Tim Burton might have modified superhero films without end together with his Batman movies. However he’s not eager about going again to make one other superhero film.
That’s what Burton instructed Selection, explaining that if he have been requested to make a brand new superhero film, on the film he “would say no.”
“I come at issues from completely different factors of view,” he added, “so I might by no means say by no means to something. However, for the time being, it’s not one thing I’d be eager about.”
Burton mentioned his tenure directing Batman after which Batman Returns was “fortunate” as a result of “at the moment, the phrase ‘franchise’ didn’t exist. So Batman felt barely experimental on the time.” Burton added that he wasn’t even eager about making a Batman sequel again within the Nineties till he was “reenergized” by the considered including Penguin and Catwoman to the story.
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After his two Batman movies, Burton did virtually direct a 3rd DC film: Superman Lives, which was set to star Nicolas Cage because the Man of Metal. Though it was by no means made, Burton spent a 12 months growing the fabric earlier than Warner Bros. lastly canceled the challenge in 1998. (The entire sordid saga is chronicled within the documentary The Dying of Superman Lives: What Occurred?)
Nicolas Cage made a cameo as his model of Superman in 2023’s The Flash (which additionally starred Burton’s Batman, Michael Keaton, in a supporting function). Burton was not flattered by the homage, although; in interviews final 12 months he mentioned he was in “quiet revolt” about the usage of his characters in trendy DC films. (Which may have one thing to do together with his disinterest in a brand new superhero film as nicely.)
Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is scheduled to open in theaters on September 6.
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