Jonah Nolan – brother of Chris and co-writer of The Dark Knight – has revealed that he’s been working on a new script; an account of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 called Hell And Gone .

THR has already called the script a “Titanic-like historical tragedy and love story”, and it seems to have sparked the interest of Disappearance Of Alice Creed director J Blakeson. With very little else revealed about the project, it’s difficult to say at this stage what kind of disaster flick this will turn out to be. But considering this is the man who’s just finished penning the much-awaited The Dark Knight Rises, we’re guessing he’s not the kind of guy to offer up any old script. Excited? We just may be…