Zack Snyder asked for Nolan's blessing to make Batman v Superman

[johnnygobbs]

 

What is Nolan now?  The owner of these characters?

I for one am utterly few up with the reverence people have towards TDK trilogy.  Did Nolan ask for Burton and/or Schumacher's blessing when he began work on Batman Begins? 

[Edd Grayson]

What did Snyder or Nolan say about this, exactly?

In any case, I don't think it's a big deal, their style from what we've seen isn't the same, so maybe Snyder appreciates Nolan a lot for his Batman, but I don't think he means to imitate it,

[johnnygobbs]

What did Snyder or Nolan say about this, exactly?

In any case, I don't think it's a big deal, their style from what we've seen isn't the same, so maybe Snyder appreciates Nolan a lot for his Batman, but I don't think he means to imitate it.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/364161-zack-snyder-asked-christopher-nolans-blessing-before-batman-v-superman#/slide/1

"You tell me if you don't want me to do it," Snyder told Nolan. After a silence, Nolan said, 'Well, we don't own these characters. When you're done making Batman movies, someone else will [make them].'"

"I think he found it a little bit hard, I would feel the same way."

So does this mean that every time someone wants to reboot Batman they no have to ask for Nolan's permission?  Is he now the guardian of the character and its authority?  Have the Burton films been consigned to the scrapheap? 

[BatmAngelus]

Like Max Shreck, I don't think this is a big deal either. Snyder and Nolan are friends and collaborators so it feels like he was doing this out of professional courtesy more than anything else. Nolan's response shows he knows that the character isn't his to own either.

[Azrael]

Maybe it's not but Empire magazine makes it out to be, and many people only read the titles.

[The Dark Knight]

Like Max Shreck, I don't think this is a big deal either. Snyder and Nolan are friends and collaborators so it feels like he was doing this out of professional courtesy more than anything else. Nolan's response shows he knows that the character isn't his to own either.

Pretty much.

[The Laughing Fish]

I think I remember hearing that Arrow's producers asked Nolan's permission to have a crossover with The Flash starting from the second season onwards. Why would anyone think that Nolan should have the last say in lettting WB use its DC characters? 

But as much as I don't like Nolan and his movies, I'll give him credit for recognizing that he doesn't own Batman. No director is bigger than the character.

[johnnygobbs]

I think I remember hearing that Arrow's producers asked Nolan's permission to have a crossover with The Flash starting from the second season onwards. Why would anyone think that Nolan should have the last say in lettting WB use its DC characters? 

But as much as I don't like Nolan and his movies, I'll give him credit for recognizing that he doesn't own Batman. No director is bigger than the character.

I know, but there's something about the 'after the silence' and the fact that according to Snyder, Nolan found it a 'little hard [to see another filmmaker take on Batman]' that bugs me.

I don't know why some filmmakers/showrunners have now got it in their heads that Nolan is the ultimate authority/gatekeeper of the character.  It's almost as if they're saying that they don't think Nolan's version can ever be topped, or worse, that Nolan's version of Batman is the definitive one.

[Cobblepot4Mayor]

Ass kissery in the finest degree....

Remember though that Schumacher did ask Tim Burton for permission in stepping into his shoes. Nolan certainly never did any of that when he took it over (which I do believe he could have been a little nicer in doing, even after the fact in so much as inviting either man to a screening). Not that Burton and Schumacher mind I believe. It's gentlemanly courtesy that you either want to do or you don't.

But Snyder's only doing it because in his silly mind he believes by doing so he will channel that "mystical Nolan magic" to create what he truly does assume to be the most "genius" Batman film project ever created....he's quite wrong....

[johnnygobbs]

Ass kissery in the finest degree....

Remember though that Schumacher did ask Tim Burton for permission in stepping into his shoes.

I think Schumacher only did that because there was a little doubt about the way in which Warner Bros and Burton parted company, and Schumacher, quite understandably, wanted to ensure there was no hard feelings.  Bear in mind that Burton was also a producer on Batman Forever.

But Nolan completed his trilogy; surely he's long done with Batman.  There's absolutely no reason why Snyder should have to ask Nolan's permission/blessing for rebooting the franchise.

I hope this doesn't become a precedent because such a practice could potentially stifle creativity.  Every filmmaker is entitled, assuming they have the intellectual property rights, to do their own version of Batman without feeling beholden to what came before, good or bad.