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Batman Unchained: What We Know About Joel Schumacher's Canceled Sequel
After Joel Schumacher's "Batman Forever" was released in theaters in 1995, it quickly became one of the highest-grossing ...
Batman Forever: It’s Time to Release the Schumacher Cut
A missing chapter of the Dark Knight’s cinematic history needs to be restored, and Joel Schumacher's Batman legacy brightened ...
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Batman & Robin's Forgotten Video Game Adaptation Is Even Worse Than The Movie
If there's one thing you can say about Batman & Robin, it's that Joel Schumacher's infamous superhero film isn't as bad as ...
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Joel Schumacher, director of Batman films, dies at 80
Joel Schumacher, costume designer-turned-director of films including “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “The Lost Boys” and “Falling Down,” as well as “Batman” films, died in New York City on ...
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Joel Schumacher, director of ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ and ‘Falling Down,’ dies at 80
Joel Schumacher, a journeyman director who shepherded a new generation of young stars to the big screen in “St. Elmo’s Fire” and steered the Batman franchise into its most baroque territory ...
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Joel Schumacher and ‘Batman & Robin’: The Bat-Nipples Were Actually Genius, You Fools!
Today it was reported that director Joel Schumacher has sadly passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. The 80-year-old filmmaker was the man responsible for such cinematic classics as St ...
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Joel Schumacher Was A Tireless Worker, As Well As A Tireless Pursuer of Pleasure
Joel Schumacher died today at age 80, of cancer. In the motion picture biz, he was lots of things: a writer, a costume designer, and a director. His movies as director — which ranged from 1990s ...
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Don’t Forget That Joel Schumacher Briefly Saved Batman
Schumacher’s flash and style may well have rescued the franchise. (And then, two years later, nearly sank it.) By Jason Bailey When news broke on Monday of the director Joel Schumacher’s death ...
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Jeremy Garelick on Joel Schumacher: “His Movies Were All His Home Videos”
Joel Schumacher— the prolific director behind St. Elmo's Fire, Flatliners and two Batman films— passed away in New York City after a battle with cancer. He was 80.
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Joel Schumacher, Director With a Flair for the Distinctive, Dies at 80
Joel Schumacher, the writer-director who came from a world of window dressing and costume design to bring a singular style to films including St. Elmo’s Fire, Flatliners and a pair of Batman ...
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Joel Schumacher’s ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ Co-Writer Carl Kurlander On A Mentor’s Generosity & Influence
Most who worked with director Joel Schumacher walked away feeling like they’d made a friend. He was generous in spirit, open and honest about his own success and flaws and disappointments.
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Joel Schumacher, Director of ‘St. Elmo’s Fire,’ Is Dead at 80
By Dave Itzkoff Joel Schumacher, the director whose visually inventive and sometimes subversive movies — including the coming-of-age drama “St. Elmo’s Fire,” the vampire action-comedy ...