Nolan, bearded and affable, explained that he’s scrambling to finish the script for The Dark Knight Rises, his third Batman movie, which he’s writing in collaboration with his brother Jonathan, mostly from his oceanfront abode in the Paradise Cove trailer park in Malibu..The script is due in January for a July release. But he wouldn’t say what the story’s about or who the villain is, other than to confirm that Inception’s Tom Hardy will play “a key role, not saying good or bad,” and to shoot down reports that he’ll resurrect The Joker by including unused footage of Heath Ledger’s performance in the previous chapter. “That’s all wrong,” said the writer-director, who’s also producing the next Superman movie, for Zack Snyder to direct.
Nolan dément la rumeur qui circule sur le net depuis 2-3 jours et qui affirmait que le Joker allait réapparaître grâce à des scènes tournées qui n'auraient pas été utilisées pour The Dark Knight. Au passage, il indique que Tom Hardy va jouer un personnage-clé du film, mais n'indique toujours pas s'il sera bon ou mauvais.
