BATMAN RETURNS (1992) MOVIE NEWS & REVIEW
batman RETURNS (1992) movieGenre | Fantasy Action
Classification | M
Running time | 126 minutes
Released | 19 June 1992 castMichael Keaton ... Batman / Bruce Wayne Danny DeVito ... Penguin Michelle Pfeiffer ... Catwoman / Selina Christopher Walken ... Max Shreck Michael Murphy ... Mayor Pat Hingle ... Commissioner Gordon Michael Gough ... Alfred Cristi Conaway ... Ice Princess Andrew Bryniarski ... Chip Vincent Schiavelli ... Organ Grinder directorTim Burton writerBob Kane ... (Batman characters) Daniel Waters ... (story) and Sam Hamm ... (story) Daniel Waters ... (screenplay) cinematographerStefan Czapsky ... director of photography musicDanny Elfman film editorBob Badami ... film editor Chris Lebenzon ... film editor box office resultWorldwide $266,903,053
Australia $ not available
North America $162,902,340 movie minutiaeNeither Tim Burton nor Michael Keaton had been signed up in advance for a sequel. Burton came on-board only after the script met all of his demands (he hadn't been entirely happy with BATMAN (1989)'s screenplay), while Keaton only agreed to do the second film after a serious hike in salary, and Burton's assurance that it would be mostly a stand-alone movie rather than a direct sequel.
The first script draft of this movie was intended to be a direct sequel to the previous BATMAN (1989). As a result, subplots and continuity from the first film that would have been addressed, included gift shops selling fragments of the destroyed Bat-Wing, further revelations into the past of the now deceased Jack Napier (The Joker), and even Bruce Wayne proposing to Vicki Vale by the end of the film. However, Tim Burton was uncomfortable in making a direct sequel, and as a result, the script was re-written, and a new Gotham City was designed. However, several plot elements from the original script did make it into the final draft. This included The Penguin and Catwoman's alliance, their framing of Batman, and The Dark Knight's escape via Bat-Glider. Further elements even made their way into the third film, BATMAN FOREVER (1995), most notably an invasion of Wayne Manor and the Batcave.
Michael Keaton and Michelle Pfeiffer appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Keaton as Adrian Toomes (The Vulture) in SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (2017) and Pfeiffer as Janet Van Dyne (The Wasp) in ANT-MAN AND THE WASP (2018). related movies |
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