The Legacy Of Tim Burton & Michael Keaton’s Batman In 1979, producers Jon Peters and Peter Guber pitched Batman to Universal Pictures, but the studio turned it down. Warner Bros., the studio behind the successful Superman film franchise, decided to also accept and produce Batman. Warner Bros. hired Tim Burton to direct Batman. Parallel to the Superman casting, a variety of Hollywood A-listers were considered for the role of Batman, including Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Charlie Sheen, Tom Selleck,

The Dark Knight Trilogy | Behind-The-Scenes Comic book storylines such as The Man Who Falls, Batman: Year One, and Batman: The Long Halloween served as inspiration. The Dark Knight’s story also sees comic influences inspired by The Long Halloween, and it’s sequel Dark Victory. The film also has elements of The Killing Joke & Joker’s Five Way Revenge. The Dark Knight Rises storyline has been compared with the Batman comic book series’ story arc “Knightfall” (1993), “Legacy” (1996-97) which showca