"You've changed things forever; there's no going back" are the first words in the above trailer to Christopher Nolan's second Batman film, "The Dark Knight." Warner Bros. doesn't agree. Not only did the president of the Warner Bros. motion picture group, Jeff Robinov, tell the L.A. Times that he has plans for the long-awaited Justice League of America. He also is developing feature scripts for Flash and Wonder Woman -- and setting the table for yet another variation on Batman. (For the full interview, click here).
Robinov told the Times that he is plotting to launch a new Batman series right after Nolan finishes his third Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises." Robinov said, "We have the third Batman, but then we'll have to reinvent Batman…Chris Nolan and [producing partner and wife] Emma Thomas will be producing it, so it will be a conversation with them about what the next phase is."
These days, studios are rebooting heroes before they've even had a chance to take the old boots off. It's hard enough to make a sequel or a series film without getting deadeningly repetitive. Isn't that a greater danger with a reboot? What's the value of starting all over again? Sure, the 1989-1997 Batman series thudded after Tim Burton and Michael Keaton left. But can't a series change casts and directors without rejiggering a superhero's whole mythology - again?
