Marc Bernardin

Mm-hmm.

I mean, so many people and, and so many behind the scenes, uh, uh, to, you know, uh, look, Robert Wolfe and Jesse Alexander and, uh, uh, Gabrielle Stanton and, um, Marc Bernardin and, uh, uh, Derek, so many people that we respect and who've worked on various iterations of the Star Trek shows.

Mm-hmm.

Um, uh, um, it was so great to have them there and also hear how much they loved the, the film and, you know, that they felt like it did justice.

And yes, I did watch them all yesterday.

After Schumacher died in 2020, media outlets started reporting the possible existence of an extended cut, with the first rumors being thrown in by American journalist Mark Bernardin, who claimed it to be darker and contain less camp than the theatrical cut.

Some of the differences include Bruce having a vision of a human-sized bat, less of an emphasis on dick grayson and a focus on bruce's psychological issues with chase the cut uses about 50 minutes of additional footage that warner brothers confirmed that alternative test screening cuts did exist after an interview with variety though they have no plans to release them because they're warner brothers unsure about what if any footage remains uh sorry to edit organizer later that year on august 7th kilmer's appearance at dc fan dome fueled fan speculation about the release of a so-called schumacher cut Batman Forever screenwriter Akiva Goldsman revealed in a YouTube interview in April 2021 that he'd recently seen the original cut of the film and he expects a rebirth coming up, suggesting all the footage needed to make the Schumacher cut still exists and the release of a director's cut might be possible.

in july 2023 following a private screening of a work print version by director kevin smith goldsman confirmed the original cut does exist even though one of others currently has no plans to release it he said he was hopeful for a possible distribution in the future though some of the aforementioned deleted scenes made a proportion of this footage in july 2024 goldsman reaffirmed the existence of the director's cut while also declaring that work to restore it has been put on hold following one of brother's recent internal turmoil which whichever one that happens to be that week In May 2025, an independent Los Angeles theater announced the screening of the work print of the Director's Cut would take place at the venue later that month.