"was met with mixed reviews from critics. After the release of ""Batman Forever"", Warner Bros. started development on ""Batman & Robin"", commissioning it on fast track for an adamant June 1997 release. Val Kilmer did not return, because of scheduling conflicts with ""The Saint"", and was replaced by George Clooney. Arnold Schwarzenegger starred as Mr. Freeze, while Uma Thurman starred as Poison Ivy and Alicia Silverstone starred as Batgirl. Chris O'Donnell reprised his role as Robin. Principal photography began in September 1996 and finished in January 1997, two weeks ahead of the shooting schedule. ""Batman & Robin"" was released on"
"and uses plant toxins and mind-controlling pheromones for her criminal activities, which are usually aimed at protecting endangered species and the natural environment. She was originally characterized as a supervillain, but as of the New 52 and DC Rebirth, she has periodically been depicted as an antiheroine, often doing the wrong things for the right reasons. One of the world's most notorious eco-terrorists, Poison Ivy is one of Batman's most enduring enemies and belongs to the collective of adversaries who make up Batman's rogues gallery, and has has been featured in many media adaptations related to Batman. Uma Thurman portrayed"
"""Batman & Robin"", were released on June 19, 1992, June 16, 1995, and June 20, 1997, respectively. As Gotham City approaches its bicentennial, Mayor Borg orders district attorney Harvey Dent and police commissioner James Gordon to make the city safer. Meanwhile, reporter Alexander Knox and photojournalist Vicki Vale begin to investigate rumors of a vigilante nicknamed ""Batman"" who is targeting the city's criminals. Batman's alter-ego is Bruce Wayne, a billionaire industrialist who, as a child, witnessed his parents' murder at the hands of a psychotic mugger. At a fundraiser for the bicentennial in Wayne Manor, Bruce meets and falls for"
"""Batman & Robin"" but was subsequently delayed. However, ""SubZero"" received a far stronger positive response from critics than ""Batman & Robin"", with Mr. Freeze's role within it being seen in a much more positive light, returning his popularity as a ""Batman"" villain to a level comparable to that reached by him within the two Emmy-winning episodes the character featured in of """". Batman & Robin (film) Batman & Robin is a 1997 American superhero film based on the DC Comics characters Batman and Robin. It is the fourth and final installment of Warner Bros.' initial ""Batman"" film series. The film"
"Batman IV, Tim Drake of the future. Before she was killed, she hinted that she knew more about him when he was younger. In the ""AME-COMI"" storyline, an alternate universe published by DC in 2013 where all the superheroes and villains are teen and 'tween female counterparts to the ""Earth One"" versions, Duela Dent appears as this continuity's ""Joker"". She is the daughter of Jack ""the Joker"" Dent, a criminal shot and paralyzed by ""Jim Gordon"". Duela is Gotham's most dangerous criminal and the main antagonist to this continuity's ""Batgirl"" and Robin (Carrie Kelly Gordon). In the alternate timeline of"
"produce and with Aronofsky's frequent collaborator Matthew Libatique to work on it. The film was intended to be a reboot of the film series, after the failure of ""Batman & Robin"" in 1997, although Warner Bros. originally planned to release the film as a prequel of Tim Burton's ""Batman"". Christian Bale, who later portrayed Batman in Christopher Nolan's ""The Dark Knight Trilogy"" was attached to star in the lead role. Gillian B. Loeb was supposed to be the main antagonist of the film, replacing Carmine Falcone as the head of Gotham City's mafia. Aronofsky also planned to film the movie"
"was published in 1997. Written by Chuck Dixon with art by Rodolfo Damaggio and Robert Campanella, it features Mr. Freeze and a Catwoman cameo. The first book opens with a boxing match in Gotham City. Each of the fighters are backed by two of the city's biggest gangsters—Alex Yeager and Leo Brodin. When the winner of the fight is killed in his apartment shortly after the bout, Batman is called in to help investigate the crime. Though accusations are directed against Brodin, the sponsor of the losing fighter, the grisly yet unusual murder (consisting of spine and skull removal) suggests"
"on ""Batman Forever"" and ""Batman & Robin"", turned down the chance to write the script. In late 1996, Warner Bros. and Schumacher hired Mark Protosevich to write the script for a fifth ""Batman"" film. A projected mid-1999 release date was announced. Titled ""Batman Unchained"" but often incorrectly referred to as ""Batman Triumphant"", Protosevich's script had the Scarecrow as the main villain and the Joker would return as a hallucination in Batman's mind caused by the Scarecrow's fear toxin. Harley Quinn appeared as a supporting character, written as the Joker's daughter trying to kill Batman to avenge her father's death. George"
