Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt Stepping in as Batman?

Will Joseph Gordon-Levitt be stepping into a bat suit any time soon?

Not according to his representatives. Those in charge of the actor are refuting the rumors that Gordon-Levitt will be appearing as Batman in the upcoming 2015 “Justice League.”

While the ending of “The Dark Knight Rises” seems to set it up for Gordon-Levitt’s character to step into the crime-fighting shoes (as Robin, perhaps?),Christopher Nolan has explained his decision to discontinue his Batman agenda.

“For me, The Dark Knight Rises is specifically and definitely the end of the Batman story as I wanted to tell it, and the open-ended nature of the film is simply a very important thematic idea that we wanted to get into the movie, which is that Batman is a symbol.

“He can be anybody, and that was very important to us. Not every Batman fan will necessarily agree with that interpretation of the philosophy of the character, but for me it all comes back to the scene between Bruce Wayne and Alfred in the private jet in ‘Batman Begins,’ where the only way that I could find to make a credible characterization of a guy transforming himself into Batman is if it was as a necessary symbol, and he saw himself as a catalyst for change and therefore it was a temporary process, maybe a five-year plan that would be enforced for symbolically encouraging the good of Gotham to take back their city. To me, for that mission to succeed, it has to end, so this is the ending for me, and as I say, the open-ended elements are all to do with the thematic idea that Batman was not important as a man, he’s more than that. He’s a symbol, and the symbol lives on.”

While “Justice League” is set to release in summer of 2015, it no longer looks promising that it will feature our new Batman.

While that doesn’t rule it out for the future, it’s looking like a negative at this point.