Batman (1989)

Batman is an American feature film of the superhero fantasy genre. It is the first major live-action attempt to bring the character of Batman to the big screen. The movie is based on a character and series of comic book titles published by DC Comics, which introduced the titular masked her of Batman in 1939 in the pages of Detective Comics #27. The character and background of the Batman mythos was created by writer Bill Finger and graphic artist Bob Kane. The film adaptation of Batman was directed by Tim Burton with a screenplay written by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren. It was produced by Warner Bros. and premiered in the United States on June 23rd, 1989. Batman was followed by three sequels before the franchise was rebooted as "The Dark Knight Trilogy", beginning with Batman Returns in 1992.

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