BATMAN (1989): How It Changed Superhero Films Forever | Deep Dive

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Overall interesting video. Somethings I didnt really pick up on, but some things im not 100% sure of

1* Viki being included more in the final battle via reshoots
2** Billy dee williams was axed for a sequal because execs (reportedly) didnt want a black man to play the role.

* I woud be interested in reading up on any reshoots (I feel like there were probly not many since it feels very much like 89 was a "what you see is what you get" kind of film.

**There is no citation for the claim and I've heard everything from Billy Dee being too expensive to "he was supposed to be Shrek". I dont 100% doubt it, I mean it would be in WBs camp to hire him only to nix him for a stupid reason. Daniel Waters suggests he was never in it (Sam Hamm also mentions throwing him in to bring joker back and explain Dents scars in future films) and they they wanted to further seperate the sequal from the original.