The Dark Knight Trilogy is still considered one of the greatest series of movies ever made, with Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises rightly viewed as undisputed classics (even if many fans argue the final chapter failed to live up to its beloved predecessor).
It's been more than a decade since Nolan's time in the DC Universe ended, and while he was loosely connected to Man of Steel as an executive producer, the filmmaker's superhero days are seemingly behind him.
Batman has moved on without him, with Ben Affleck playing the Caped Crusader in the DCEU. Michael Keaton has since returned to the role for The Flash - original plans called for him to also star in Batgirl and Batman Beyond - but the hero will now be rebooted for the DCU in The Brave and the Bold.
Last year also saw the release of The Batman, a standalone "Elseworlds" movie starring Robert Pattinson and directed by Matt Reeves.
Close in tone to The Dark Knight Trilogy, you'd think it's a superhero movie Nolan could get on board with. However, the Oppenheimer helmer is keeping his thoughts to himself and explained why during a recent interview with Variety.
Refusing to share his thoughts on The Batman when asked if he's watched it, Nolan explained, "If I start talking about comic book movies, that would be the only thing anybody pays any attention to in the article."
Before you accuse us of doing just that, we are going to highlight what the filmmaker said about his future plans!
"Ideas come from everywhere," Nolan said. "I’ve done a remake, I’ve made adaptations from comic books and novels, and I’ve written original screenplays. I’m open to anything. But as a writer and director, whatever I do, I have to feel like I own it completely."
"I have to make it original to me: The initial seed of an idea may come from elsewhere, but it has to go through my fingers on a keyboard and come out through my eyes alone."
Nolan has been rumoured to be in the running for the next James Bond movie in recent months, but it sounds like the franchise's producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, will need to give him free rein to tell the story he wants. Whether they would be willing to do so is another matter.
What we can safely say is Nolan won't be returning to the DC Universe to helm a fourth Batman movie!