The comic book genre continues to be wildly popular, thanks to various cinematic universes currently in play. But long before co-CEO James Gunn created the DCU, there were the Batman movies. That franchise began with Tim Burton's pair of movies, before Joel Schumacher took over for two more titles (all of which are streaming with an HBO Max subscription). Chris O'Donnell starred as Dick Grayson/ Robin in the Schumacher sequels, and recently explained what went wrong with Batman & Robin. Although I have to admit I totally love that 1997 camp classic.
Fans who watched the DC movies in order will recall how the tone changed when late filmmaker Joel Schumacher took over for Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. O'Donnell played Batman's sidekick in both of those titles, and during an appearance on I've Never Said This Before with Tommy DiDario, he addressed what happened with the somewhat infamous latter movie. In his words:
