Batman 1989 Pitch Meeting
The latest episode of Screen Rant's Pitch Meeting series is shining a spotlight on the Batman 1989 movie and is paired with a special announcement. The Tim Burton-helmed film marked the second big screen adaptation of the DC Comics hero following the Adam West-starring 1966 movie. Development on the film lingered in hell for some time due to the seeming decline in public popularity for Batman, though following the success of the Christopher Reeve-led Superman would begin to ramp up at Warner Bros. with Burton tapped thanks to his work onPee-wee's Big Adventure.
Batman is set in the relatively early days of Bruce Wayne's crimefighting career in Gotham City as he finds himself facing off with Jack Napier, a gangster who is accidentally transformed into the maniacal Joker after falling into a vat of acid at Axis Chemicals. Michael Keaton led the cast of the 1989 film alongside Jack Nicholson as The Joker, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough and Jack Palance. Batman hit theaters in Summer 1989 to rave reviews from critics and audiences alike for its gothic-influenced production design and Keaton and Nicholson's performances and was a financial success, grossing over $400 million against its estimated $48 million budget.
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While audiences eagerly await Keaton's return as the Dark Knight in The Flash, the latest episode of Screen Rant's Pitch Meeting series is going back and setting its spotlight on Batman 1989. The video points out some of Tim Burton's beloved film's problems, including the initially controversial casting choice of Keaton in the role, the dicey nature of his love life and repetitive tricks in crime
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