DC President says Christopher Nolan’s ‘Superman’ is a Rumor

Earlier this month we reported that Christopher Nolan was in talks to mentor the upcoming Superman franchise reboot. According to a report from MTV this has been debunked as a rumor. Deadline Hollywood first reported that Nolan would be involved in the reboot as a guide more or less and the buzz on the internet was soaring. DC head honcho Diane Nelson spoke with MTV about current changes going on at DC Comics and cleared the air on some of the hype out there on the web.

Read what she said after the jump.

When asked about whether or not The Dark Knight director would be involved with Superman Nelson said: “Wouldn’t you like to know!” and added a laugh. “We don’t have any plans about that, and as I’ve mentioned, in the coming months we’ll be making a lot of announcements about what our content plans will be,” she added. “But right now, that’s nothing but rumor — and we frankly don’t say a whole lot more about rumor than that, so…” It sounds like Christopher Nolan will have no involvement in the Superman project at this point which could be a blessing or a curse. We know he can do Batman, but Superman is the opposite side of the coin. The pressure to do one successful comic book franchise has got to be enormous, but to then be involved with, arguably, the most recognized superhero in the world could make even James Cameron nervous.

I’m a bit saddened that Nolan is not involved right now, but the future could hold something else entirely. I am perfectly fine with someone else making Superman their own and making it amazing. Plus, I would hate to see Nolan’s focus split while he is prepping a possible third Batman installment.

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