Alfred even urges Bruce to move on with his life, which Bruce decides to do.

Alfred then reassures Bruce that Selina will come out when she feels like it which Bruce accepts. In the meantime, Bruce is searching for Selina Kyle but is unable to find any clue where she might be. Shreck then pursues Batman when more thugs arrive only Batman to escape with Shreck screaming after seeing the man he hates the most escaping. Shreck attempts to kill Batman only to accidentally blow up one of the cars that his thugs are in.

Batman sees a hooded woman pushing a carrage past the streets only to discover that it actually is Shreck armed with a rocket launcher. Batman then rejects her advances and leaves only to be ambushed by Shreck's thugs. Bruce gets called away when Chase activates the Bat-Signal only for Chase to try to seduce Batman. However, after Nygma demands an answer from him immediately, Bruce rejects the invention, believing it to be too close to mind manipulation. Bruce offers to let Nygma come up with schematics for the device and set up a meeting with his assistant. Batman then escapes as the helicopter destroys the statue of Lady Gotham.Įdward Nygma, a researcher at Wayne Enterprises who idolizes Bruce Wayne, has developed a device that can beam television into a person's brain. Shreck then manages to escape by the parachute, after Batman realizes he has locked the steering wheel into position. Shreck accuses Batman of being 'a killer too'. Batman is fighting Shreck when Shreck is escaping on a helicopter. Batman defuses a hostage situation set up by Shreck, who is revealed to have had his face badly burned and has red eyes. Burton discovers that Shreck has escaped and encounters a psychologist hanged in Shreck's cell with 'The Bat Must Die' written in blood on the wall. Max Shreck is a former department store owner who was sent to Arkham Asylum after his face was electrocuted by Cat-Woman in revenge for pushing her out the window. Burton arrives to speak with Max Shreck on a stormy night. Keaton chose not to reprise the role due to failing to negotiate with studio executives Terry Semel and Bob Daly about the overall approach to the script. William Baldwin and Ethan Hawke were initially considered for Keaton's replacement before Kilmer joined the cast. Rene Russo was originally set to play Chase Meridian, based on her chemistry with Keaton in One Good Cop, but was replaced with the much younger Nicole Kidman after being deemed 'too old' for Kilmer.

Schumacher eschewed the dark, dystopian atmosphere of Burton's films by drawing inspiration from the Batman comic book of the Dick Sprang era, as well as the 1960s television series. Chase Meridian (Kidman) and a young, orphaned circus acrobat named Dick Grayson (O'Donnell), who becomes his sidekick Robin.īatman Forever's tone is significantly different from the previous installments, becoming more family-friendly since Warner Bros.believed that the previous Batman film, Batman Returns (1992), failed to outgross its predecessor due to parent complaints about the film's violence and dark overtones. He gains allegiance from a love interest-psychiatrist Dr. The plot focuses on Batman trying to stop Max Shreck (Walken) and the Riddler (Carrey) in their villainous scheme to extract confidential information from all the minds in Gotham City and use it to learn Batman's identity and bring the city under their control.

The film also stars Chris O'Donnell, Nicole Kidman, Christopher Walken, and Jim Carrey. It is the third installment of the initial Batman film series, with Val Kilmer replacing Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne / Batman. Batman Forever is a 1995 American superhero film directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Tim Burton, based on the DC Comics character Batman.

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