>>149049729>>149050046He didn't pitch three films when he was hired (which was technically even before Hamada and had nothing to do with the Cult Leader either, so maybe Cereal Lord had some involvement. But in any event, he didn't pitch three films, but it was always understood that he was doing a triology.
If he was a better filmmaker and not so interested and invested in peeing in another IP like he did with Planet of the Apes, to 'make it' his own (and no real issue with him about that since that's actually what every director, script writer, comic book artist, comic book writer, etc. does with any of these IPs), he would have at least had anywhere from 6 to 12 ideas that he could adapt or use in a live action version.
>a first fucking draft?They aren't reporting this, but he had delivered a treatment and chunks of a draft that no one liked - the writer's strike didn't help but he really should have worked on shit since lockdown, which gave him plenty time of get a good outline and treatment for the sequel and the closing triology.
Nolan is also a hack who didn't give a fuck about Batman but at least he hired and paid people who had some idea and left them alone for TDK and TDKR, even if they come up with some imbecile ideas for both those movies.