I dont know what would happen to the Joker but after all he had done he would probably be at Arkham. I honestly think Nolan's next move was Harley Quinn since we have never seen a live action adaption before. But nothing was really said on his next plans, he had them after he finished the Dark Knight but of course some of them had to be scrapped and thought of something new and thats what TDKR is. I know David S Goyer expressed interest in Deadshot and I think Deadshot was in TDKR, I think it was Bane's right hand man Barsad. "The character Barsad, Bane's right-hand-man played by Josh Stewart, is a sniper and heavy arms expert. He is always shown wearing a bulletproof vest which has large bullets on it and a red scarf. This is a take on the Batman villain DeadShot, a character which co-writer David S. Goyer had expressed interest in bringing to the big screen." source: IMDB. But I dont know if he was considered in original plans.