12 Shocking Batman Movie Plans That Almost Happened

5. The Batman Musical

Adam West had lots of plans that thankfully didn't come off for Batman, because some of them were rather unhinged at best.

In the wake of his TV show's cancellation, West worked the convention circuit hard but he never quite gave up on the idea of playing Batman on screen again. But then, when Burton's movie went into production, he realised his chances were slim, so he changed his approach, resulting in a pitch of quite beautiful weirdness:

"At another point I went to DC Comics and tried to sell them on the idea of a big Broadway play called A Night In Wayne Manor, which could've been a musical. But by then no one would touch Batman. The movie was in the works."

Yeah, that's not why they wouldn't touch your Batman musical, Mr West.