Sequel Updates: Batman 3, Next Bond, Fast And Furious

Lots of news on the next installments of some film franchises today. First up, more Dark Knight news (and be ready for more as David S. Goyer does press for his The Unborn next week)! Christopher Nolan talked to USA Today about the challenges of putting together a third film. Nothing we haven't heard from him before, but it does seem like Nolan has begun to outline some ideas for a third film, albeit none he deemed good enough to commit to celluloid. The Dark Knight comes out on standard-def DVD and Blu-Ray hi-def (and also in a Limited Edition set with a Batpod stand) tomorrow.

Next up is news regarding where star Daniel Craig would like to see the next Bond movie take the franchise. In an interview with Collider, Craig expressed his desire to reintroduce some familiar faces, namely Q and Moneypenny. He talked about how he considers the story in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace finished, with the character now ready to move forward toward a more familiar Bond. I'm all for the return of beloved characters, but hopefully they decide to keep to the more realistic approach to Bond that Casino Royale birthed and find a logical way to explain the techno-genius of Q.

And lastly, it looks like Fast and Furious will see the return of another cast member. Tyrese Gibson talked to Hollyscoop and confirmed that his character of Roman Pearce will be making an appearance in the fourth installment of the franchise. There's a pretty funny video of Tyrese talking about how it all came together (and also a little bit on Transformers 2), which you can find after the jump.