joel schumacher Archives

Batman Forever director's cut almost got a release

by Dan Cooper | Jul 29, 2024 | News

Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever from 1995 has a darker director's cut, and Warner Bros came close to officially releasing it....

by Simon Brew | May 09, 2023 | Feature

When 1997's Batman & Robin stumbled, its director - Joel Schumacher - was left to carry the can, and made some significant left turns as a...

by Film Stories | Jun 08, 2022 | News

Costume designer Jose Fernandez has been chatting about the Batman & Robin costume controversy - and it definitely wasn't a 'wardrobe...

by Simon Brew | Jan 07, 2022 | News

Michael Keaton had meetings with Joel Schumacher about continuing in the Batman franchise - but it wasn't to be....

by Dan Cooper | May 13, 2021 | Feature, News

The existence of the Batman Forever Schumacher Cut has been confirmed, and we can't help but wonder just what a tonal change is contained within....

by Dan Cooper | May 07, 2021 | News

Long rumoured, the actual existence of a darker, more psychological director's cut of 1995's Batman Forever has now been confirmed....

by Simon Brew | Dec 01, 2020 | Feature, News

Disney had a panic when it looked like Michael Bay was off to make the film Phone Booth - and it needed a new project for him, and quickly....

by Simon Brew | Jul 10, 2020 | News

Joel Schumacher had assembled a darker version of 1995's Batman Forever, and more details of the alternate version have now emerged....

by Simon Brew | Jun 22, 2020 | News

Joel Schumacher, one of the most successful Hollywood directors of the 1980s and 1990s, has passed away, it's been announced....

by Simon Brew | Apr 20, 2020 | Feature

Warner Bros had two more films lined up with director Joel Schumacher - but Batman & Robin's box office disappointment changed its plans....