The budget escalated from $30 million to $48 million, while the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike forced Hamm to drop out. Nicholson accepted the role of the Joker under strict conditions that dictated top billing, a portion of the film's earnings (including associated merchandise), and his own shooting schedule.įilming took place at Pinewood Studios from October 1988 to January 1989.
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. Numerous leading men were considered for the role of Batman before Keaton was cast. Additionally, Batman creator Bob Kane worked as a consultant for the film. The film primarily adapts and diverts from the " Red Hood" origin story for the Joker, having Batman inadvertently cause gangster Jack Napier to fall into Axis Chemical acid, triggering his transformation into the psychotic Joker. The tone and themes of the film were partly influenced by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's The Killing Joke and Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.
Batman was not greenlit until after the success of Burton's Beetlejuice (1988). The film takes place early in the title character's war on crime and depicts his conflict with his archenemy The Joker.Īfter Burton was hired as director in 1986, Steve Englehart and Julie Hickson wrote film treatments before Sam Hamm wrote the first screenplay. The film was produced by Jon Peters and Peter Guber and stars Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, and Jack Palance. Directed by Tim Burton, it is the first installment of Warner Bros.' initial Batman film series. Batman is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger.
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