Is Alfred Without A Job?
Thu, November 12, 2009 
The ever-growing “What’s up with Batman 3?” questions continue to plague anyone involved with the franchise. Doesn’t matter what they’re working on, there’s not a chance in Hell that question won’t be brought up.
Someone who never stops adding fuel to that fire is Sir Michael Caine (aka Alfred). I can’t count the many times he’s given crazy quotes saying that people like Johnny Depp or Phillip Seymour Hoffman could have a role in Batman III only to renege on said statement(s) a short time later.
God love him. I honestly think Caine is deliberately fucking with people with his remarks. If you ask me, that’s his subtle little way of saying, “Stop asking me about Batman, dammit!” Another example comes from the British magazine Shortlist (via IGN Movies) where the two time Oscar-winning actor voices his uncertainty of the franchise:
“As for the future… if they ever make another Batman I will be in, I will be the butler. But I don't know if they are ever going to make another Batman. If they do it won't be for quite a while.”
Ironically enough, my TMT partner and hetero lifemate Peter Georgiou and I were bullshitting on this topic earlier this morning. At this point, Christopher Nolan is going to do whatever the Hell he wants. His two Batman films made Warner Brothers a fortune and the fact that they handed him a blank $200 million+ check for Inception was their way of saying, “Thank you.”
It’s obvious they’re waiting on him to make his decision after his mind-centric science fiction epic opens next July. If not, they would have already hired some controllable director who would have followed their orders and delivered a less-than-subpar third Batman movie.
Reader Comments (1)
i think if Inception is a bomb he would still do batman for WB. but i have a feeling that fans would panic like s......
if i would be Nolan i wouldnt do batman 3. we all know how those fanatic internet fans are.