We know that Christian Bale is signed for 3 movies under the Nolan Batman franchise. The internet is rife with speculation about what the next movie entails. The only thing that can be agreed upon is that Nolan is looking for a story that peaks his interest.

Here is my take on what the next movie should be.

The movie opens with Batman taking on one of the lesser criminals he faces (I would like it to be The Ventriloquist & Scarface. A personal choice) Batman asks why he came to Gotham and the villains says something to the effect of we all come for you.

Batman returns and expresses his frustration with the amount of criminals who are coming to Gotham just to fight him. He is beginning to think that Batman has become less of a deterrent and more of an attraction for criminals. Either Alfred or Fox can be the confident.

Bruce Wayne receives an invitation to the opening of a new club called the Iceberg Lounge. The owner is new Gotham resident Oswald Cobblepot. The name of Cobblepot is well known to Bruce Wayne but he wants to know why such a predominant socialite left Metropolis and moved to Gotham. Also there is a connection with the Luther Family, which Bruce Wayne suspects of criminal activity.

Wayne shows up to the party and notes its odd location, quite near the narrows and within short distance to Arkham. At the party a new reporter, Vicki Vale, approaches Bruce Wayne for an article she is doing entitled “A Batman Free Gotham: What our city would look like if Batman wasn’t around any longer.” Wayne says it has been on his mind lately and that she should come by his office and they could talk about it.

Bruce asks Cobblepot why he moved to Gotham. “A new town, a new start and a new business investment.” Cobblepot, a short rather rotund man with a pointy nose also notes that despite money and the best of clothing (mostly tuxedos) that some are not so lucky in their looks as Bruce Wayne.

Batman starts catching wind of a new crime lord in town called the Penguin who seems somewhat more refined. He is fencing stolen artwork from around the world and using Gotham as his home base. But there aren’t any deaths or mugging associated with it. The white collar crimes escalate as Batman (used to beating his opponents up) has his hands full with the psychopaths that he himself is drawing to Gotham.

While looking into Cobblepot’s background Batman begins tracking the stolen artwork and finds it is coming into a dock in the narrows. He goes and finds Cobblepot at the dock. When he confronts Cobblepot, Oswald says that he is just enjoying the birds that live near the water. Batman doesn’t by it but Oswald simply points out that all he has is conjecture and that Batman cannot testify in court so his intimidation tactics are worthless.

Batman begins harassing the Penguins criminal activity and even shows up at his club once or twice. This inconvenience drives the Penguin to bring in every assassin and lunatic he can to battle batman. During this time he has been seeing Vicki Vale socially.

The Penguin has decided the best bet is to saturate the city with lunatics and while the whole town is turned upside down, to rob the Gotham Museum of Art. He is going to make one big take of the town and then leave.

By this time Bruce Wayne has vowed to retire Batman once he has ride Gotham of the penguin. Batman also realizes that relying on a car in a city that has gone mad is not a good idea and commissions an ultra light single person plane to get around the city.

The heist is foiled but Alfred is killing while helping Batman. Also Cobblepot dies.

The next morning the paper headlines “Batman Retires” and underneath socialite Oswald Cobblepot killed in Riotous night. The city complains that Batman failed to protect Cobblepot and that he made their town a mess and now has abandoned it. Commissioner Gordon is taking heat for not having captured Batman and saved the town.

Fox and Wayne are the only two at the funeral for Alfred. “Did Batman kill him? Did I kill Alfred” Wayne asks. “No, we all killed him. But he wasn’t the only one.” Fox asks “What will you do now?”