While Billy Dee Williams had played Gotham district attorney Harvey Dent in Burton’s Batman movies, Joel Schumacher decided to recast the tragic villain. Sandra Bullock, Robin Wright, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Linda Hamilton were also considered for the role, before Kidman was cast. wanted a younger character to pair with Kilmer. Rene Russo was originally cast as Dr Chase Meridian, but she was dropped in favour of Nicole Kidman as Warner Bros.

In need of a newer and younger Batman, a number of actors were up for the role before Val Kilmer took up the mantle of the cape and cowl: Ethan Hawke, Alec Baldwin, another Baldwin think it was William, Dean Cain, Tom Hanks, Kurt Russell, Daniel Day Lewis, Ralph Fiennes, Johnny Depp and Mel Gibson. While initially enthusiastic on Schumacher’s direction, Batman actor Michael Keaton decided to turn down reprising the role and a reported $15 million payday.

Batman Forever director Joel Schumacher No amount of money could bring Keaton back My job was to put in everything new that I could. There was a definite agenda to have a bigger Batman. Also the Riddler was going to be even madder and have a pet rat, the Scarecrow would make his big screen appearance and Catwoman would return. Lee and Janet Scott-Batchler began work on the script, which focused on themes of duality within the persona of Batman. Schumacher eventually landed the gig, after being selected to take over from Burton. Cape expectationsīefore Joel Schumacher was hired as the director for Batman Forever, Sam Raimi and John McTiernan were in the running. The reason for the shift in tone? McDonalds wanting to sell more Batman toys in a cross-promotion with the next film and a general emphasis on creating a film for the “MTV Generation” that could move a ton of merchandise. could push forward on a film that wasn’t as dark as the previous films. Tim Burton was originally going to return and direct Batman Continues, but he was eventually dropped from the project so that Warner Bros. Despite getting favourable reviews at the time, Batman Returns didn’t rake in nearly as much cash as what 1989’s Batman movie did.

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