Warner Bros. has set a release date of July 20, 2012 for Batman 3.
At the time of this news, director Christopher Nolan has been working on the story with screenwriter David Goyer since at least the beginning of this year. Nolan is doing this while wrapping work on Inception which intends to boggle our minds on July 16.
Per comments previously made by Nolan, Batman 3 is intended to be the final film in his envisioned Batman trilogy that will complete his story. All the core characters seen in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are expected to return.
If Batman 3 does arrive in the summer of 2012 barring any scheduling changes, it will be entering what is turning out to be an incredible array of big action films. The season starts with Marvel’s The Avengers on May 4, then moves to the sci-fi reworking of Battleship on May 25, then J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek 2 on June 29, and Sony’s Spider-Man reboot in 3D on July 3. Oh, and the sequel to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra could (though unconfirmed) arrive in July or August as well.
