Editing Batman Returns (section)

==Sequels==
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Following the reception of ''Batman Returns'', Warner Bros. intended to continue the series without Burton.<ref name="THRReturnsat25"/><ref name="EWOct1993"/><ref name="DOGBatman3"/> Burton considered making a third film, but the studio encouraged him to make something else and he realized they did not want him to return for a sequel.<ref name="DOGBatman3"/><ref name="THRReturnsat25"/> The studio replaced Burton with Schumacher, who could make something more family- and merchandise-friendly.<ref name="THRReturnsat25"/><ref name="EWOct1993"/><ref name="DOGBatman3"/> Although Burton and Keaton said they were supportive of the new director, Keaton also left the series because "[the film] just wasn't any good, man."{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="THRReturnsat25"/><ref name="EWOct1993"/><ref name="PolygonRetro"/><ref name="CBRSchumacher"/>}} Industry press suggested that Keaton had also asked for a $15{{nbsp}}million salary and a percentage of the profits, although his producing partner [[Harry Colomby]] said that money was not the issue.<ref name="DOGBatman3"/>

Burton was an executive producer for the third film, ''[[Batman Forever]]'' (1995), which had a more mixed reception than ''Batman Returns'' but was a financial success. The fourth and final film, ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]'' (1997), was a financial and critical failure and is regarded as one of the worst [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster]] films ever made. It stalled the Batman film series for eight years until the reboot, ''[[Batman Begins]]'' (2005).{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="DOGBatman3"/><ref name="PolygonRetro"/><ref name="NYTimeschumachObit"/><ref name="TheWrapSequels"/>}}

By the mid-1990s, Burton and Waters were signed to direct a Catwoman-centered film starring Pfeiffer.<ref name="VarietyCatwoman"/><ref name="VarietyCatwoman2"/> Waters's plot depicted Catwoman as an amnesiac after her injuries at the end of ''Batman Returns'', who ends up in the [[Las Vegas]]-like Oasisburg and confronts publicly-virtuous male superheroes who are secretly corrupt. Burton and Pfeiffer took on other projects in the interim, and lost interest in the film. Warner Bros. eventually developed ''[[Catwoman (film)|Catwoman]]'' (2004), starring [[Halle Berry]], which was critically panned and is considered one of the worst comic-book films ever made.<ref name="DogCatwomanFilm"/>

Keaton was scheduled to reprise his version of Batman in ''[[Batgirl (film)|Batgirl]]'', a proposed 2022 film that was filmed but cancelled by Warner Bros. parent company, [[Warner Bros. Discovery]].<ref name="ColliderBatgirl"/><ref name="BatgirlCancelled"/> He appeared as Batman in ''[[The Flash (film)|The Flash]]'' (2023).<ref name="TheWrapSequels"/><ref name="GuideFlash"/>