Speaking of BATMAN 3...

Nikki Finke says that David Goyer's decision to quit as showrunner on ABC's Flashforward is so he can work on writing the script for Batman 3with co-scribe Jonathan Nolan. Goyer said in a statement...

"As my feature projects have started ramping up again, I felt I was being pulled in too many directions,"

I think Chris Nolan will want to start his development on Batman 3 post-July time, a little after Comic Con and Inception's release. And if it's sooner, then all the better. Something tells me that the Batman 3 itch has been scratched on sleepless nights by Goyer and Nolan for a while now now and they are probably further down the road than you might think on the script. I would expect them to have the major themes, the villains, the important scenes already mapped out. I mean we've all been doing that too in our own heads, right? So in brief - Goyer and Nolan will probably be writing the script for Batman 3 over the next five/six months. During that time, we should hear of Chris Nolan's official announcement that he will direct another, and sometime in the summer pre-production will begin. The film will shoot 2011 - for release Summer 2012. I think.