Here ’s every unmadeBatmanfilm , and why they were offset . The Caped Crusader has a long and varied history on the big silver screen , going   from the camptastic elevation of Adam West ’s running play in the 1960s to Christian Bale ’s comparatively realistic , post-9/11 re - interpreting of the lineament in the ' 00s . No two cinematic version of the character are the same either , whether they ’re live - natural process or animated ( case in point : Batman : Mask of the Phantasmvs . The LEGO Batman Movie ) . It ’s   a   welfare to being a Batman sports fan : if you do n’t like one particular iteration , you generally   do n’t have to wait long for another to protrude up .

For as many Batman movies that’ve been made over the class , there are a whole lot that never made it past pre - yield - and the ones that did went through so many changes the final version scantily resembled   the original pitch . For instance , around the fourth dimension Warner Bros. was moving onwards withBatman Foreverin the mid-1990s , they were also developingaBatman Returnsspinoff sport   Catwoman , with Michelle Pfeiffer returning as Selina Kyle and Tim Burton potentially take .   After that , it lollygag in evolution oblivion for virtually a decade before the studio revived it as the infamously - deridedCatwomanmovie starring Halle Berry in 2004 .

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For better or worse , most of the otherBatmanmovies that’ve gotten stuck in exploitation over the geezerhood have since been canceled rather than re - purposed . Here ’s a rundown of every unmade reboot , sequel , spinoff , or crossover feature the Caped   Crusader so far .

Batman vs. Godzilla

A year before the Caped Crusader receive his first full - length theatrical film ( 1966’sBatman : The Moviestarring West ) , longtimeGodzillamovie writer Shinichi Sekizawa nominate the melodic theme ofBatman vs. Godzilla , a film that would ’ve pitted Batman and Robin in a battle against the King of the Monsters ( with a petty help from their Bat - technology and Bat - vehicles , naturally ) . To this sidereal day , there ’s still a raft that ’s unnamed about the project , including whether Sekizawa ever pitched his concept to DC and whether it was abandoned because of theBatmanTV show and movie starring West . Interestingly , both the Batman and AmericanGodzillafranchise ( e.g. the MonsterVerse ) are now found at Warner Bros. , so technically this crossover could still happen . ( It almost definitely wo n’t , but no hurt in woolgather … )

Tim Burton’s Batman 3

After helming 1989’sBatmanand its sequel , Batman Returns , Tim Burton had ab initio planned on directing a third   pic starring Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader . The movie would ’ve not only bring back Pfeiffer ’s Catwoman fromBatman Returns , but also had Billy Dee Williams ' Harvey Dent ( following his appearance in the ' 89Batman ) transform into Two - Face and conjoin forces with Mickey Dolenz ( aka . the drummer for The Monkees ) as The Riddler . In addition , Rene Russo was set to play Dr. Chase Meridian and Marlon Wayans was attached to impersonate Robinafter he ’d been cast then cut off fromBatman Returns . However , whenBatman Returnssaw a significant drop cloth - off at the box office from its predecessor and was criticise for its macabre tone and more antic factor , WB abandoned Burton ’s visual sensation in favor of the more family - friendlyBatman Forever .

Joel Schumacher’s Batman 5

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Batman & Robin Spinoff

Back in the ' 90s , WB was red-hot on the Batman movies , and had   plan to expand them with multiple spinoffs , including films about Pfeiffer ’s Catwoman fromBatman Returnsand Chris O’Donnell ’s Robin fromBatman ForeverandBatman & Robin . The former , as mentioned earlier , eventually became 2004’sCatwoman , but the latter never saw the light of day in any grade . As O’Donnell   explained in an interview withAccess Hollywoodin 2012,“They were going to do [ a Robin spinoff ] back in the sidereal day . And then [ ‘ Batman & Robin ’ ] was such a bomb , they were like , ‘ argufy that ! ' " . The Dick Grayson interlingual rendition of Robin has n’t been limn in a live - action movie since then , though he did have a shout - out during   2012’sThe Dark Knight Riseswhen it ’s revealed the character John Blake ( Joseph Gordon - Levitt ) is legally named Robin Blake . 2016’sBatman V Superman : Dawn of Justicealso nodded to   the expiry of Robin in the DCEU , prior to the film ’s events .

