Christian Bale Reluctantly Commits to Batman 3

Christian Bale Reluctantly Commits to Batman 3

When cornered by the press last July about doing Batman 3 without director Chris Nolan, Christian Bale said that he couldn’t “imagine doing this without Chris [Nolan],” and that he doesn’t “even want to consider” doing another film without Nolan. But it appears that Bale’s Lawyers have since explained that he has a contract.

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By THEHAWK - Apr 28, 2009 02:04 PM EST
Filed Under: The Dark Knight Rises
Source: Slashfilm

The Dark Knight star now admits to Total Film that “The fact is, I have to! I’ve signed up! Chris doesn’t. So I’m in a bit of a fix if he says he doesn’t want to!” Nearly everyone expects for Nolan to do another Batman sequel after he finishes work on Inception, but Chris has still not committed to a third film. thankfully Warner Bros is being surprisingly patient with their franchise. It is good that they are, especially since Nolan created one of the highest earning films of all time.

Here is Bale's complete interview as posted on Total film's site:

"Heath winning Best Supporting Actor was fantastic. I had dinner with his family a couple of nights before the awards and liked very much they were the people who were picking it up for him. Of course I was really delighted that it did go that way.

“I’m not surprised by The Dark Knight not getting more Oscars though. I’m not really surprised by anything to do with awards. Hey listen, awards or not it’s a wonderful movie. Chris Nolan did such a fantastic job of it and you look back at the history of the Oscars – some of the best movies never got shit."

"Will we do a third movie? It's got to be the right story. You can't make something like The Dark Knight and then come out with something disappointing.

"I would like it if people say, 'You'll never make a good third movie.' I say, 'OK, let's make a third movie in that case, let's prove them wrong. But that's just me. The fact is, I have to! I've signed up! Chris doesn't. So I'm in a bit of a fix if he says he doesn't want to!"

“With technology, there’s a balance with everything. In The Dark Knight, the triangulation and the mobile phones, when Batman asks Lucius to use it, Lucius says, ‘After this I will quit. I will not have anything to do with this.’

“It’s like the eavesdropping, the illegal wire tapping going on at the NSA. There are limits… It is technology. But as with anything, it should all be in moderation…”
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ManOfIron
ManOfIron - 4/28/2009, 3:16 PM
I wonder if Lucious will come back. He's kinda my favorite character (oddly enough). I mean, they kinda set it up so he could. By typing in his name, the machine broke, leading me to believe that by breaking it, it no longer "remains" at Wayne Enterprises. But they probably left it open like that on purpose.
akthunder
akthunder - 4/28/2009, 3:16 PM
This doesn't surprise me one bit. I knew he would have to star in a 3rd one.
Pumchavas28
Pumchavas28 - 4/28/2009, 3:21 PM
ManOfIron.. I agree about Lucious... Any role that Morgan Freeman plays... He almost always does a kick @$$ job at it & it's often hard for him not to steal the show...
WisconsinCharm
WisconsinCharm - 4/28/2009, 3:24 PM
At least we are guaranteed some greatness in the third movie with Bale. Bale is the perfect Batman. Without Nolan would be terrible. It would be the same thing having Nolan and no Bale. You need peanut butter and jelly to make a BD&J not just just the J.
TheMyth
TheMyth - 4/28/2009, 4:12 PM
Luscious said that as long as that computer was at Wayne Enterprise, he wouldn't be. The password he entered after he finished with it destroyed the computer.
Phinehas
Phinehas - 4/28/2009, 4:12 PM
Hawk, I don't understand the last two quotes in connection to the article or Bale's comments. Could you elaborate or explain?
Phinehas
Phinehas - 4/28/2009, 4:24 PM
Grif, you absolutely slay me! ROFLOL
ManOfIron
ManOfIron - 4/28/2009, 4:39 PM
TheMyth you just repeated what i said lol i swear if Lucious gets "technical" and says "Well it may be broken but it's still laying in the basement so i'm not staying" I will pop a cap in a toaster! I'll do it too! Beware you damn dirty toasters!
THEHAWK
THEHAWK - 4/28/2009, 4:47 PM
@Phin. I'm not to sure myself, but I believe Bale is saying that they shouldn't over play the tech in the new movie, maybe to keep it realistic
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/28/2009, 4:56 PM
BATS is on the run! LUSCIOUS is gone! No Tech! I kinda like that!!! We want it fresh right????
Drew718
Drew718 - 4/28/2009, 4:58 PM
alright guys, letS all say the 3rd movie is gona suck! so it gives them motivation to make an even better movie than TDK lol. ITS GONAAA SSUUCCCKKKKK!
CrookedJaw
CrookedJaw - 4/28/2009, 5:46 PM
yeah...I can see why he's reluctant...i don't see how you can top the Dark Knight
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 4/28/2009, 6:06 PM
Matrix Revolutions

