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Batman '89

Can We Get An Animated Sequel To Tim Burton’s Batman Returns?

by Sergio Pereira
August 24, 2017
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When you think back to Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who has a bad word to say about the film. It defined a gothic era of the Dark Knight, inspired Batman: The Animated Series, and revived interest in comic book movies when the genre seemed all but dead and buried.

Not only was it the blockbuster of the year, but it also gave us the equally impressive sequel Batman Returns in 1992. Sadly, Michael Keaton dropped the cowl soon afterwards and Burton traded the director’s chair for the producer’s hat. What followed is a dark period in comic book movie history and is best forgotten. Do you really want to think of Bat-nipples right now?

With so much unexplored potential, wouldn’t it make sense to revisit this era? Naturally, most of the actors may be a little wrinkled around the lips—and some have sadly passed—to play the characters on the big screen again, but there are other creative ways to revisit this fabled time.

The Return of Batman '89

Rejected Comic Book Series

Last year, Joe Quinones revealed on his blog the failed pitch that he and Kate Leth proposed to DC Comics in 2015. Inspired by the Batman ’66 comic book series, they suggested something similar for Batman ’89, which would’ve taken place after the events of Batman Returns.



Quinones revealed how Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman would’ve returned and how they planned on introducing characters like Billy Dee Williams’ Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn and Barbara Gordon/Batgirl throughout the miniseries. The concept sketches looked spot-on and extremely Burton-esque, but unfortunately DC decided against it for an unknown reason. Considering the proof of concept and how a story’s already planned, why not actually do it? Hey, if DC can allow Kevin Smith to create a stupid character called Onomatopoeia, surely it can allow the continuation of this franchise, right?

The Return of Batman ‘89

Return of the Caped Crusaders

Recently, we were treated to a trip back in time to Batman’66 in Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders. While it may appear to be purely for nostalgic reasons, the film’s rather good and beautifully captured the camp and fun of the original series. The critics loved it, the fans adored it, and it allowed everyone to celebrate the series’ 50th anniversary.

Now, imagine we did the same with Batman ’89 in, say, 2019? It would be the perfect gift for long-time Dark Knight fans and all those who still wave the flag for Burton’s Bat. Heck, while they’re at it, chuck in Nicolas Cage as Superman as well to show us the result of one of the craziest ideas in Hollywood. If anything, it’ll be a good reminder of what could’ve happened in the mid-to-late 90s and be the ultimate fan service.

Removing the Bitter Taste of Batman Forever and Batman & Robin

Burton’s Batman will always be tainted by the legacy of Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. While not created by him per se, they are considered direct sequels to his films. It’s a shame that these blemishes are a part of history, and I’m sure Burton wishes to forget they exist, too.

Even though he can’t go back in time and helm the follow-ups, there’s the opportunity for DC to course correct in a way and give us a much-wondered “what if” storyline. Who wouldn’t want to see other Burtonverse stories and experience more of Keaton’s Batman? If Batman ’66 can still remain popular and relevant in 2017, I see no reason why Batman ’89 should be ignored, either. In whichever form or medium it chooses to exist, this is one iteration of the Caped Crusader that needs to make a comeback.

Would you like the return of Batman ’89 as an animated film or ongoing comic book series? Let us know in the comments section below.

Images from THEartistt95 and Joe Quinones.

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Comments 132

  1. Jason D Lewis says:
    3 years ago
  2. Conrad Stoltz says:
    3 years ago

    Hell yes!

  3. Alfred says:
    3 years ago

    Hell yes!

  4. TMR with Mat and PJ says:
    3 years ago

    Oh HELL YES!

  5. John Whitcomb says:
    3 years ago

    no. it was complete garbage compared to anything of actual batman comics.

  6. Scott Ford says:
    3 years ago

    The moonlight is pale, let’s dance with the devil!

  7. Theo Tolken says:
    3 years ago

    Will totally watch that

  8. Rob Fabiani says:
    3 years ago

    Love the idea! Yes!