Batman: DarKnight

Not long   before they decided to reboot the Batman enfranchisement   in the 2000s , WB was approached about making a moving picture titledBatman : DarKnight , base on a script by Lee Shapiro and Stephen Wise . Based in part on Frank Miller ’s classic comic book storyThe Dark Knight Returns , DarKnight(likeBatman Unchained ) featured Jonathan Crane aka . Scarecrow as a villain , and go steady   Dr. Kirk Langstrom transform into his ill-famed alter ego Man - Bat . As with Schumacher ’s proposedBatman 5 , Shapiro and Wise ’s plan was to take the Caped Crusader back to his dark roots and aside from the campier inclinations of the anterior   two installments . In the end , Warner Bros.   passed on the projection and   turned its attention to making a film about a younger Bruce Wayne , instead .

Batman: Year One/Batman Beyond

At one point , WB had both a lively - action adaptation of theBatman Beyondanimated serial and a movie based on Miller ’s comic bookBatman : Year Onein the works , but it was the latter that really gained traction in the other ' 00s . The studiohired Darren Aronofsky to helm the film , which would ’ve dramatically altered Batman ’s Graeco-Roman origin write up by having Bruce Wayne lose his hazard after his parent are killed and become a proper street - stage vigilante . Aronofsky has compared his visual sensation of the Caped Crusader toTaxi Driver ’s Travis Bickle and claimed the picture at large would ’ve resembled ' 70s thriller likeDeath Wish , in terms of its grim flavor and violence . WB , as you ’d imagine , was always wary of the projection , but it may’ve been Aronofsky ’s energy   to spew Joaquin Phoenix as Bruce Wayne ( when the studio had its optic on Freddie Prinze Jr. ) that acted as the last nail in the casket .

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Batman vs. Superman

Some 14 - 15   years beforeBatman V Supermanhit theaters , there was a similar crossover   titledBatman vs. Supermanin the whole kit and caboodle , as part of then - WB head Alan Horn ’s efforts to come to the Batman and Superman movies at the same time . The project started with a pitch from writer Andrew Kevin Walker , but   was later revise byBatman ForeverandBatman & Robinwriter Akira Goldsman . In an interview in May 2020 , Goldsman revealed the film had Colin Farrell and Jude Law lined up to encounter Batman and Superman ( with Wolfgang Petersen direct ) , and described it as"the colored matter you ’ve ever seen,“complete with Alfred ’s death and Joker devising a cruel schemeto"break"Batman emotionally . Perhaps unsurprisingly , Batman vs. Supermanwas later desolate so WB could keep the two superhero franchises separate and focus on seduce , severally , a darker   Batman reboot and lighter Superman moving picture ( which would becomeBatman BeginsandSuperman Returns , respectively ) .

Justice League: Mortal

A Batman and Superman crossover was n’t the only matter WB considered then abandoned in the ' 00s before revisiting the concept in the DCEU.Mad Maxdirector George Miller was on the cusp of start production on hisJustice Leaguemovie , titledJustice League : Mortal , in the summer of 2008 when the studio apartment pull the hoopla on the whole thing on the heel ofThe Dark Knight ’s massive vital and commercial winner . Armie Hammer was attach to play Batman in the flick and laterdescribed his version of the characteras being"severely , psychologically , almost deranged"and closer to Bale ’s iteration of Bruce Wayne than anyone else ’s . The histrion has also suppose he ’s really happyJustice League : Mortaldidn’t happen , as he feels"I would n’t have twist in a swell performance , or even a good carrying into action - it would have just been whatever " , coming at such an early point in his acting career .

Ben Affleck’s The Batman

Initially , WB planned to followBatman V SupermanandJustice Leaguewith a solo DCEU fomite for Ben Affleck ’s iteration of the Caped Crusader . Simply titledThe Batman , the film reportedly would ’ve been a mystery and psychological thriller in the vein of David Fincher’sThe Game , with Affleck repeat his role as Bruce Wayne in increase to co - writing the script and directing . In an interview to promoteThe elbow room Backin February 2020 , Affleck explainedhis eventual decision to step away fromThe Batman(and the DCEU ) in early 2017 , say he’d"kind of lost my passion for it"and had been dealing with a variety of both professional and personal emergence at the clip . The Batmanhas since been completely revamped and is now being written and directed by Matt Reeves , with Robert Pattinson work a less - experient , 30 - somethingBatman .

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