20 Things You Didn't Know About Batman & Robin

17. It Helped Kill Tim Burton's Superman Lives

Nic Cage Superman Lives
Warner Bros.

Tim Burton's Superman Lives is one of the most famous movies that never got made, but after witnessing Batman & Robin get torn apart by both fans and critics, Warner Bros. started getting even colder feet over relaunching Superman with Nicolas Cage in the lead.

The studio had already spent a fortune on developing the project, cycling through countless writers and a huge amount of absolutely insane story and character ideas, and the financial risk involved turned out to be too much after Batman & Robin failed to even crack $250m at the box office.

Had it actually managed to get across the finish line, all signs pointed to Superman Lives being a total disaster, but what a fascinating disaster it would have been.

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