Revenge of the Sith

POTC At World's End

Spiderman-3


PLEAZE NOLAN!! BREAK THE SUCKY THIRD MOVIE CURSE!!!
WisconsinCharm
WisconsinCharm - 4/28/2009, 6:18 PM
I thought Revenge of the sith and Matrix revolutions were good movies. Revenge of the sith was the best of the 3 prequels and MAtrix rev. was better than reloaded, not so much the first one. IMHO
alten2345
alten2345 - 4/28/2009, 6:19 PM
Revenge of the Sith!?! That movie is easily the best of the three Star Wars prequels. Of course that's like saying you're the smartest kid on the short bus:)
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/28/2009, 6:52 PM
Im sure he will do another one..hes just being coy about it because, well as great a director as he is, he seems like a bit of a tosser to be honest!
gestlmutant
gestlmutant - 4/28/2009, 6:53 PM
I really liked luscious and the techy "Q" eliment he brought to Batman. However, I really like the way the series left off. With Batman on the run and without his tech hook-up. The thrid has the potential to make the dark series even grittier...so as much as like the character, I'm ok with luscious not coming back.
SdProphet
SdProphet - 4/28/2009, 7:02 PM
I'm not ok with that?!!! Morgan freeman is a G that guy makes shitty movies good. And rhas hard to do. He was like a robin it was perfect he added that sidekick aura without being one. And that's cool so anyone agree?
randyjohn
randyjohn - 4/28/2009, 7:27 PM
is freeman even in any condition to make any movies anymore? i never heard if he got out of the hospital or what was going on.
Supermike
Supermike - 4/28/2009, 7:32 PM
The only problem I have is with the 3rd one is what will make it different then the first two I mean from the comment I read so far people want things to go backwards no more tech no batsuit just realistic Crap I mean that the problem I had with the 2nd one there was no character development for Batman in fact they made him less Batman by not meanting his mom and dad.

That the problem with these new batman movie they make batman weak
dogchasingcars
dogchasingcars - 4/28/2009, 7:36 PM
guys trust nolan he will come back and he will make a awesom third batman film and i honstly hope they kinda don't do robin
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/28/2009, 7:50 PM
If they do Robin in needs to be Frank Millers Robin..an actual 13 year old kid thats just as confused and dangerous as Batman was/is..and isnt treated like some little brother or spoilt brat by Batman, hes trained and treated like a soldier. By the end of it he should be able to paint himself yellow and kick the shit out of Green Lantern!
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 4/28/2009, 8:30 PM
ROBIN MADE BATMAN CARE,YEAH DONT PUT ROBIN, MAYBE FOR A STINT AND NOT PERMANENT..HAVE THE JOKER KILL HIM WITH A CROBAR..SOMETHING REAL. I WANNA SEE CATWOMAN..RIDDLER
dogchasingcars
dogchasingcars - 4/28/2009, 8:45 PM
or now that i think about it make robin in it but then have him become nightwing
HarrisonBergeron
HarrisonBergeron - 4/28/2009, 8:45 PM
Why do you guys think there will be no tech, and no Luscios in the third movie? Luscios still works for billionaire Bruce Wayne, he never worked for Batman, so Batman's criminal status is irrelevant. Bruce gave Luscious what he wanted, so there is no reason to think that their relationship has soured.
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What do you guys think about David Spade as the Mad Hatter?
2leftarms
2leftarms - 4/28/2009, 9:08 PM
I'm with Ror 100%. I just can't think of a single person who would be fit to play Robin.

