BATMAN RETURNS (1992)

BATMAN RETURNS Tim Burton began production on the sequel to his blockbusting superhero film in 1991. He wasn't keen on the idea of a sequel at first, since he didn't feel as close to Batman as his other films. However, his initial reluctance was overcome when Warner Bros., eager to bring him back into the fold, gave him carte blanche to make the sequel his way. This time Burton decided to film the production in L.A. rather than reuse the sets that had been kept...

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EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990)

making another blockbuster after Batman Rather than jump into making another blockbuster after Batman, Tim Burton used his new clout to get an extremely personal project off the ground. It would be based on a sketch of a man with scissors for hands that Burton had drawn years earlier. The project was greenlit by 20th Century Fox (Warner Bros. had passed on the idea, before the success of Batman). The film marked the first time Burton had full creative control over...

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BATMAN

LOGO BATMAN "What you will have is a very interesting, surprising action stoy, with a bunch of weird characters running around." Burton in the introduction to the official making of book Tim Burton’s third feature would be less a movie, more of an event. A new big screen version of the classic DC comic book Batman was first planned following the success of Superman: The Movie (1978), but producers Benjamin Melniker and Michael Uslan surprisingly found the studios...

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