Nolan’s exact words were:-
“I don’t like to talk too much about things until I’m further along with them. But I’m working on the script right now. My brother Jonah has done a draft for the script and now I’m writing on it. We have set a release date and as far as the film being officially greenlit, they haven’t told they don’t want to do it. So I’m hopeful.”
It seems a little odd to have set a release date for a project with no green light, however this must surely be a technicality. The Dark Knight made over $1bn at the box office, was critically lauded the world over and landed awards by the boat load as well. A third film is such an exciting prospect, given the quality of Nolan’s work in general and on this franchise in particular and for most people (myself included), Batman 3 cannot come soon enough.
We’ve embedded footage of Nolan’s interviews below, which are mostly about Inception, but do cover Batman 3 as well.