I noticed that in some of Alex Ross's paintings, Robin looks a lot like Daniel Radcliffe, but I'm about as uncomfortable with Harry Potter as Robin as any of you are.
dogchasingcars
dogchasingcars - 4/28/2009, 9:34 PM
i don't know maybe radcliffe could pull of robin you never can tell these days i mean look a ledger no one thought he could pull off joker and he did it the only one who has really complained about ledger' preformance as the clown prince of crime has been supermike
THEHAWK
THEHAWK - 4/28/2009, 9:41 PM
Shia Lebouf as Robin/ Nightwing.
dogchasingcars
dogchasingcars - 4/28/2009, 9:52 PM
sorry Hawk usually i agree with you on stuff like this but no dice this time man i don't see lebouf as the boy wonder, he is too goofy to play robin
DeadleDeadle
DeadleDeadle - 4/28/2009, 10:45 PM
First of all I just want to say that I really like batman as a character, especially when he's dark and mysterious. I really liked batman 1989 because it had that dark, serious tone to it. Then after that the sequels started getting stupid. Especially when they got to Batman Forever and Batman and Robin. They started adding in that dumb adam west shit back into it. That was dissapointing.
Then I started hearing about a new movie that was going to come out called Batman Begins where they were going to tell the story of Bruce Wayne before he became Batman, a story I know very well and like. Most importantly they were bringing that dark mysterious quality back into batman that batman movies hadn't seen for years. I was very excited about this and then I saw it. That movie, aside from ang lee's hulk and spider-man 3, was one of the biggest dissapointments in movies that I've ever seen. I've watched it over and over again, trying to figure out why I didn't like it, and it didn't make sense. I mean it was dark, realistic and was factually correct to the comics.(Something that a lot of superhero movies don't seem to get quite right these days.) Yet dipite all these good qualities that would normally make a real batman movie good, it didn't really feel good. And this isn't only me who thinks this. I've asked a lot of people how they trully felt about Batman Begins and about half of them said they didn't really care for it.
I still don't get it. It's like they got all the facts down perfectly for the movie and it was heading in the right direction, but it didn't feel like it was actually about batman. The movie made batman out like he was this dark, and serious force to be reckoned with yet at times he came off as this bumbling fool who made such stupid mistakes that the real batman, even when he was first starting out, would have never made. I understand that the movie guys were trying to make batman realistic in an attempt to bring him down to a human level that people could connect with, but that's not really batman.
The second movie wasn't good either. I liked it more only because of the joker, but other than him it still had that horendous, fake, outlandish realism to it that I can't stand. But, what can I say. Usually when I start talking like this it seems like no one's really listening to me, then they come back at me and say something like "Well obviously you're wrong because box office records with the dark knight were higher than any other movie." and you know what? They're right. People did like those movies. Box office records are a testament to that. But you know what else. People as a whole are goddamn, [frick]n' retards who can't discen what's actually good and what's not. It doesn't matter what other people say. Those movies were just absolutely terrible and I know I'm right.
dogchasingcars
dogchasingcars - 4/28/2009, 11:04 PM
well deadledeadle i don't know what to tell you man i am not going to bash you for not liking a movie but i can't seem to place my finger on why you dislike it. i thought it was a good movie. i felt batman begins had that realism and dark serious force to it that the two prior batman movies before it lacked. i however do think that your idea that bruce wayne in his first year as the dark knight wouldn't make the bumbling mistakes that you say you couldn't see batman doing. even if you have training in martial arts your going to make a mistake somewhere it is human nature to do this and even though batman is a symbol he is still human that is one of the true points of batman begins and the dark knight to prove that batman is still human and he is on the road to change and to become the legendary batman we all know and love. i applaude to the "thats my story and i am sticking to it idea" that you have do i still think that your wrong i do but i do applaude your belief in what you thinks is right.
killawee
killawee - 4/28/2009, 11:15 PM
deadledeadle, your opinion that the movies were absolutely terrible is fine. You didn't like them. it's a subjective thing. However, you don't get to say that as an absolute truth those movies were awful, and anybody who thinks they were good is a retard and expect people to respond positively. In fact your entire monologue was well written and thought out to that point. After that its just gets insulting.
shibazz
shibazz - 4/28/2009, 11:30 PM
Hawk?!? how dare you! honestly!!!! @ROR-01 FMILLERS Robin was the best , not cuz she was a chick .... no , because as a one off she is as unforgettable as any robin in history! my favorite by far. you are back Ror ! yer back baby, YEAH!!!!
ottoevans
ottoevans - 4/29/2009, 12:45 AM
i think Bale was signed for 3 or 4 movies and a superhero cross over movie (justice league). This was posted a while back
Macksimus
Macksimus - 4/29/2009, 1:22 AM
Wow, Nolan better do this movie.

