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Jun 18, 2024 · By 1979, producers Michael Uslan and Benjamin Melniker had optioned the movie rights to make a new version of Batman, but much to their surprise, they couldn’t drum up interest with the studios.
6 days ago · By 1979, Benjamin Melniker along with his producing partner Uslan had managed to get acquired rights for Batman, but their vision would take ten years of persistence before they could make it happen. During the eighties, Uslan and Melniker faced countless rejections by various studios and filmmakers who were hesitant about doing a Batman movie.
2 days ago · Producers Benjamin Melniker and Michael E. Uslan purchased the film rights of Batman from DC Comics on October 3, 1979. It was Uslan's wish "to make the definitive, dark, serious version of Batman, the way Bob Kane and Bill Finger had envisioned him in 1939.
6 days ago · Around 1979, Uslan obtained the rights along with Benjamin Melniker. It would be another decade before his dream film would come to fruition. Various studios and filmmakers turned the movie down ...
6 days ago · Michael was a lifelong fan who taught the first accredited college course on comics, drove DC Comics’ Comicmobile, wrote award-winning comics stories, and, along with his partner Benjamin Melniker, acquired the film rights to Batman and Swamp Thing in 1979.
Jun 20, 2024 · A gang of masked criminals robs a bank run by Gotham’s mob. One by one, the criminals betray each other until only one remains, revealing himself to be the Joker (Heath Ledger), and he escapes with the cash.
6 days ago · Producers Michael Uslan and Benjamin Melniker purchased the film rights of Batman from DC Comics on October 3, 1979. It was Uslan's wish "to make the definitive, dark, serious version of Batman, the way Bob Kane and Bill Finger had envisioned him in 1939.
