Originally posted by Micheal_Myers
Pretty sure Nolan stated in an interview that he was going to end the story with the trilogy."Without getting into specifics, the key thing that makes the third film a great possibility for us is that we want to finish our story. And in viewing it as the finishing of a story rather than infinitely blowing up the balloon and expanding the story... I'm very excited about the end of the film, the conclusion, and what we’ve done with the characters. My brother has come up with some pretty exciting stuff. Unlike the comics, these things don’t go on forever in film and viewing it as a story with an end is useful. Viewing it as an ending, that sets you very much on the right track about the appropriate conclusion and the essence of what tale we're telling. And it hearkens back to that priority of trying to find the reality in these fantastic stories."
I think Bruce might hang up the cape at the end here. We'll see another Batman film, but it will probably come to us as a reboot in the distant future.
Nolan did, however WB can certainly do their best to convince him to return.. Not saying it will happen, but you just never know and at this point even he may not know until after the film is done.. remember Nolan was thinking about not returning but now he has