Bruce finds an ally in orphaned acrobat Dick Grayson ( Chris O'Donnell), who discovers his secret and becomes Robin to take revenge against Two-Face, who killed his family. And for good or for ill, 1995's Batman Forever, the third movie in the Batman Film Series, was certainly different.īruce Wayne/Batman ( Val Kilmer) battles Harvey Dent/ Two-Face ( Tommy Lee Jones), a struggle that gets tougher when Edward Nygma/ The Riddler ( Jim Carrey) enters the picture, as both have personal vendettas against the Caped Crusader and his secret identity, respectively. By now, they wanted something different for the next film, limiting Tim Burton to the role of producer and hiring Joel Schumacher to take over directing duties. While they wanted to wallpaper their holiday mansions with $100 bills and Batman was obviously the franchise to bet on, the extremely dark and depressing storyline of Batman Returns made it a harder sell to their intended audience, namely everybody in the world. was in something of a difficult position. After the release of Batman Returns, Warner Bros.

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