How The Batman Film Franchise Almost Went “Beyond”

In 1999 Warner Brothers was devising a plan for the next Batman film. Ever since the critical and finical failure of 1997’s Batman and Robin, Warner’s had to lay low from the franchise for a while. But now enough time had a passed and they were ready to once again bring The Caped Crusader to the big screen. Several ideas were being thrown around but perhaps the most interesting involved a live action Batman Beyond adaptation.