If you’re a Batman fan, then chances are you shudder when you hear the words “Joel Schumacher”. Having delivered the then-most successful Batman film with 1995’s Batman Forever, the director brought the franchise to its knees two years later with 1997’s Batman & Robin, forcing Warner Bros. to pull the plug on his planned sequel, which was going by the title of Batman Triumphant.
Well, if you’re a glutton for punishment and curious as to where Schumacher might have taken the series next, you may be interested in a report from Bleeding Cool, who has apparently heard that Schumacher is penning a twelve-issue Batman comic book series drawn by artist Dustin Nguyen, which will “revisit his intentions for the three films [and tell] one story”, giving us “his original vision for the movies.”
The original plan for Batman Triumphant was to have The Dark Knight go up against the Scarecrow, with Jack Nicholson’s Joker set to return as a hallucination, and Harley Quinn included as the Joker’s daughter. George Clooney (Batman), Chris O’Donnell (Robin) and Alicia Silverstone (Batgirl) would all have returned for the film, which was scripted by Mark Protosevich (Thor).
Are you excited about the prospect of Joel Schumacher returning to the world of Batman? Morbidly curious? Let us know your thoughts…
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Originally published October 24, 2014. Updated April 13, 2018.
