20 Failed Movie Plans That'll Ruin Your Day

Here's a sequel idea that, quite frankly, wrote itself. Bringing back Batman Returns' scene-stealer Michelle Pfeiffer as the dangerous Catwoman was a no-brainer from the off. 

Written to be set after the events of Batman Returns, Tim Burton's return to Gotham placed Batman in the rearview to make way for Selina Kyle, who, suffering from a mysterious case of amnesia, must do battle with corrupt superheroes and figure out where she stands in the world. Seems an obvious delight, right?

Apparently not. After Warner Bros decided to move on with its Batman franchise without Burton, the director moved onto other projects, following up his Caped Crusader sequel with the biopic Ed Wood and ensemble sci-fi comedy Mars Attacks. Batman, meanwhile, went to Joel Schumacher for the infamously divisive Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. 

Catwoman wouldn't get the Tim Burton treatment then, and Pfeiffer, tragically, would never play the role again. When a Catwoman movie was finally commissioned in 2004, Halle Berry took the role... and the film entered cinema legend for being very, very bad.