“I have it on pretty good authority that there exists in the Warner Bros. vault a 170-minute cut of Batman Forever.
Following director Tim Burton’s darker takes on the Caped Crusader in Batman and Batman Returns, Schumacher’s Batman Forever took things back to the silliness of the 1960s television series.
The entertainment world has been mourning the passing of director Joel Schumacher for a few weeks now, with many looking back at his exemplary body of work.
Batman Forever stars Tommy Lee Jones as Harvey Dent / Two-Face, Jim Carrey as Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Nicole Kidman as Dr. Chase Meridian, Chris O’Donnell as Dick Grayson / Robin, Michael Gough as Alfred Pennyworth, and Pat Hingle as James Gordon.