Batman: The Movie (1966) and Young Adult (2011)

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In this Film Stories podcast: the very fast turnaround of 1966’s Batman movie, and Jason Reitman’s 2011 feature Young Adult.


Dinner dinner dinner dinner! Etc. Announced just six months before it landed in cinemas, the much-loved 1966 production Batman: The Movie was a masterclass in moving fast. Shot while the first series of the Batman TV show was still playing, it was written in two weeks, filmed in a month, and premiering in Texas as a result of some help with a boat…

Also filmed in a month? Jason Reitman’s 2011 feature Young Adult, starring Charlize Theron. Written by Diablo Cody, Reitman was all set to go with a different film until the Young Adult script came in. Even then, he had a key condition to getting the movie made.

Stories of both are told in this episode…

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