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The year 1989 saw Tim Burton joining the world of DC Comics with his movieBatman. Michael Keaton starred as the brooding vigilante opposite Jack Nicholson’s Joker. The movie also spawned a sequel titledBatman Returnsin the year 1992.
The idea for the movie first came from the mind of Michael E. Ulsan, who purchased the film rights of Batman from DC Comics in 1979 along with his producing partner, Benjamin Melniker. He wanted to bring back the dark and serious Batman instead of the campy 1960 version from the Adam West-led television series. But it took him a long time to find a home for the Dark Knight before Tim Burton and Michael Keaton could give the audience a Batman like that of the 1989 movie.
How Producer Michael E. Ulsan Made Batman The Way He Was Intended
Michael E. Ulsan instigated the whole thing after he purchased the film rights for Batman alongside Melniker. He did not like the campy version of the Gotham vigilante, which the 60s TV show brought to life. But whoever he approached with his idea turned it down before he wrote a script himself, titledReturn of the Batman, and started to shop it around to studios. But it took him a long time to get things in order to have the movie made. Ulsan toldbatman-on-film.com:
“It was like an epiphany. It just hit me: ‘I want to make the definitive, dark, serious version of Batman – the way Bob Kane and Bill Finger had envisioned him in 1939. A creature of the night; stalking criminals in the shadows.’ And that became it, that became my focal point. If I knew then [laughs], how long it would have taken me to get that first picture done [BATMAN (1989)], I don’t know what I would have done. But that’s when everything started.”
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In 1979, producers Jon Peters and Peter Gruber joined the project, and along with Ulsan and Melniker, they announced the movie at New York’s Comic Art Convention in 1980. Until then, they had no studio backing the project or even a director attached to it. But Warner Bros., which was already working on Superman, came to their rescue to have Batman made.
Tim Burton and Michael Keaton Returning for Batman Beyond Might Remain a Pipe Dream
There was once a dream.Michael Keatonwould bring back the cowl and the cape, wear it with style, and give the audiences something they have been waiting for since 1992. TheBatman Beyondstory was once a hope, now almost something that has moved beyond the realm of possibility. Especially afterThe Flash(2023), which, although bought back a Batman we had sorely missed, failed to make an impact.
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And now withJames Gunnand Peter Safran rewriting the entirety of DCU, starting with David Corenswet’sSuperman, which will start a whole new chapter, the dream ofBatman Beyondlooks to stay just that – a dream. And to add to that, legendary DC producer Michael E. Ulsan, who has been credited in all Batman projects as an executive producer alongside his producing partner Benjamin Milnekar from Tim Burton’sBatmantoMatt Reeves‘The Batman(2022), said that we should let the idea ofBatman Beyondgo, and give chance to what is to come in the future.
In a conversation with theEpic Film Guys, Ulsan said:
“There are some really talented, committed, understanding people who are making decisions right now at the studio level. People like Peter Safran, James Gunn… So I think we all have to sit back and give them the chance to put their mark on things.”
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Well, while fans are excited to see what Gunn and Safran would do with this next chapter with DC Films, letting go of the possibility of seeing Michael Keaton back with Tim Burton at the helm for aBatman Beyondstory does feel like a little pinprick.
But we do haveThe Brave and the Boldto look forward to, so fingers crossed, at least we will get something instead of nothing.
BatmanandBatman Returnsare available for streaming on Max.
Swagata Das
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Swagata works as a Senior Features Editor at FandomWire. Having previously worked as a Content Writer, her passion for everything pop culture became her true calling as she now works with a global team of writers to brainstorm unique, groundbreaking ideas. Having done her Masters in English Literature, Swagata is a self-professed K-Pop addict with an affinity to work her charms on unsuspecting friends to induct them into the fandom cult.
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