Most studios would feel that it's safer to just do a movie like 'Batman' or 'Alfie' because it already has a built-in audience. They can count on the fans of the original to come back and see the remake.

I always had trouble with the Bruce Wayne in the comic book," Burton said. "I mean, if this guy is so handsome, so rich, and so strong, why the fuck is he putting on a Batsuit?

I didn't want to make a movie about what we already know.

We made a lot of arrests and back then they were very popular on TV -- Batman and Robin,

Studios live and die by tent-pole franchises, ... Other than 'Star Wars' and 'Batman Begins,' what else was a franchise that came out this year? And while those movies were very expensive, they were very successful. But there weren't a lot of those.

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