  9. Trevor Rene says:
    3 years ago

    Boohoo

  10. Bill Colborn says:
    3 years ago

    Chauncey Snookchaos Chesterfield

  11. Allie says:
    3 years ago

    I’ll preorder 10 copies!

  12. Anton says:
    3 years ago

    Yes!

  13. Thomas Voigtlaender says:
    3 years ago

    If they make it, I will watch.

  14. Nick says:
    3 years ago

    I would want that yes.

  15. Tyler J Maier says:
    3 years ago

    Animated film, voice cast from Batman and returns. Do it

  16. John Michael Sabo says:
    3 years ago

    Only if Jerry Ordway does the artwork.

  17. Casey McCoy says:
    3 years ago

    Absolutely freaking lootly! Love love love 89 batman

  18. Ed says:
    3 years ago

    ’89 rules

  19. Devan Gladden says:
    3 years ago

    Umm, duh, YES! This town needs enema!

  20. george says:
    3 years ago

    It will be another day in paradise!

  21. ENRIQUE Lopez says:
    3 years ago

    Hell yeah that would be awesome I figured some day micheal Keaton would return as Batman n a BATMAN BEYOND MOVIE

  22. Chris says:
    3 years ago

    Both an animated film and comic would be awesome!

  23. Andrew DJohan says:
    3 years ago

    Joscar Jong

  24. Ray says:
    3 years ago

    Bring it!!! That would be awesomeness

  25. Joey Hollywood says:
    3 years ago

    I would like BOTH please

  26. Jerry says:
    3 years ago

    Please please please! I would love for this to happen! Michael Keaton is my favorite Batman! Please make this happen!!!

  27. David says:
    3 years ago

    YES!! But only if Michael Keaton himself voices Batman/Bruce Wayne and they get as many of the original actors as they can to voice the characters they played at that time! Pleeease! :)

  28. Roger Herrera says:
    3 years ago

    DC: DO IT!!!

  29. Hassen NoorMahomed says:
    3 years ago

    Sign me up :)

  30. Ismo Diseños says:
    3 years ago

    Still the best on screen Batman and Joker.

    Would love this.

  31. Joel Burkhardt says:
    3 years ago

    I would actually love it if they did make a movie or comic series cause I’m a big fan of the movies

  32. Erik says:
    3 years ago

    Absolutely! I was in college at that time and live that era. Batman was the biggest thing to look forward to in the biggest blockbuster at that time next to Star Wars! Bring it back as a cartoon absolutely! If you get Michael Keaton on board it would be a massive hit :-)

  33. DaddywantsaBatmobile says:
    3 years ago

    Any excuse to see the Anton Furst designed Batmobile and Keaton do e the cowl agai and I’m in.

  34. Trivesh Wowser Vassen says:
    3 years ago

    Rae Lakey what choo think!

  35. Jarrett Baker Sr. says:
    3 years ago

    Russ Shanks Hey Do You Remember

  36. ardi says:
    3 years ago

    Good job…
    I wait for superman too

  37. Batman says:
    3 years ago

    Heck yes I would.

  38. Robert Poulter says:
    3 years ago

    Anything will be better than Batfleck

  39. Steve says:
    3 years ago

    Big 89 fan so an animated movie is a must.

  40. James Everett Jr says:
    3 years ago

    Yes animate that thing!

  41. Deon Smith says:
    3 years ago

    Only if Kevin Conroy is involved.

  42. Chris Jones says:
    3 years ago

    Not gonna lie, I would have bought that comic.

  43. Mike Kinald says:
    3 years ago

    I think I’m one of the 8 people on earth who wasn’t a fan of Keaton’s Batman. The 89 film was good, but then they killed the Joker. And then the sequel killed the Penguin who looked more like a circus freak than a super-villain. (What was with the black crap coming out of his mouth all the time?) Burton had a good vision but I would have preferred different actors. He passed over Willem Dafoe and that was a mistake for Joker. But again – I’m in the very small minority here.