"the Dark Knight"" #94, a group of people in an elevator discuss Batman. One of these is an 80-year-old Julie Madison, who recalls her encounters with him in the 1930s, an homage to the original series. Julie Madison appeared in the 1997 film ""Batman & Robin"", played by Elle Macpherson. Madison is Bruce Wayne's fiancée in the movie. She mostly appears in public with Bruce at events such as the unveiling of the giant telescope at the Gotham Observatory. Their relationship is almost damaged when Bruce, as Batman, falls under the spell of Poison Ivy. She is the only Batman"
"is eventually appointed as the head of the newest incarnation of the Outsiders that now serve as Batman Inc.'s black-ops wing. Red Robin eventually rejoins the Teen Titans and takes over leadership from Wonder Girl. He remains as the team's leader during their climactic battle against Superboy-Prime and the new Legion of Doom. Following an adventure with Black Bat where he faces Ra's al Ghul's sister, Tim stalks and attempts to kill a revived Captain Boomerang during the ""Brightest Day"". Though Tim ultimately stops himself from killing Boomerang, he is chastised by Batman for his actions. In September 2011, The"
"injured in the same type of chemical accident that created the main universe Joker. The accident also drives Luthor insane, and he attempts to destroy Gotham City with an army of thugs, but is stopped by Batman. In the Elseworlds mini series """" (Jan-Mar 1997), the Joker is gangster Bianca Steeplechase, and the nemesis of Batgirl and Robin. Steeplechase poisons Robin, masquerades as the mayor's wife, abducts and tortures Bruce Wayne, and is in a lesbian relationship with Earth-37's Harley Quinn. Bianca is killed by Batgirl, drowning in Gotham River. Amalgam Comics is a 1997-98 shared imprint of DC Comics"
"is supported by his allies, Robin (Matthew Mercer), Nightwing (Scott Porter), Catwoman (Grey DeLisle), Barbara Gordon (Ashley Greene)—who assists Batman covertly as the hacker Oracle—and her father police commissioner James Gordon (Jonathan Banks). Batman's loyal butler Alfred Pennyworth and Wayne Enterprises colleague Lucius Fox (Dave Fennoy) provide Batman with tactical support, and the holy warrior Azrael (Khary Payton) aims to replace Batman as Gotham's protector. Throughout the city, Batman is faced with several supervillains: he must overcome Scarecrow's (John Noble) plot to threaten Gotham City, dismantle the Penguin's (Nolan North) weapon dealing operation, put an end to Two-Face's (Troy Baker)"
"a physical home media release on DVD and Blu-ray on November 1, 2016. A sequel entitled ""Batman vs. Two-Face"" was released on October 10, 2017. At stately Wayne Manor, Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson watch their favorite show, ""Gotham Palace"". During the programming, a band that was supposed to play on the show is revealed to be hidden and replaced by four of the Dynamic Duo's greatest villains; the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, and Catwoman. Bruce and Dick suit up as Batman and Robin and head towards the Gotham City Police Department, where they receive a riddle"
"Alyas Batman en Robin Alyas Batman en Robin (lit: ""Alias: Batman and Robin"") is a 1991 Filipino musical-comedy film produced by Regal Films spoofing the 1960s ""Batman television series"". It stars comedian Joey de Leon as Batman, his son Keempee as Robin (the logo on his costume is actually the logo of Viva's rival film studio Regal Films instead of the robin logo) and Dawn Zulueta as Angelique Legarda. Several villains are also featured such as the Joker and the Penguin (here ""Tyo-p-a-enguin"", literally ""Blowjob-guin"" in Spanglish, as well as a pun on ""Tiyo Paeng""), portrayed respectively by the late"
"of her adversaries. Batman, with Robin, sets out to stop the Batwoman from making mistakes as she tries to take out the villains and as he encounters numerous twists, setbacks, and apparent false leads in determining her true identity. The newest gadget on display is a wind glider used by Batwoman that utilizes some of the most advanced technology ever seen in Gotham City. Bruce Wayne, Batman's alter ego, also becomes involved with a new lady in his life: Kathy Duquesne, the crime boss's daughter. In addition to Kathy Duquesne, Bruce is introduced to two other women who, as his"
"2005. One of the songs recorded for the film, ""The End Is the Beginning Is the End"" by The Smashing Pumpkins, won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards. In Gotham, one year after the defeat of Two-Face and the Riddler, Batman and Robin attempt to thwart Mr. Freeze from robbing diamonds from the natural history museum, but he steals one and flees. Mr. Freeze was originally Dr. Victor Fries, a doctor working to develop a cure for MacGregor's syndrome to heal his terminally ill wife. Fries was forced to wear a cryogenic"
"weakening Batman by forcing him to deal with the deadly villains simultaneously. Among the freed inmates, there are numerous high-profile villains, such as the Joker (who trapped Arkham's administrator Jeremiah Arkham), the Scarecrow, the Riddler, and Poison Ivy, as well as many lesser-known villains, such as the Mad Hatter, the Ventriloquist, the Firefly, the Cavalier, the Film Freak, Mr. Zsasz, Cornelius Stirk, Abattoir, and Amygdala. The scenario creates a rift in the relationship between Robin and Batman, as Batman irrationally seeks to face the outbreak alone—in later issues, Robin asks Batman if he is even needed as his sidekick anymore."
