Thirty years ago this weekend, “Batman-Returns-1992-movie-posters/”>Batman Returns” swooped into theaters, and franchise filmmaking was never the same.
On the movie’s 25th anniversary in 2017, director Tim Burton recalled how the word “franchise” in relation to films was not as much in the cultural lexicon when he mounted his summer ’89 blockbuster, “Batman.” It was only on “Batman Returns” that he began receiving notes from a legitimate fast food franchise, McDonald’s, who wanted to sell Happy Meals to concerned parents and were not enamored with how aggressively consumer-unfriendly “Batman Returns” was.This is a superhero sequel where a circus freak…The post Batman Returns at 30: Tim Burton Ushered In The Franchise Era By Letting His Freak Flag Fly appeared first on /Film.
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