But for the studio to make sure they could still call on the fans of Burton's Batman movies, they entrusted incoming director Joel Schumacher with an agenda to make his Batman different but to keep the parts that worked. To reboot at that stage would have been illogical, so Batman Forever was presented as a sort of soft sequel, continuing on the same timeline, but avoiding mentioning the past overtly at all cost, unless entirely necessary. Related: Batman Forever Unreleased Extended Director’s Cut DOES Exist The sequel perhaps less so, but it was still a lucrative movie, and to reject both entirely would be to risk alienating an entire audience. because both Batman and Batman Returns made money and fans. On the back of Batman Returns' release, Warner Bros were forced into a change of direction - in both senses - as pressure from merchandising partners and anxiety over maximizing earning potential led to the rejection of Tim Burton's gleefully grotesque image of Gotham.
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