Kim Newman theorized that "Burton and the writers saw Batman and the Joker as a dramatic antithesis, and the film deals with their intertwined origins and fates to an even greater extent". Batman conveys trademarks found in 1930s pulp magazines, notably the design of Gotham City stylized with Art Deco design.
It was Uslan's wish "to make the definitive, dark, serious version of Batman, the way Bob Kane and Bill Finger had envisioned him in 1939.
Uslan was unsuccessful with pitching Batman to various movie studios because they wanted the film to be similar to the campy 1960s TV series.
You think of the 1960s version of Batman, and it was the complete opposite of our film.
I think they thought we were going to make it like the 1960s TV series, and make it campy, because they thought of Michael Keaton from Mr.
Blick as Young Jack Napier Charles Roskilly as Young Bruce Wayne David Baxt as Thomas Wayne Sharon Holm as Martha Wayne Garrick Hagon as Tourist Dad Liza Ross as Tourist Mom Adrian Meyers as Tourist Son ==Production== ===Development=== In the late 1970s, Batman's popularity was waning.
Uslan purchased the film rights of Batman from DC Comics on October 3, 1979.
In November 1979, producers Jon Peters and Peter Guber joined the project.
Though no movie studios were yet involved, the project was publicly announced with a budget of $15 million in July 1980 at the Comic Art Convention in New York.
Jack Nicholson had been the studio's top choice since 1980.
Holden died in 1981 and Niven in 1983, so this would never come to pass.
Warner Bros., the studio behind the successful Superman film franchise, decided to also accept and produce Batman. Tom Mankiewicz completed a script titled The Batman in June 1983, focusing on Batman and Dick Grayson's origins, with the Joker and Rupert Thorne as villains, and Silver St.
The Batman was then announced in late 1983 for a mid-1985 release date on a budget of $20 million.
Holden died in 1981 and Niven in 1983, so this would never come to pass.
The 1985 film Brazil by Terry Gilliam was also a notable influence upon the film's production design, as both Burton and Furst studied it as a reference.
The film takes place early in the title character's war on crime, and depicts his conflict with the Joker. After Burton was hired as director in 1986, Steve Englehart and Julie Hickson wrote film treatments before Sam Hamm wrote the first screenplay.
enlisted the aid of Englehart to write a new treatment in March 1986.
He removed the Penguin and Dick Grayson in his second treatment, finishing in May 1986. Burton approached Sam Hamm, a comic book fan, to write the screenplay.
He completed his script in October 1986, which demoted Dick Grayson to a cameo rather than a supporting character.
Peters approached Nicholson as far back as 1986, during filming of The Witches of Eastwick; unlike Keaton, he was a popular choice for his role.
Keaton's casting was controversial since, by 1988, he had become typecast as a comedic actor and many observers doubted he could portray a serious role.
Filming took place at Pinewood Studios from October 1988 to January 1989.
The budget escalated from $30 million to $48 million, while the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike forced Hamm to drop out.
Batman was finally given the greenlight to commence pre-production in April 1988, after the success of Burton's Beetlejuice (1988).
It was shot at Pinewood Studios in England from October 10, 1988 to February 14, 1989 with 80 days of main shooting and 86 days of second unit shooting.
The worst period of my life!" Hamm was not allowed to perform rewrites during the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike.
Batman is a 1989 superhero film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Jon Peters and Peter Guber, based on the DC Comics character of the same name.
Filming took place at Pinewood Studios from October 1988 to January 1989.
Keith Short sculpted the final body of the 1989 Batmobile, adding two Browning machine guns.
It was shot at Pinewood Studios in England from October 10, 1988 to February 14, 1989 with 80 days of main shooting and 86 days of second unit shooting.
It also marks the first appearance of Henri Ducard, who was later used in the rebooted Batman Begins, albeit as an alias for the more notable Ra's al Ghul. In the months before Batman's release in June 1989, a popular culture phenomenon known as "Batmania" began.
It remained on the New York Times Best Seller list throughout June 1989.
He believed "it is less movie than a corporate behemoth". ==Reception== ===Box office=== Batman grossed $2.2 million in late night previews on June 22, 1989 on 1,215 screens and grossed $40.49 million in 2,194 theaters during its opening weekend.
The film also set a record for a second weekend gross with $30 million (also the second biggest 3-day weekend of all-time) and became the fastest film to earn $100 million, reaching it in 11 days (10 days plus late night previews), The film closed on December 14, 1989, with a final gross $251.2 million in North America and $160.15 million internationally, totaling $411.35 million.
Although Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade made the most money worldwide in 1989, Batman was able to beat The Last Crusade in North America, and made a further $150 million in [video] sales.
The 2005 Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989–1997 included 2-disc special edition DVDs of the film and all three of its sequels.
Uslan filed a breach of contract lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on March 26, 1992.
The 2005 Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989–1997 included 2-disc special edition DVDs of the film and all three of its sequels.
and was the highest grossing film based on a DC comic book until 2008's The Dark Knight.
The anthology was also released as a 4-disc Blu-ray set in 2009, with each film and its previous extras contained on a single disc.
Batman's co-creator, Bill Finger, was uncredited at the time of the film's release and his name was not added to any Batman-related media until 2016. ===Casting=== Parallel to the Superman casting, a who's who of Hollywood top stars were considered for the role of Batman, including Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Charlie Sheen, Tom Selleck, Bill Murray, Harrison Ford and Dennis Quaid.
Michael Keaton will be reprising his role as Batman in the upcoming The Flash set in the DC Extended Universe. ===Comic book continuation=== In March 2016, artist Joe Quinones revealed several art designs he and Kate Leth had created to pitch a comic book continuation set in the Batman '89 universe to DC Comics.
In 2021, DC announced it would be releasing a digital-first comic book continuation of the Batman '89 film.
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