The movie has been green-lit.

In an agreement announced at a meeting in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Warner Bros. has given the green light to the film, which will be written and directed by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Rises, Batman Forever) and based on the DC Comics universe created by the late Christopher Reeve, who died in 2009.

In the wake of his death, many fans wondered how much time had passed since the character of the Batman, played by Heath Led