Batman Forever

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Batman Forever

film by Schumacher [1995]

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Batman Forever is a 1995 film directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Val Kilmer as Batman. The movie was a commercial success, though Kilmer was later replaced by George Clooney for subsequent appearances as the Caped Crusader. The film is part of a larger franchise that began with Tim Burton's 1989 Batman, starring Michael Keaton.12

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…the deranged villain Two-Face in Batman Forever (1995) before playing straight man to Will Smith in the alien comedy Men in Black (1997) and its sequels (2002 and 2012).
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…on the lead role in Batman Forever, which also featured Nicole Kidman, Jim Carrey, and Tommy Lee Jones. Although the film was a hit, Kilmer was replaced by George Clooney in the sequel. While Kilmer claimed a scheduling conflict, others pointed to tensions between him and director Joel Schumacher, who…
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…on the lead role in Batman Forever, which also featured Nicole Kidman, Jim Carrey, and Tommy Lee Jones. Although the film was a hit, Kilmer was replaced by George Clooney in the sequel. While Kilmer claimed a scheduling conflict, others pointed to tensions between him and director Joel Schumacher, who…
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…Riddler in director Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever (1995); Margot Robbie’s murderous gum-snapping Harley Quinn in films such as Birds of Prey (2020) and The Suicide Squad (2021); and Ryan Reynolds’s profanity-laced performance in the Deadpool series, including Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).
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