Man of Steel writer David S. Goyer has confirmed that Christopher Nolan's Batman movies take place in a different universe, so any potential Justice League movie would feature an entirely new Batman.

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"It would be disingenuous to say Warner Bros doesn’t hope that this would be the starting point for a shared universe," revealed Goyer in an interview with Hey U Guys . "And Zack has said that Bruce Wayne exists in this universe. It would be a different Bruce Wayne from Chris’ [Nolan] Dark Knight trilogy, and it would be disingenuous to say that Zack and I haven’t had various conversations on set, around ‘what if’ and ‘moving forward’."It's also worth noting that Goyer worked on the scripts of each instalment in Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. And effectively nixes the rumour that Christian Bale would be donning the cowl and cape in a future JLA movie.The future of the DC Universe on film all seems to be riding on the box office of Man of Steel: "That having been said, it’s all going to depend on the next few weeks. Warner Bros has hopes that there will be more Man Of Steel films, and that this will be the beginning of a shared universe. We could meet Batman, or Wonder Woman, or the Justice League in these movies. But they all hinge on box office reception."And if Man of Steel proves to be a box office success, Goyer seems more than keen to stay working within the DC Universe: "If that happens, I would be happy, and nervous, to dive in." But he went on to add that whatever comes next in the DC Universe it would be working from a "blank slate"."They’re hoping that the film does well, but god forbid it doesn’t, things will change," hopes Goyer. "I don’t know how many different iterations of Justice League they’ve tried to mount over the last decade or so. But for one reason or another they haven’t happened. I think Warner Bros has seen – and Chris deserves the biggest credit for this – that we were able to revitalise Batman and put it into the first billion dollar superhero film. And they’re hoping that Superman will be revistalised as well. And if we can do Batman and Superman, then maybe we can move on to Wonder Woman, and The Flash, and characters like that."Man of Steel is out now.

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