Zack Snyder wants to do Dark Knight Returns movie

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WB would be out of their mind to go anywhere outside of Nolan, but what if Nolan decided that 2 was it (or that no more after a trilogy). I think Zack Snyder would be a pretty good choice (Director of 300 and Watchmen). I realize that it's most likely not going to happen, and Snyder was probably talking off the cuff, but it's cool to think about it. Loved the Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller!

MOVE over Christopher Nolan - Watchmen director Zack Snyder says he has his eye on a future Batman movie.

Snyder, whose Watchmen is due out in March, is interested in adapting Frank Miller's comic book series The Dark Knight Returns.

The four-issue 1986 storyline - ranked among the best Batman tales - is set after Bruce Wayne retires from the crimefighter role, following the death of the second Robin, Jason Todd.

After crime sweeps Gotham, Wayne is forced to assume the superhero role once again, with the help of a new Robin. Dramatic events unfold featuring archvillains Two-Face and the Joker and fellow superheroes Green Arrow and Superman.

Snyder told IF Magazine: "I'm interested in Frank Miller's [graphic novel] The Dark Knight Returns. That's really my favourite comic book."

But he acknowledged that the chances of it getting made while there is an existing film franchise, with Nolan directing and Christian Bale in the lead role, are rather unlikely.

He said: "The studio has this massive franchise and I don't think they'll let me make a Batman movie where he's 50 years old and Ronald Reagan is president."

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