Numerous A-list actors were considered for the role of Batman before Keaton was cast. Additionally, Batman creator Bob Kane worked as consultant for the film. The film primarily adapts and diverts from the ' Red Hood' origin story for the Joker, having Batman inadvertently cause gangster Jack Napier to fall into Axis Chemical acid, triggering his transformation into the psychotic Joker. The tone and themes of the film were partly influenced by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's The Killing Joke and Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. Batman was not greenlit until after the success of Burton's Beetlejuice (1988). The film takes place early in the title character's war on crime and depicts his conflict with the Joker.ДЄfter Burton was hired as director in 1986, Steve Englehart and Julie Hickson wrote film treatments before Sam Hamm wrote the first screenplay. The film was directed by Tim Burton and stars Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, and Jack Palance. Produced by Jon Peters and Peter Guber, it is the first installment of Warner Bros.' initial Batman film series. Batman is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name by Bill Finger and Bob Kane.

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