Unmask the story of bill finger in the hulu original documentary batman. Milton finger, known professionally as bill finger february 8, 1914 january 18, 1974, was an american comic strip and comic book writer best known as the creator, with bob kane, of the dc comics character batman, and the coarchitect of the series development, who mostly worked as his ghostwriter. The one thing thats missing is commentary from kanes side of the story. For the uninitiated, bill finger was responsible for batmans iconic design, his origin story, and cocreation on countless characters, including commissioner gordon, the joker, robin, batgirl and. As time passed, rumours swirled that the caped crusader had another father. One author makes it his crusade to make it known that bill finger, a struggling writer, actually helped invent the. Such is the case of bill finger, who cocreated the character of batman with illustrator bob kane in 1939 only to be expunged from the record when the caped crusader became probably the best known. For decades, dc comics has resisted crediting bill finger as one of the cocreators of batman in screen adaptations. The filmmakers tell the story with some mystery as marc tyler nobleman, an author who has researched this comic artist, investigates whether bill finger has any remaining family who could be heirs. His vision for the movie was a more comedic one, so he had a very different idea for the story and batman himself. Its partially about bill finger, the silent ghostwriter behind the creation of batman. For years, i and many others had been used to seeing artist bob kanes name on anything batmanrelated, assuming he was the full creator of one of comics most famous characters. Fans rally to ensure bill finger receives credit for helping to invent batman.
It is set to be the tenth movie in the dc extended universe dceu and a reboot of the movie franchise. As time passed, rumors swirled that the caped crusader had another father. Future batman outings could easily make reference to the events of the movie, and use it as canon, and bring in another new actor to play a more ageappropriate version of the character. Although generations of comic book fans grew up with the image of a little square box reading bob. Most of these movies go straight to video, but the best of them have had audiences wishing they could see them in theaters. The film is beautifully directed by don argott and produced by sheena joyce. Reitman wanted to cast none other than bill murray as the dark knight and eddie murphy as his sidekick, robin. The batman is coming in 2021, without ben affleck in the. It was a hit over in the states and did very well abroad. Bill finger helped invent batman, contributing his origin story, his costume and his varied nemeses. Everyone thinks that bob kane created batman, but thats not the whole truth.
The movie is directed by matt reeves, who wrote the screenplay with mattson tomlin, and will star robert pattinson as. The film stars jack nicholson as the joker and michael keaton as bruce wayne batman, alongside kim basinger, robert wuhl, pat hingle, billy dee williams, michael. The late kane is known the world over as the creator of batman, one of the. Creepy batman fan art explores the many faces of joker with pennywise actor bill skarsgard this isnt the only joker fan casting suggestion to garner lots of attention on the internet. Although finger did not receive contemporaneous credit for his hand in the development. Batman documentary trailer reveals bill fingers creative. A pulp character created by johnston mcculley in 1919, zorro is one of the earliest superheroes in pop culture and had a direct influence on batmans creators bill finger and bob kane. Producers jon peters and peter guber toyed with a batman film for years, initially inspired by the success of 1978s superman. Kane met writer bill finger at a party in 1938, and they soon were collaborating on comic book submissions. Tv14 documentaries movie 2017 for years, bob kane has been credited as batmans creator. The batman movie spoilers tease a return to the heros. Joyce, the film explores the creation of the batman, how bob kane was accepted as the sole creator, and how bill finger was never credited for his work despite creating many of the batman mythos. From the creation of the batman character to the most recent movie, youll find out things you never knew before.
The most mysterious man in gotham city wasnt in a mask and cape. If you are a batman fan i highly recommend it for the fun of watching adam west and burt ward having the time of their life playing the dynamic duo. A new trailer for hulus upcoming documentary batman and bill showcases the oftforgotten cocreator of batman, bill finger. Batman is a 1989 american superhero film directed by tim burton and produced by jon peters and peter guber, based on the dc comics character of the same name. The batman is an upcoming american superhero mystery movie based on the dc comics character of the same name. Mask of the phantasm, the first animated batman movie, turns 25 in 2018. Since his first appearance in detective comics in the 30s, batman and his evergrowing batfamily have been front and center for dc. As batmans popularity demanded additional output, kane kept up the pace by adding assistants and dropping nonbatman assignments. The movie was meant really at first to sell the batman t.
It is produced by dc films and released by warner bros. Matt reeves and crew started the batman production earlier this year and had to shut it. Everybody knows batman one of the most popular superheroes in comic book history, reimagined on tv and in movies time and time again. His founder was a mystery that is genuine, although bruce wayne may be batmans secret identity. Bill finger was an uncredited cocreator of batman and his rogues gallery with the more outgoing salesman bob kane. One of dcs most profitable and enduring characters, batman debuted in may 1939 in detective comics no. As depicted in the film, the two people behind the creation of the biggest superhero of all timebatmanended up on the opposite ends of fortune, one wealthy and a quasicelebrity, one dying alone and winding up in a paupers grave. Batman and bill is a new documentary exclusively distributed by hulu. The movie and other tales of the dark knight are taken from those sundry titles and are intended to get young to pick up current issues to see what. Batman must battle former district attorney harvey dent, who is now twoface and edward nygma, the riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, robin. This week, were going back to 1983, and the earliest script that would eventually become the 1989 blockbuster batman film. It was only after his death that fans rallied to ensure that the overlooked writer finally. Following an agreement between the writers estate and the company, finger. Directed, written and produced by don argott and sheena m.
The batman movie simple english wikipedia, the free. Welcome to the fourth installment of page one rewrite, where i examine comicstoscreen adaptations that just couldnt make it. Dc will finally credit bill finger as cocreator of batman. For years, bob kane has been credited as batmans creator. Batman, american comic book superhero created for dc comics by writer bill finger and artist bob kane. The troubles werent over for the batman, though, as a report was published a week later indicating that affleck could be on his way out as bruce wayne and the studio was looking for a way to. Animation has repeatedly returned to the caped crusader when pumping out animated movies. The hook here is the official comic book adaptation of batman begins, by writer scott beatty, penciller kilian plunkett, and inker serge lapointe, but the stories included in batman begins. The batman has a darker tone with alfred central to the story teases andy serkis kevin burwick may 9, 2020. James gunn in talks to direct the next suicide squad. The batman fan art turns pennywise actor bill skarsgard. Will joker joaquin phoenix be in the batman movie in 2021. Batman went through a long preproduction process, during which many directors were attached to the project at some point, including ghostbusters ivan reitman. The batman solo movie is coming in 2021, but ben affleck wont play the dc comics character.