus leaving the opportunity for Snyder to bring back Harvey Dent for Book 1, as a man thought to be dead, but locked away in the Arkham for a decade. Book 2 with the Mutants, self explanatory and easy to blend in. Book 3 and the return of the Joker gives Warner the chance to bring back this character tastefully. He can be older, and totally messed up to see Batman back. My choice is Daniel Day Lewis to step in where Heath left off, he is the only one who can do it (do not kill him). Book 4 would be the long awaited Supes/Bats battle, and Miller's work will be brought to fruition like we all want. Robin as a girl is a must for the sheer controversy and faithfulness to the story. If I am right, and Snyder succeeds we may even get DK2, but I could live with only one.