2. Joel Schumacher - Batman & Robin
Joel Schumacher has apologized on camera for the much despised Batman & Robin (1997), a film considered by many to be one of the worst, if not the worst superhero film ever made, as well as the film that tainted the Batman film franchise until Christopher Nolan helped give it some new life and respectibility with Batman Begins (2005). In a recent interview Schumacher has said that with Batman & Robin he broke a rule of his,
"hich is never to do a sequel of anything...They wanted me to do sequels for St. Elmo's Fire, Flatliners, Lost Boys, and some of the other films I've done, and I always knew that if you get lucky, walk away."
Schumacher also said he's "envious" of Christopher Nolan for making The Dark Knight (2008), since that was the type of film he wanted to make after Batman Forever (1995), his first foray in to the Batman universe:
"I think I'm the most envious of Chris Nolan because he got to do The Dark Knight -- and that's the one I begged to do as my second Batman film," he said. "I wanted to do a whole other thing, because we had kind of re-invented franchise with Val as Batman and it was a very young, sexy, and much less expensive movie. We brought in Robin and I wanted to make The Dark Knight desperately, but the studio didn't want that and it's their money and they're my bosses."
Unfortunately, Schumacher did not get to do his ideal Batman film, which was supposedly going to be an adaptation of Frank Miller's landmark graphic novel, Batman: Year One. Still, we eventually did get a version of Batman Year One with Batman Begins. So, things did even themselves out.