Rebooting the Batman is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, from picking up after the disaster of Batman & Robin, to the multiple failed projects of Batman Unchained (Joel Schumacher), Batman Beyond (Boaz Yakin) Batman: Year One (Darren Aronofsky), and the original Batman vs. Superman (Wolfgang Petersen).

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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:35 - Holy Live Action Batman!
01:49 - Reimagining Batman with Frank Miller & Tim Burton
02:50 - The Fallout of Batman Returns
03:31 - Joel Schumacher’s Tenure at Bat
05:05 - Villains Up Next: Scarecrow & Harley Quinn
06:19 - Batman Unchained: Most Expensive Film Never Made
07:15 - Batman & Robin Kills the Franchise
09:12 - Batman Forever? The Dark Knight’s Unknown Future
09:58 - Batman Goes to Television
10:42 - Boaz Yakin Takes Batman Beyond
11:48 - The Poorly Titled Batman: DarKnight
12:48 - Making Bruce Wayne the Main Character
13:22 - Darren Aronofsky’s Batman: Year One
15:00 - A Nihilistic Unproducable Batman
16:13 - Alan Horn Revives Batman… and Superman
17:26 - Dumbing Down Batman vs Superman
18:43 - BvS Died So Catwoman Can Fail?
19:52 - Christopher Nolan Pitches Richard Donner’s Batman
21:17 - David Goyer Helps Flesh Out Batman’s Origin
23:15 - Christian Bale: Fatman
24:40 - Easy to Produce, Difficult to Market
26:15 - Batman Begins Releases June 15, 2005

Sources:
Batman On Film: https://bit.ly/3NWMQBd
Box Office Mojo: https://bit.ly/38AWkBS
Crave Online: https://bit.ly/3xbWwBC
Empire: https://bit.ly/3r9w33Z
https://bit.ly/38tsHSR
Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/38AaKCi
https://bit.ly/3rarNkB
https://bit.ly/3rbvsPb
https://bit.ly/3JhJuF5
IndieWire: https://bit.ly/3DMWJN7
LA Times: https://bit.ly/3r8YMWL
MTV: https://bit.ly/3ji5bKE
https://bit.ly/3v4XtsQ
https://on.mtv.com/35UOlyE
Rotten Tomatoes: https://bit.ly/3jfFpHe
Superman Vs Hollywood: https://bit.ly/3v0ebtl
Tales From Development Hell: https://bit.ly/3v5GV4d
Variety: https://bit.ly/3DXSAWM
https://bit.ly/3v19waP
https://bit.ly/3uhs47f
https://bit.ly/3Kmy7NI
https://bit.ly/3r8VB1b
https://bit.ly/3jdLtQb
https://bit.ly/38nw11N
Vice: https://bit.ly/3DSsUdP

Featured Footage:
American Psycho (2000)
The Aviator (2004)
Batman (1943)
Batman (1966-1968)
Batman: The Movie (1966)
Batman (1989)
Batman Returns (1992)*
Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Batman Forever (1995)
Batman & Robin (1997)*
Batman Beyond (1999-2001)
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
Batman Begins (2005)*
Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008-2011)
Batman: Year One (2011)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Batman: Hush (2019)
The Batman (2022)
Casino Royale (2006)
Catwoman (2004)
The Dark Knight (2008)*
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Face/Off (1997)
Harley Quinn (2019- )
Insomnia (2002)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Iron Man (2008)
Joker (2019)
The LEGO Movie (2014)
The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
The Machinist (2004)
Masterpiece: Frank Miller's the Dark Knight Returns (2013)
Pi (1998)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Se7en (1995)
Superman Returns (2006)
Troy (2004)*
*and special features

College Humor
Graham Norton Show
Hey U Guys
IGN

Music:
Danny Elfman - Batman OST
Elliot Goldenthal - Batman Forever/Batman & Robin OST
Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard - Batman Begins/The Dark Knight OST
Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight Rises OST
Hans Zimmer & Junkie XL - Batman v Superman OST
Kristopher Carter - Batman Beyond OST
Neal Hefti - Batman Theme
Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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