  44. Ric Switzer says:
    3 years ago

    Willem HAS to play Joker at some point. He’s still the most obvious and perfect choice that I cant fathom how it hasn’t happened yet.

  45. Mike Kinald says:
    3 years ago

    Guess Sony had him sign a deal where he wouldn’t work for a competitor after he played Norman Osborn- but that had to expire by now

  46. Ric Switzer says:
    3 years ago

    The movies did, I’m sure the contract has as well. Although I’m thinking he has an undisclosed role in Aquaman does he not?

  47. Patrick Jaarsveld says:
    3 years ago

    Yes and maybe keaton can do the voice.

  48. James J Gerber says:
    3 years ago

    Not for me, thanks.

  49. Jennifer Blake says:
    3 years ago

    Jessica

  50. Jeremy Carlson says:
    3 years ago

    Yes, Keaton was the best on screen Batman. Loved the first 2 Burton flicks.

  51. Abby Roed says:
    3 years ago

    Needs to happen right now!

  52. Kevin Kaiser says:
    3 years ago

    I liked the movies for their dark and gritty tone (even as a kid I felt they brought the realism of the comics to life). I never did understand the killing of the Joker and Penguin though. Bob Kane loved what Burton had done, and when he visited the set during filming, he said to the extent of, “Finally, my vision of Batman has come to life.” (He hated Robin, but DC made him turn Batman into a father figure when they learned how many young boys were reading the comics, and he hated the cartoony 1966 series too).

  53. David Morris says:
    3 years ago

    CARROT-TOP AS BATMAN!!!!!!

  54. Frank Lindner says:
    3 years ago

    let’s see, there’s a Batman `66 comic series, a Wonder Woman `77 comic series, so why not a Batman `89 comic series or a stand alone movie like so many Batman stand alone animated movies that weren’t part of a series either.

  55. Brian Osserman says:
    3 years ago

    If Tim Burton writes it and they do it in stop motion puppets.

  56. Don Masholie says:
    3 years ago

    Yes, I would absolutely love to see a Michael Keaton Batman Dark Knight Animated Series. I am a Batman toy collector and I definitely want a much better toy line for the Michael Keaton Batman saga, better than the junk that Kenner and Toy Biz released in 1989-1992. I want a Michael Keaton Batmobile for action figures that is a 2-seater. I want an extended line of action figures released with the characters that we have never had before.

  57. Christopher Boukair says:
    3 years ago

    No

  58. Shane Mercer says:
    2 years ago

    Damien McDevitt animated or live action?

  59. Nelius Blignaut says:
    2 years ago

    And mark hamel voicing joker

  60. Damien McDevitt says:
    2 years ago

    I’d be happy with either.

  61. Shane Mercer says:
    2 years ago

    True! I also wish they did a Batman 89 like the Batman tv show continued in comic book form

  62. Damien McDevitt says:
    2 years ago

    That’d be pretty sweet. Maybe even a 4 issue miniseries to test the waters.

  63. Shane Mercer says:
    2 years ago

    Apparently there’s a pitch about it that 2 writers took to DC

  64. Jordan Dakota says:
    2 years ago

    Not a bad idea

  65. Jordan Dakota says:
    2 years ago

    With Jack Nicholson as Joker that would be cool

  66. Damien McDevitt says:
    2 years ago

    Nice!

  67. Joff Lazarus says:
    2 years ago

    let’sget nuts !!

  68. Tom Fenn says:
    2 years ago

    Joly Norgate I’d watch the shit out of this.

  69. Alan Sunter says:
    2 years ago

    This and an animated version of ‘Superman Lives’ both need to happen.

  70. Tyler J Maier says:
    2 years ago

    Come on, do it! DO IT NOW, COME ON!!!

  71. Joly Norgate says:
    2 years ago

    Ooooo fuck yeah

  72. Josh Hart says:
    2 years ago

    That would be awesome

  73. Shane McGuire says:
    2 years ago

    that would be awesome but would he do it

  74. Thomas H Eddy says:
    2 years ago

    Keaton is the most overrated Batman

  75. Joshua Michael Clancy says:
    2 years ago

    Oh now that would be awesome! But let keaton voice it, I’m sure he’d do it!

