Joel Schumacher

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Joel Schumacher
Birth Name:	Joel T. Schumacher
Birth Date:	August 29, 1939
Birth Place:	New York, New York, U.S.
Death Date:	N/A
Batman media directed:	Batman Forever Batman & Robin

Joel T. Schumacher (b. 29/08/1939) directed Batman Forever and its sequel Batman & Robin after Tim Burton was forced to step down from the position of director.

[edit] Batman Forever

After Batman Returns was deemed to dark and scary for kids, although a Box-Office success, Tim Burton was kicked off as director of the third Batman movie and replaced with Joel Schumacher (Sam Raimi director of the Spider-man films was also considered to do the 3rd Batman film). Once Batman Forever started production, Michael Keaton dropped out of the role of Batman, claiming that he didn't like the script which Scumacher had commisioned for the the film. When recasting Batman, Schumacher chose Val Kilmer after he saw "Tombstone", a movie of his.

Batman Forever was also a Box-Office success, gaining 50 million during the opening weekend. Batman Forever was the first film to gian this amount of money during the opening weekend, though it was beaten two years later by Jurassic Park 2 which managed to make 70 million on its opening day. Although Batman Forever was a success, it got mixed reviews from both critics and fans, with most expressing a disliking of the many campy and over-the-top elements of the film and Tommy-Lee Coopers depiction of Two-Face, which had very little to do with his comic couterpart.

[edit] Batman and Robin

Shumacher was immediately chosen to direct the sequel after Batman Forever's financial success. George Clooney replaced Val Kilmer because Val Kilmer was apparently hard to work with during Batman Forever and did not want to work on Batman & Robin. Batman and Robin was a Box-office disaster and was met with bad reviews. Batman and Robin is considered to most the worst Batman film to date and Schumacher himself later apologized for the film in the 2 Disc Batman and Robin DVD for Batman and Robin, arguing that his only intention with the film was to entertain

[edit] Personal Life

Joel Schumacher said he is openly gay.