Christopher Nolan Discusses "Justice League of Ame...
Christopher Nolan Discusses "Justice League of America"
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LA Times had a chance to speak to "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan about the upcoming "Justice League of America," which Warner Bros has been delaying but still plans to make. Nolan believes that Batman is absolutely needed in the "JLA" film, but Batman that he has been developing in "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight" won't fit into a universe where Superman exists.
"I don't think our Batman, our Gotham, lends itself to that kind of cross-fertilization," said Nolan. "It goes back to one of the first things we wrangled with when we first started putting the story together: Is this a world in which comic books already exist? Is this a world in which superheroes already exist?"
He continued: "If you think of 'Batman Begins' and you think of the philosophy of this character trying to reinvent himself as a symbol, we took the position -- we didn't address it directly in the film, but we did take the position philosophically -- that superheroes simply don't exist. If they did, if Bruce [Wayne] knew of Superman or even of comic books, then that's a completely different decision that he's making when he puts on a costume in an attempt to become a symbol. It's a paradox and a conundrum, but what we did is go back to the very original concept and idea of the character. In his first appearances, he invents himself as a totally original creation."
Do you think Nolan's Batman would be different if he knew that Superman existed?
"I don't think our Batman, our Gotham, lends itself to that kind of cross-fertilization," said Nolan. "It goes back to one of the first things we wrangled with when we first started putting the story together: Is this a world in which comic books already exist? Is this a world in which superheroes already exist?"
He continued: "If you think of 'Batman Begins' and you think of the philosophy of this character trying to reinvent himself as a symbol, we took the position -- we didn't address it directly in the film, but we did take the position philosophically -- that superheroes simply don't exist. If they did, if Bruce [Wayne] knew of Superman or even of comic books, then that's a completely different decision that he's making when he puts on a costume in an attempt to become a symbol. It's a paradox and a conundrum, but what we did is go back to the very original concept and idea of the character. In his first appearances, he invents himself as a totally original creation."
Do you think Nolan's Batman would be different if he knew that Superman existed?
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