Three years after the monumental cardboard of Batman, with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson as the joker, Tim Burton is back for his sequel: Batman: The Challenge. A film in which the director ofEdward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Sleepy Hollow infuses it with all his art for strange creatures and gothic tales. Alongside Michael Keaton, also back in the Dark Knight, it is Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman, and the disturbing The Penguin (Danny Devito) who bursts the screen. Not enough, however, to ride on the success of its predecessor and its $400 million at the worldwide box office. What Warner will consider a semi-failure will mark the end of the filmmaker in the Batman universe. He will be replaced by Joel Schumacher.
#1 bruce wayne/batman – michael keaton
Michael Keaton has superhero roles in his skin. After the two Batman films by Tim Burton, now 73 years old, he donned the costume of the Dark Knight in The Flash last year, after playing The Falcon in Spider-Man : Homecoming in 2018. It is on display this year in Beetlejuice 2in the same role he played more than 30 years ago.
#2 Catwoman/Selina Kyle – Michelle Pfeiffer
Revealed in Grease 2 (1982) et Scarface (1983), Michelle Pfeiffer has made several successful films such as Happy New Year or Dark Shadows in the 2010s, before a long hiatus until 2017. More recently, we saw him in Crime on the Orient Express then the first version of the Wasp in Ant-Man and the Wasp et Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
#3 Le Pingouin/Oswald Cobblepot – Danny Devito
Actor, director, comedian and film producer, Danny DeVito is a monument of cinema. We owe him roles in major films like in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest et L.A Confidential, avant that he does not find Tim Burton in Mars Attack, Big Fish, and the live-action of Dumbo. At 80, we saw him appear in the film Jumanji: Next Level, sequel to the film released in 2017.
#4 Max Shreck – Christopher Walken
Journey to the end of hell (1978), Heaven’s Gate (1980), Dangerously yours (1985), Batman: The Challenge (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Stop me if you can, are all films in which Cristopher Wlaken has played. This year, he shone in the Dune 2 by Denis Villeneuve, in which he played Emperor Shaddam IV Corrino.
#5 Alfed Pennywise / Michael Gough – died 2011
Michael Gough played Bruce Wayne’s butler four times, including twice under the direction of Tim Burton. After their first collaboration in 1989, the American director used the service of Michael Gough in Sleeply Hollow – The Legend of the Headless Horseman, Then The Funeral Wedding and finally Alice in Wonderland.
#6 Gotham City Mayor – Michael Murphy
Except Batman: The ChallengeMichael Murphy has not acted in big films. We owe him an appearance in X-Men: The Last Stand or in Manhattan the Woody Allen.
Just like Michael Gough, Pat Hingle played his role as Commissioner Gordon four times, twice under Tim Burton, then for Joel Shumacher in Batman Forever (1995) et Batman and Robin (1997). Hingle was a close friend of Clint Eastwood, he made three films with him: Hang them high and short, The Showdown et The Return of Inspector Harry.
And to go further, find out what happened to the actors in the very first Batman directed by Tim Burton in 1989.
