Many Bat-fans could already know of the existence of “Batman Unchained,” however for many who have not heard of the challenge, it promised to be fairly wild. 

“Batman Unchained” was to function the return of George Clooney and Chris O’Donnell as Batman and Robin, and was to function the Scarecrow and, solely just lately launched in “Batman: The Animated Collection” character Harley Quinn, then solely the Joker’s moll. Schumacher evidently went to the set of John Woo’s “Face/Off” to personally ask Nicolas Cage to play the Scarecrow, and the villain’s signature nightmare fuel was to, in a single scene, resurrect the Joker in dream kind. Schumacher meant to ask Jack Nicholson from the 1989 movie to reprise the function, and the bigger plan was to incorporate the returns of the Penguin, Catwoman, the Riddler, and Two-Face from all of the earlier films. 

Screenwriter Mark Protosevich (“The Cell,” the “Oldboy” remake) wrote a 150-page screenplay for “Batman Unchained.” Rumors had been that the movie was to be referred to as “Batman Triumphant,” however that was mere fan hypothesis that unfold with out Protosevich’s enter. In his script, Batman was to go on a extra private journey, going through numerous his personal private fears. In his imaginative and prescient of issues, Harley Quinn was not a fallen psychiatrist, however a toymaker who goes mad when she learns the Joker is her long-lost father. She was to be performed by Courtney Love. Harley and the Scarecrow meant to drive Batman to insanity and get him dedicated to Arkham Asylum.

Robin would enter the fray to pull Batman again from the brink. The ultimate shot of the movie would have seen Batman standing in a Balinese cave, surrounded by bats, lastly freed from his fears.