"being footage from a live-action shot of Adam West's depiction of Batman in the 1960s ""Batman"" series and a picture of Batman's suit from ""Batman and Robin"". Climactic events from past Batman films including the Joker have been mentioned, including ""that time with the parade and the Prince music"" (1989's ""Batman"") and ""the two boats"" (""The Dark Knight""). Alongside Joker, the main antagonist of the film's story, and Superman, who features heavily and has notable links to the Christopher Reeve films ""Superman"" (1978) and its sequel ""Superman II"" (1980), many other DC characters, both villains associated with Batman and other"
"to gather intel. She helps him with leading the former Mutant's group Sons of Batman into learning his less violent ways, when Gotham needed martial law enforced. When Batman is called out to a duel with Superman after refusing to go back into retirement, Carrie helps Bruce fake his death. She, along with Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) and Bruce train the Sons of Batman group to begin taking on his job. Jack DeSena voices Robin in the Target exclusive 2014 direct-to-video animated feature ""."" In 2013, """" was released, the first of a series of films that shared the same"
"the years and one of them was Barbara Gordon, who called herself Batgirl."" As Batman and Batgirl continued to fight the Joker for control of the city, the battle came to an end with Joker's loss. However, the Joker swore revenge not on Batman himself, but on those he loved. While a hit-man was sent to murder Catwoman, the Joker, in a scene adapted directly from """", guns down Barbara at her apartment. With Gordon paralyzed and Kyle dead, Batman abandons Gotham never to be seen again. Seven years later, in the present day, Barbara Gordon has now become ""Oracle"""
"1997, two weeks ahead of the shooting schedule. ""Batman & Robin"" premiered in Los Angeles on June 12, 1997, and went into general release on June 20, 1997. While it performed moderately well at the box office, making $238.2 million worldwide against a production budget of $125 million, the film was a critical failure and is often considered to be one of the worst films of all time. It is also the lowest-grossing live-action ""Batman"" film to date. Due to the film's negative reception, Warner Bros. cancelled a sequel, ""Batman Unchained"", and rebooted the film series with ""Batman Begins"" in"
"call from Ra's Al Ghul after a brief meeting with his best friend Conner Kent (also known as Superboy) while on patrol. Ra's Al Ghul informs Tim that he is targeting all of the people the original Batman (Bruce Wayne) had a close connection with, though he does not specify who. Tim then returns to the Batcave, where he finds that the current Batman (Dick Grayson) and Robin (Damian Wayne) are no longer residing, but rather the current Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) and Oracle (Barbara Gordon) are. The two team up and manage to save Leslie, a doctor and one of"
"film """" (2000), in which he mysteriously returns to Gotham City forty years in the future, apparently unaged since his battles with the original Batman. Flashbacks reveal that before he died, the Joker kidnapped and tortured Robin (Tim Drake), turning him into an insane, miniature version of himself dubbed 'Joker Junior', learning Batman's secret identity in the process. The Joker's death was edited and redubbed amid controversy surrounding the Columbine High School massacre; the original version sees Joker Junior shoot the Joker in the heart, whereas the edited version simply sees him push the Joker into damaged cables to be"
"focuses primarily on the Suicide Squad, particularly Batman villains Deadshot and Harley Quinn with Batman in a supporting role. In the film, a Suicide Squad of six criminals is dispatched by Amanda Waller to break into Arkham Asylum, where they must contend with the asylum's inmates and Batman as they attempt to complete their mission. The film stars Kevin Conroy as Batman / Bruce Wayne (reprising his role as Batman from the DC animated universe, among other numerous DC properties, including the ""Arkham"" series), Neal McDonough as Deadshot / Floyd Lawton, Hynden Walch as Harley Quinn / Dr. Harleen Quinzel"
"(Ian Redford), the mutated Killer Croc (Steven Blum), and the Riddler (Wally Wingert). Batman's nemesis, the psychopathic Joker (Mark Hamill), appears following his death during the events of """", after succumbing to a fatal disease caused by his previous consumption of the Titan formula, an unstable steroid serum which turns men into maddened monsters. ""Arkham VR"" also features reporter Vicki Vale (Jules de Jongh), Batman's parents, Thomas (Conroy) and Martha Wayne (Andrea Deck), and their killer Joe Chill (Glenn Wrage). Billionaire Bruce Wayne is woken by an alarm from a nightmare about his parents' murder. He is informed by his"
