6/26/2023 0 Comments Whatever happened to batman![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was a direction seemingly perfect for returnee Clooney, who showed some serious dramatic chops in ER and was just starting to find his footing in the movies. He wanted to take the franchise in a more serious direction, featuring a more psychologically complex Batman than what had been experienced before. So the pair met, with Schumacher sharing his vision for the franchise. After all, like Batman Forever before it, Batman & Robin couldn't possibly fail. to meet with Joel Schumacher and begin work on a script for Schumacher's third entry in the Batman franchise. Screenwriter Mark Protosevich was enlisted by Warner Bros. The project actually went pretty far, all things considered. But what if maybe, just maybe, it was a success in every essence of the word? If that were indeed true, then we would have seen Batman Unchained. ![]() Alas, in this world we know that Batman & Robin was more a monster piece of cinema than anything else. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Uma Thurman would take home Best Supporting Actor and Actress Oscars respectively, and Joel Schumacher would be revered as the most extraordinary director in the history of cinema. George Clooney would have been hailed as the greatest Batman to ever hit the screen. In a different world, 1997's Batman & Robin would have been a masterpiece of cinema. ![]()
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