In an age where auteur directors are becoming a dime a dozen, Christopher Nolan remains one of the last remaining industry titans who gets what he wants from a studio. And it's that same meticulous attention to his craft that has the director hesitating to believe he'd fit into the modern era of superhero blockbusters.
Nolan shared in a 2020 virtual conference presented by 92Y (via IndieWire) that his "Dark Knight" trilogy benefited from being made before the explosion of superhero movies in the mainstream. More than anything, it was the time given to each entry that he believes aided in the trilogy's freshness. "When we did 'Batman Begins,' we didn't know we'd do one and it took three years to do it and then four years before the next one," Nolan stated. "We had the luxury of time. It didn't feel like a machine, an engine of commerce for the studio. As the genre becomes so successful, those pressures become greater and greater. It was the right time."
While the filmmaker doesn't hold ill will towards superhero movies themselves, with one notable exception, it's likely that his moviemaking style would not fare well in the multi-release template that studios such as Marvel and DC have honed in on over the last decade. But on the off chance that Nolan decides to take on another superhero movie in the future, fans of the acclaimed director are more than willing to see what he has in store.
