Christopher Nolan plays it cool about BATMAN cameo in ‘MAN OF STEEL.” Oh, Chrissy.

Want to know if that rumor about the Batman cameo in Man of Steel is legit? Chrissy Nolan ain’t telling you, so just shut up! The director was recently asked about the juicy little nougat of potential, and played coy like a motherfucker.

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Despite a quick and unequivocal denial from the actor’s reps, the rumor that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is playing Batman in Man of Steel just isn’t going away. Now, coyly adding fuel to the fire is The Dark Knight Rises director and Man of Steel producer Christopher Nolan. While the filmmaker hasn’t confirmed Gordon-Levitt’s involvement in the new picture (he’d know better, even if it were true), he not denying it, either. More after the jump.

The Gordon-Levitt story spread last month when HitFix‘s sources indicated that the actor would star as new Batman in Justice League — and that, moreover, that he could appear in the Zack Snyder-directed Man of Steel to help establish the DC cinematic universe. Those who saw The Dark Knight Rises may recall that (spoiler alert!) the ending of that film set Gordon-Levitt’s character John Blake as Bruce Wayne’s Bat-Successor, so the casting made perfect sense.

Movieline caught up with Nolan at a recent event in New York, and asked point-blank whether Gordon-Levitt or anyone else would cameo as Batman in Man of Steel. Nolan’s response was less direct. “I can’t talk about that. You know that,” he said with a smile.

What do you folks think? Nolan is such an expert at playing things close to his chest, that I doubt he would cop to it not being true. At the same time, man. Color me Fox fucking Mulder, because I want to believe.