The director who “created” the current hero film model, according to Michael Keaton

In 1989, the film hit theaters Batman. In addition to being successful, the film made Hollywood studios look at the superhero segment with new eyes — until then, such works were not valued by the film industry.

From then on, sequels were released and studios began to finance films starring other comic book superheroes. The segment became so popular and profitable that it enabled the arrival of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (UCM), almost two decades later and involving billion-dollar figures.

Michael Keatoninterpreter of the hero in the film, is aware of this revolution caused by Batman. In an interview with GQthe American actor said that Marvel and DC films would not exist — at least in the way we know it — if it weren’t for the mind of Tim Burtondirector of the 1989 title.

Keaton states:

Tim deserves enormous credit. He changed everything. I can’t necessarily say this, but there is a strong possibility that there would be no Marvel Universe, there would be no DC Universe without the Tim Burton. They doubted him and questioned him.”

Tim Burton doesn’t care about superheroes

Tim Burton even recorded the sequence Batman: Returns (1992) and was producer of Batman Forever (1995). However, since then, the eccentric filmmaker has no longer been involved with films in the superhero genre.

And the situation should continue like this. In conversation with the Variety, Burton made it clear that he had no interest in returning to the genre.

The filmmaker states:

At the moment, I would say no. I see things from different points of view, so I would never say ‘never’ to anything. But at the moment, it’s not something that interests me.”

Afterwards, the filmmaker explained the reason for his refusal. Furthermore, he cited the reason why he decided to take the Batman 1989 from the paper.

I was lucky because, at the time, the word ‘franchise’ didn’t exist. Batman it brought the feeling of being slightly experimental at the time. It kind of escaped the perception of what (a superhero movie) would be. So, there wasn’t that feedback from the studio — and because it was filmed in the United Kingdom, that was even more distant. We were really able to just focus on the film and not have to think about these things that we need to think about now before we even shoot.”

The success of 1989’s Batman

As mentioned, Batman It was a huge success among critics and audiences at the time of its release. It grossed US$411 million at the box office, on a budget of US$48 million, and resulted in three sequels being released.

Collaborated: Augusto Ikeda.