Looking to the future, Robert Pattinson is the latest actor to play Batman in a theatrical setting, and we’ll see how he does in the role when Matt Reeves’ The Batman comes out on October 1, 2021. So in hindsight, Kilmer dodged a bullet by not going a second round as Batman. That flick was so horribly received that Warner Bros scrapped plans for a sequel, and we wouldn’t see Batman on the big screen again until 2005’s Batman Begins, a darker and more realistic take on the Batman mythos directed by Christopher Nolan. Still, even though Batman Forever isn’t one of the most critically well-received Batman movies, at least it’s no Batman & Robin. The movie was met with mixed critical reception, but it collected over $336 million worldwide off a $100 million budget. ![]() Robin, under his wing and getting romantically entangled with Nicole Kidman’s Dr. Released on June 16, 1995, Batman Forever saw Val Kilmer’s Batman clashing with Tommy Lee Jones’ Two-Face and Jim Carrey’s Riddler, as well, as well as taking Chris O’Donnell’s Dick Grayson, a.k.a. ![]() So it might’ve been interesting to see how Kilmer’s iteration of the character could have evolved in another Batman movie, but alas, that’s not the way the cards were dealt. ![]() In Val Kilmer’s case, his Batman/Bruce Wayne is more stoic than other incarnations, and Batman Forever also did a decent job of exploring the duality between the two personas.
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