Why is the guy being such a puss about this.

Show people your greatness. Show them that you can make another-even more successful-Batman movie.

That's the problem with Hollywood these days. All of these directors are AFRAID to try something new. That's why every new movie that comes out is a REMAKE of another movie.

PATHETIC.

MAN UP Nolan, and make my Batman 3.
SirJediFrank
SirJediFrank - 4/29/2009, 6:35 AM
it is ridiculous for him to say "if the same director is in, i am in" as every actor says when asked for any possible given sequel.. since he is already signed.

This is what happens when they repeat what their agents tell them to say but at the same time contradicting themselves.
Shaman
Shaman - 4/29/2009, 7:27 AM
"The smartest kid on the short bus" ...BOUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

...AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... ahhaha... ha... hm... *tear*

DeadleDeadle- I for one loved those movies and i'm hardly a retard. I can think for myself as i absolutely loved Affleck's Daredevil and Stalone's Judge Dredd regardless what the "majority" thinks of them. And it is pretty retarded of you to think that just because you differ from the rest of society, that it's "their" fault and then try to call them all retards to somehow make you look "smarter"... You know, there IS a reason why the short bus is ..well... short. Cause there are actually fewer of you.

Having said that, i do have to agree on one point that you made:

"The movie made batman out like he was this dark, and serious force to be reckoned with yet at times he came off as this bumbling fool who made such stupid mistakes that the real batman, even when he was first starting out, would have never made."

You are correct in saying that because Bruce underwent what Nolan and Goyer strenously attempted to make us believe that it was to be the most excruciating training known to man which is the art of ninjitsu. Not only did he pass with flying colors but he succeeded in becoming the very best that the clan ever had and wanted him to lead the league of shadows. And then, later on when he put on his outfit, he looked like the peper spray can blazing "Shadow Hare" having no more training than what a green belt at Billy Ray Bob Jimmy Joe "hapkido" class would offer. So... yeah, that was a fail but the rest of the movie was fine. He got better at it and moved on. As should you. No movie is perfect.

Now, on to the topic at hand... SCREW BALE for "Reluctantly Committing" to make a third one. Yes he's good. NO he's not a must!!! This shitty attitude actually shows on screen and it is the reason why i feel his version of Batman will never be as good as Keaton's. Yes his batman movies are great but imo, Keaton's 89 Batman movie was the very BEST!!! I know, i know, TDK is the most profitable movie ever in comic book history. But watch it again and notice just how little it had to do with BATMAN. The movie should have been called "Gotham". Even so, in no way does it make TDK "absolutely terrible" as our special friend said but just not the best IMO. I thouroughly enjoyed every second of it but i'm man enough to admit that i liked the 89 version much much more.
FrankGarret
FrankGarret - 4/29/2009, 7:39 AM
What were those mistakes Batman would never do?
EvilEd2000
EvilEd2000 - 4/29/2009, 8:01 AM
i loved the new batman movies, i'll be honest first few times i watched begins i thought it was quite boring, but everytime i watch it seems better. Third film i'd like to see a fully kitted out batcave, a smaller batmobile (the tumbler thing def didn't do it for me, way too much), and a smoother suit, think i actually prefared the one in begins with the big neck, think he looked the part, the second one had too many bits to it, dont think it looked too great.

Yeh, what were the mistakes?
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