  76. Sean Paton says:
    2 years ago

    Yes and in the suit he intended for it.

  77. Sean Paton says:
    2 years ago

    As long as he is in the suit that was made for it.

  78. Ben Gauchat says:
    2 years ago

    maybe

  79. Jack Loftus says:
    2 years ago

    I’d see that

  80. Aidan Toland says:
    2 years ago

    Joker’s dead in the Burton movies, but if he was to return it’d be Jack Nicholson.

  81. Brent Funaioli says:
    2 years ago

    would be far better than batman and Harley Quinn that just came out and the other one that’s going to be coming out next. I hate “campy” batman

  82. Nigel Dreiner says:
    2 years ago

    Could they get Keaton to voice animation? That would be the hardest challenge!

  83. Thomas LaPorte says:
    2 years ago

    We really do! Still my fav Batman movie!

  84. Scottie Mushmen says:
    2 years ago

    Cool idea

  85. Ryan Dedios says:
    2 years ago

    Brandon do you got this video?

  86. Brandon Johnson says:
    2 years ago

    I got the movie

  87. Brandon Rauk-Mitchell says:
    2 years ago

    And billy Dee Williams as two face ?

  88. Edmund Ortega says:
    2 years ago

    That would be great

  89. Josh Joseph Glovitch says:
    2 years ago

    Make a 3rd season of justice league unlimited instead

  90. Dylan DiAntonio says:
    2 years ago

    YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES… Did I make my point clear ?

  91. Ryan Mercer says:
    2 years ago

    This is a fantastic idea.

  92. Chad Hunt says:
    2 years ago

    That would be awesome

  93. Billy Keener says:
    2 years ago

    I support it and have a story idea. Billy dee williams and Tommy lee jones. Two face vs two face!

  94. Richard Deats says:
    2 years ago

    Burtons Batman was to good to just leave it alone. I’ve been saying for years they should make an animated movie or comicbook continuing the keaton / Burton inspired Batman.

  95. Robert Fiorella says:
    2 years ago

    Hell YES!
    Keaton was, is, and always will be the definitive Bruce Wayne / Batman. He started it all, the posers after him are just riding his cape scallops. There hasn’t been an actor yet who can pull off both Bruce & Batman, as Keaton has done twice…NO ONE!
    If D.C. and Warner Bros. Were smart, they would green light this asap! It’s a fucking no brainer! It without a doubt, will be a huge money maker. So, if nothing else, they should look at it from a financial point of view.

  96. Ben Gauchat says:
    2 years ago

    just maybe

  97. frodawgg says:
    2 years ago

    As much as I would love this (comics or movie), I have to disagree with you about BR. That movie was just as awful as the two that followed. I look at 89 as a standalone.

    Also, as much as I love the first one, plenty of people say bad things about it. I’m not in that boat; even though it has its flaws, I love it for what it is. And it was my proper introduction to the character.

  98. Ross Frank says:
    2 years ago

    hell yeah

  99. HeathernStacy Adams says:
    2 years ago

    He’s done Jack Frost & Cars , Toy Story so him doing it isn’t the hard part . But what’s it going to take to get him to do it . There lies the challenge.

  100. Ryan Dedios says:
    2 years ago

    Brandon good?

  101. Bryan Uhl says:
    2 years ago

    Get da fook out here

  102. Bryan Uhl says:
    2 years ago

    Could we move on from the hot garbage that was Batman Returns

  103. Corey Pagan says:
    2 years ago

    Geekgasim!!!

  104. Gabriel Scott Rose says:
    2 years ago

    YESsssssssssssss

  105. Gabriel Scott Rose says:
    2 years ago

    the people who did Batman 66′ pitched that idea but DC or whoever in charge turned it down.

  106. Gabriel Scott Rose says:
    2 years ago

    Affleck did both roles justice. Which is why he and Keaton followed by Kilmer are my favorite 3 modern Batman actors.