"failing to create a cinematic quality expected of an animated feature film. The film debuted at No. 17 on the NPD VideoScan First Alert sales chart and No. 11 on the Blu-ray Disc sales chart in its first week. As of August 2017, it has earned over $1.1 million from domestic home video sales. A sequel, entitled ""Batman vs. Two-Face"", was released in 2017 with William Shatner voicing Two-Face as the main antagonist. Burt Ward and Julie Newmar reprised their roles as Robin and Catwoman. On June 9, 2017, Batman's voice actor Adam West died from leukemia. Despite this, the"
"Keaton chose not to reprise his role, William Baldwin and Ethan Hawke were considered as a replacement before Kilmer joined the cast. The film was released on June 16, 1995, receiving mixed reviews, but was a financial success. ""Batman Forever"" grossed over $336 million worldwide and became the sixth-highest-grossing film worldwide of 1995. The film was followed by ""Batman & Robin"" in 1997, with Schumacher returning as the director and George Clooney replacing Kilmer as Batman. In Gotham City, the crime fighter Batman defuses a hostage situation caused by a criminal known as Two-Face, the alter ego of the former"
"teenager Tim Drake became the newest Robin in Batman comics. Because of Robin's rejuvenated popularity, a new Robin figure which featured a sculpt based on the newest comic book design was also introduced in the ""Batman Returns"" line even though the character was not featured in the movie. Rumors are that Robin was set to be included in ""Batman Returns"" in the form of an auto mechanic who wore the letter 'R' on his work coveralls, but was cut from the film before production. In 1995, ""Batman Forever"" was released featuring Val Kilmer as the Dark Knight. Breaking away from"
"Batman vs. Two-Face Batman vs. Two-Face is a 2017 American animated direct-to-video superhero film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It is a sequel to """". It premiered at the New York Comic Con on October 8, 2017, was released digitally on October 10, 2017, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 17, 2017. Based on the 1960s ""Batman"" TV series, the film stars Adam West (in his final role before his death), Burt Ward and Julie Newmar reprising their roles of Batman, Robin and Catwoman from the series. The film included"
"Batman, who comments to Freeze that Nora is old enough to be Freeze's grandmother. After emerging from the Lazarus Pit, Nora Fries becomes Lazara. Lazara is a supervillainess who can summon fire and raise the dead. She blames her husband, Victor Fries, for her transformation. Nora appears in Batman: li'l gotham comics Nora Fries is played by supermodel Vendela Kirsebom Thomessen in the movie ""Batman & Robin"". She is cryogenically frozen throughout the movie, and has no dialogue. In the film, she suffers from a fictional illness called MacGregor's Syndrome. Batman reveals that she has the most advanced stages of"
"them in sacrificing an amnesiac victim to the bat god Barbatos in exchange for funding for his time-travel experiments. Carter Nichols rejects the offer when he refused to participate in the sacrifice which enabled the amnesiac victim (who turned out to be Bruce Wayne) to escape through time. Simon Hurt arranged for Carter Nichols to not be taken seriously as a scientist. At some earlier point in Batman's history, Joker, Riddler, Catwoman, Scarecrow, and the Imposter Mad Hatter trap Batman and Robin in a torture device that they had Carter Nichols make. In the present, Batman (Dick Grayson) and Robin"
"date was announced. Titled ""Batman Unchained"", Protosevich's script had the Scarecrow as the main villain. Through the use of his fear toxin, he resurrects the Joker as a hallucination in Batman's mind. Harley Quinn appeared as a supporting character, written as the Joker's daughter. George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, and Alicia Silverstone were set to reprise the roles of Batman, Robin, and Batgirl. It was also hoped that Jack Nicholson would reprise the role of the Joker. However, following the poor critical reception of ""Batman & Robin"", Clooney vowed never to reprise his role. Warner Bros. decided to consider a live-action"
"is known as the Apocalypse Plague, the Filovirus, Ebola Gulf A or in its more popular nickname: The Clench. An unlikely alliance searches the world for a possible cure including: Batman, Robin, Oracle, Nightwing, Huntress, Azrael, and Catwoman. There, Batman faces two of his deadliest foes: Ra's al Ghul and Bane, the man who crippled him. The Gotham Knights travel throughout the world as they race to stop The League of Assassins from releasing the pure strain of the virus across the globe, and Gotham itself would be a place for the rematch between the Dark Knight and Bane. Ra's"