Why does there have to be a love interest in every damned Batman movie?
The director didn't consider the chick (what ever her name is) from this one a "love interest". She was just a tie to his past and childhood. If you think about it, she really wasn't. The role could have easily been played by a male (with little rewriting of the script).
And the article is wrong about the rumors of why she isn't slated for the next one. That decision was known weeks before the movie came out.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
That's why I liked Reign of Fire. It was a man movie made for men.
There was still a love interest.
Best example of a "Man's movie" made in the last few years was Last Castle with Robert Redford. Only chick in that movie was the lead's daughter that came to visit him once in the brig.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren