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—Tim Burton In the late 1970s, Batman's popularity was waning. CBS was interested in producing a Batman in Outer Space film. Producers Benjamin Melniker and Michael E. Uslan purchased the film rights of Batman from DC Comics on October 3, 1979. It was Uslan's wish "to make the definitive, dark, serious version of Batman, the way Bob Kane and Bill Finger had envisioned him in 1939. A creature ...
Christian Bale. Ben Affleck. Robert Pattinson. West portrayed the first live-action version of the character, appearing in a television series and three television films. Keaton, Kilmer and Clooney stars as Batman in the Burton-Schumacher films, while Conroy voiced the character in the DC Animated Universe films.
Keaton's career was given another major boost when he was again cast by Tim Burton, this time as the title comic book superhero of the 1989 film Batman. [31] [32] Warner Bros. received thousands of letters of complaint by fans who believed Keaton was the wrong choice to portray Batman. [33]
Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) [ 1 ][ 2 ] is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, he found fame after appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984) and Real Genius (1985), as well as the military action film Top Gun (1986) and the fantasy film Willow (1988). Kilmer gained acclaim for his portrayal of Jim ...
Bruce Willis filmography. Willis at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con for The Expendables. American actor Bruce Willis began his career in 1980 with an uncredited role in The First Deadly Sin. After guest-starring in a 1984 episode of Miami Vice, he appeared in the first episode of the 1985 revival of The Twilight Zone.
Highest-grossing films of 1989 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 Batman: Warner Bros. $251,188,924 2 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Paramount: $197,171,806 3 Lethal Weapon 2: Warner Bros. $147,253,986 4 Look Who's Talking: TriStar: $140,088,813 5 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures: $130,724,172 6 Back to ...
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is a retired American actor. He achieved fame with a leading role on the comedy-drama series Moonlighting (1985–1989) and has appeared in over a hundred films, gaining recognition as an action hero for his portrayal of John McClane in the Die Hard franchise (1988–2013). [ 1 ][ 2 ] Willis's other ...
On April 11, 2024, it was announced that a new novel, Batman: Resurrection, set in the Tim Burton Batman universe would be written by author John Jackson Miller. The book serves as a direct sequel to Batman (1989) and is set between the events of the 1989 film and its sequel, Batman Returns (1992). The book is set to be released October 15, 2024.