Zack Snyder Must Helm Dark Knight Returns After Nolan Departs

You said it best.

Leave this Nolan serise to Nolan.

I hope Synder does get the opportunity to do something like this because he could make it pretty dark and pretty true to the comic.
Mark Hamill, I think, would be the perfect choice to play the older Joker. I'm pretty positive that he could create a dark, sadistic, and psychotic Joker. he already has the voice down pat and with everything they could do with make up and effects these days i think they could make him look pretty twisted.

So we want a Batman movie where we have a sex scene with Batman and Catwoman and a slow-motion sequence where Riddler shoots Batman off a roof for failing to answer the impossible riddle and then have the scene speed up suddenly to reveal he gets caught and dragged down with Batman?

As much as I love the idea of having both Riddler and Catwoman in the same movie, I just don't see how it could be done and follow up on the grimdark of the last movie.
Catwoman at her best is a daredevil risk-junkie who doesn't care if she committs crimes or beats up criminals, as long as it serves her ends and she gets some kicks out of it. Plus you'd work in a romance angle with Batman where he ends up pushing her away because of an inability to trust-- a trait that is not present in Batman Begins or the Dark Knight-- in fact, the story specifically avoided this by having Bruce NOT find out that Rachel was leaving him.

Riddler at his best is a mad genius mastermind and private detective whose greatest strength, besides his intellect, is his being underestimated. As good as he is one can assume he'll lose out to the Bats in the end or walk away with the secret of Batman's identity and keep it to himself.

The crimes that both characters committ in the comics is limited to burglarly-- how does that mash up with the riot-causing and serial-killing in the previous movies? More over, both of them are as likely to be allies or rivals with Batman as direct enemies.
So without ruining either character, it would be difficult to see how one would work them into the story together.

Unless you had a third character, someone like Penguin or Black Mask who could have nameless minions, be aimed to conqueer Gotham City and be a real threat Batman has to undo. With such a foundation you could work with Catwoman playing mercenary for this greater villain and deciding to change for romance and have Riddler investigating and aiming to capture Batman for the fame and glory it would bring him.

But at that point you'd be looking at three very different stories tied together into the plot. Batman trying to save the city from domination as Penguin/Black Mask tries to take advantage of the chaos caused by the Joker, Catwoman choosing between riches and love only to be scorned, Riddler trying to unmask Batman and descending into madness in the process. Do you suppose the core target audience could handle all that?

But having Batman just trying to solve riddles to figure out what store or bank Riddler (and Catwoman?) are going to rob next... wouldn't make for an interesting film.

I would like to see Nolan end where Bane breaks Batman's back. Thus having Batman disappear for a few years and that's when Snyder takes over the helm having Batman healed ready to come back.

When Nolan does his 3rd Batman movie he will make sure to make it his last Batman story to be told, and not let another directer, or WB creative team continue where he left off and screwed it up. Once his Batman trilogy story completed I expect WB to do anoter Batman story but not related to Chris Nolans Batman story.

1.It could be another reboot which I wouldn't mind watching, Because I would liked to see another creative team perspectivie on Batman in their own story.

2. Waner bros. could just tell another Batman story with out an origin story, and no relation to Nolan's Batman.

3. WB has many directions to go with, and I'm sure their planing on what to do with Batman next, after Nolan's done telling his Batman story.

Yeah...BUT having a solid TRILOGY, is much more satisfying then sequels that done compare to Nolan's work. I have the DKR comics....and The Dark knight Strikes again....and All star batman and the boy wonder [miller's batman is a psycho]

...meaning it would NOT go along with nolans work period...."THE GOD_DAMN BATMAN" he refers to himself as....meaning him saying that and over and over would have to make that Rated R movie period.

ITsss itsss.....BATMAN: "ITS THE GODDAMN BATMAN!"

I just want Nolan to finish this so they can come out with an ultimate Nolan blu ray edition trilogy set....im good. [frick] eveything else lol

i would like to see Snyder do it movie but of course after Nolan is done with his batman movies

I think Nolan ending his series with Bane breaking Batmans back would be the best ending. His trilogy shouldn't end with a happy ending.

the dark knight had a great cliff hanger, which leads frank miller's graphic novel, the dark knight returns, to be made. i loved the movie and novel of watchmen! it is time for a rated r batman film, but not too comic-like.

best of luck, snyder.