Man I hope so.  His vision has changed the course of comic book movies forever.  Or at least for now til someone does it better.  His style has even brought studios and producers to completely forget a superman movie and do it again in the coat tails on Nolan.  Maybe he even encouraged movies like the new Hulk which is completely forgets Ang Lee’s version.   I’d be surprised if Nolan decided to not come back for a third installment.  It’s funny how there are original Batman fans, and now, there are new fans after seeing the movie.  My lady friend never even saw Batman Begins until she saw TDK.  How many people are out there like that?  There are floods of concept art, heresay and conjecture lol regarding the next installment.  TDK isn’t even out of the theater yet and already there are whispers and gospel with a new villain and new film ideas.  Here are the news bytes thanks to comingsoon via hollywood reporter :

The Hollywood Reporter has published an interesting article about the film’s marketing and the deaths of both Heath Ledger and Conway Wickliffe before the film’s release. The piece ends with a bit on the third installment.

And Warners and Legendary are both interested in doing a third in the series, but all involved say it will be up to Nolan to come to them with a story and a plan.

"There are a lot of us who emotionally would love to do it," Roven says. "But it’s really Chris’ call. Chris is the kind of filmmaker who just doesn’t think about the next movie before he has completely finished the movie he is working on."

For now, Nolan is taking a well-earned vacation.

Says Roven, "When he comes back, we will see how he feels."

The guy does deserve a vacation.  It’s currently the #2 grossing film all time domestically and the greates comic book movie ever made (my opinion).  I hope the guy comes back from vacation with some new shoes and an awesome story.  I hope he’s "vacationing" in a locked room right now drafting the perfect follow up to TDK.  I’m assuming he will come back, and this will be his final Batman picture.  We will find out what type of man he is though.  What if he wants to stop and leave the Batman world as a reigning champion in the comic book movie industry.  Do you think he fears lesser results for a third installment?  Do directors think about that stuff?