  107. Ryan Bybee says:
    2 years ago

    Yes please Keaton is my Batman.

  108. Greg James says:
    2 years ago

    Has he ever done voice work? I’m pretty sure he likes getting paid as a real performing actor broadway or otherwise.

  109. Richard Deats says:
    2 years ago

    They are stupid

  110. Aniket Ghosh says:
    2 years ago

    Yess

  111. Gabriel Scott Rose says:
    2 years ago

    agreed.

  112. Gilbert Esparza Jr says:
    2 years ago

    Don’t sit there and tease everyone. JUST DO IT ALREADY!!!!!

  113. Gilbert Esparza Jr says:
    2 years ago

    Um he was the voice of Chick Hicks from Cars.

  114. Roselyn Brown says:
    2 years ago

    YES!!!

  115. Isaiah Rogers says:
    2 years ago

    This needs to happen

  116. Lewis Obrien says:
    2 years ago

    Graeme Souter

  117. switchblade Mahoney says:
    2 years ago

    Umm, YES!!!! Please?!

  118. Switchblade Mahoney says:
    2 years ago

    I’d be so stoked!!!!!

  119. Arturo Estrella says:
    2 years ago

    We can and we will

  120. Yoga Balakrishnan says:
    2 years ago

    With the original Danny Elfman musical scores from 89 & 92.

  121. Rick says:
    2 years ago

    Michael Keaton Batmanand Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman would be awesome together again and having their voices directed by Wes Gleason as another DC Elseworld movie for DC Universe that fans would love to see and villains both male and female that would fit the story. Mike Carlin and James Tucker and the heads of WB Animation needs to make it happen after Reign Of The Supermen Part 2

  122. Tyler Lee Weelborg says:
    2 years ago

    That would be bad ass

  123. Isaiah Rogers says:
    2 years ago

    Of cors!

  124. Paul Ford says:
    2 years ago

    Yes, will Michael Keaton returning of course and possible have Catwoman back, (voiced by Michelle Pheiffer). Possibly have Billy dee william’s Two face as the main villian.

  125. Cem says:
    2 years ago

    Yessss !!!

  126. Sean says:
    1 year ago

    I would buy it instantly.

  127. Danny Pitney says:
    1 year ago

    Yes I would

  128. Steven Raper says:
    1 year ago

    YYYYYEEEEESSSSS!!!! 😄😄😄😄
    Sorry…I digress…..
    Yes, that would be splendid. 👍👍👍🦇

  129. E. Nigma says:
    1 year ago

    Can we start a petition? I think this is a great Ideal

  130. Ernest Alix says:
    12 months ago

    I think an animated sequel would be great. As long as the actors from the movie do the voices of their characters.

  131. Meghan Holland says:
    7 months ago

    Yes yes and yeees

  132. Michael Kurland says:
    2 months ago

    With Tim Burton serving as a Co-Producer, this has definite potential.
    Starring the Voice Talent of:
    Michael Keaton as “Batman/Bruce Wayne”
    Michelle Pfieffer as “Catwoman/Selena Kyle”
    Chris O’Donnell as “Robin/Dick Grayson”
    Billy Dee Williams as “Two-Face/Harvey Dent”
    And Mark Hamill as “Joker/Jack Napier”
    Main Theme by Danny Elfman
    Sup. Composer: Ron Jones
    Character Designs by Jerry Ordway
    Concept Artist: Tim Burton
    Production Designed by Bo Welch & Anton Furst
    Based on the DC Comics Characters
    Batman Created by Bob Kane & Bill Finger
    Supervising Writers: Marv Wolfman & Paul Dini
    Executive Producers: Sam Register, Bruce Timm & Mike Carlin
    Supervising Producer: Tim Burton
    Produced by James Tucker & Alan Burnett
    Directors: Kevin Altieri, Dan Riba, Boyd Kirkland, Dick Sebast, Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm & Tim Burton (Pilot Episode)

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