Whereas talking to Forbes, Schumacher described Batman as a childhood favourite of his. Certainly, he was born in 1939, the identical yr Batman debuted in “Detective Comics #27.” Schumacher most popular Batman to Superman, as, “[he] was at all times since childhood just a little on the darkish facet.” He additionally notes he grew up studying the comics themselves, not watching Batman on tv; he was 26 when Adam West made his small-screen debut because the Caped Crusader.

Schumacher’s childhood love of Batman comics meant he was naturally within the provide to direct a film. Reasonably than approaching the fabric with an auteur’s lens like Burton had, Schumacher would put the tales of his youth on the massive display screen. He recounts: “Comedian books have been like storyboards, as you already know […] So to me it was form of, ‘Oh my God, I might get to make a Batman comedian. Are you kidding me? That is so cool!'” Too unhealthy Schumacher and Batman followers had several types of comics in thoughts.