Batman (1989), the bizarre late rewrite, and the turning point for blockbuster cinema

If you didn't live through the Batmania surrounding 1989's Batman, it's hard to overstate just what a seismic shift it felt like in mainstream cinema. But also, it's easy to overlook as well that the journey of the film to the screen took a good decade, with lots of problems in landing its tone, a big backlash against its casting, and various directors taking a look. The actual making of the film was then fraught, with a script that needed small tweaks then being overhauled. Then the mysterious $100,000 prop that needed to be written in, the late re-casting - and the marketing campaign that changed so much. If you like this podcast, please please please subscribe, leave a nice review, that sort of thing. It really helps independents. Thank you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.