Does ‘The Dark Knight’ open it up for ‘Batgirl’?

MTV Movie Blog brought up an interesting point about ‘The Dark Knight’. In the first movie Gordon’s daughter wasn’t shown, nor talked about..but in ‘The Dark Knight’ he has a daughter.

“As die-hard fans of the comics (and Sixties TV series) know, several incarnations of the Batman universe have had Gordon fathering a daughter named Barbara, who then grows up to don a costume of her own and take on the persona “Batgirl.† In “The Killing Joke† storyline, the Joker turns her into a paraplegic, and she becomes Oracle.

In “Dark Knight,† Gordon’s daughter appears to be 8 or 9 years old, and experiences the sort of creepy close encounter with a super-villain that could make a young gal want to grow up and fight crime. So, is Nolan planting a seed?

“I don’t think I’m going to answer that,† the writer/director grinned slyly when I asked him directly whether Gordon’s daughter was indeed named Barbara. Check out the video for yourself, and you can see the way he takes a very long sip of his drink and squirms a bit before answering – could it be that we’ve caught him in the sort of sneaky scheme usually reserved for a Gotham evildoer?”

Its a pretty interesting thought… especially with Nolan’s response to the question. His daughter in the movie is played by Hannah Gunn, which is the only film to her credit. What do you guys think? It would definitely have to be at least 2 movies down the road, but what about a Bat Girl?