The Dark Knight Trilogy: 18 Cool Behind-The-Scenes Details You Didn't Know
11. Nolan Had NO Idea He Was Going To Make A Trilogy
Over the years, there's been a lot of speculation in fan circles that Nolan was intending to use the Joker in another film following The Dark Knight, but had to change his plans due to actor Heath Ledger's untimely death.
But this idea - that Nolan had planned to make sequels to Batman Begins and The Dark Knight - simply isn't true, and something that's mentioned a few times throughout the documentary is that Nolan and his collaborators took a "one film at a time" approach, focusing on making great individual movies, rather than getting lost in the bigger picture of a trilogy.
For example, Nolan says that he "didn't hold anything back for a third film" when making The Dark Knight, which means that he never had plans to bring back the Joker in The Dark Knight Rises.