Christopher Nolan was “hesitant” to make ‘The Dark Knight’
nme.comChristopher Nolan was initially “hesitant” to make The Dark Knight, the director’s brother has revealed.In 2003, Warner Bros.
Pictures tapped Memento director Christopher Nolan to helm an untitled Batman film, which was released in 2005 titled Batman Begins.
The film starred Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman and went on to be a critical success, spawning two sequels: 2008’s The Dark Knight and 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises.The trilogy of films would go on to be helmed as some of Nolan’s most prominent work but now, Christopher’s brother Jonathan – who also goes by Jonah and is also a director and screenwriter – has revealed that Nolan was on the verge of ending the franchise with Batman Begins.Speaking on the Armchair Expert Podcast with Dax Shepard recently, Jonathan Nolan spoke about his brother Christopher’s hesitation to direct a second Batman movie. “I worked on Batman Begins in this slightly arm’s length capacity, but it was the one comic book my brother ever given me as a kid, Batman: Year One, for my 14th birthday, and 10 years later I was on the set working with him.”He continued: “Chris was on the fence about making another one.
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