Frank Miller announces that he's coming back for "The Dark Knight IV"
Frank Miller said in an interview that he will be doing a fourth installment of The Dark Knight saga after The Dark Knight III: The Master Race.
Miller said that what had been referred to as a trilogy, with 2001 series The Dark Knight Strikes Again as the middle chapter, has apparently been expanded. This means we'll be getting a more or less indefinite franchise out of what was once a stand-alone miniseries. "I certainly hope so," Miller said, "After the first one, I said 'Never again.' After the second one, I said 'Never again.' Brian looks like he's doing a terrific job; I can't wait to jump in myself again. There's no reason not to keep going with these. The character is immortal and more ideas spring to mind all the time."
"I thoroughly applaud what Brian Azzarello, (Miller's co-writer on Dark Knight III) is doing," said Miller, "but now that he's doing his, it's now a four-part series. I'm doing the fourth." The legendary comic creator reveals during interview.
The apparent expansion is a surprise, but not entirely unexpected; beyond the main Dark Knight III series, DC will also be releasing Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade, co-written by Miller and Azzarello with art by John Romita Jr., a one-off comic book filling in backstory from the original 1986 miniseries, suggesting a willingness to expand the series.
The Master Race, out November 25, has been marketed as the third and "final" chapter in the Dark Knight series, but Miller said the fourth volume will now be the end of the saga.
It should be noted that DC Comics has made no official announcement, and DC declined to comment on Miller's claim.
