Almost 30 years ago, Batman Forever changed the trajectory of the Batman movie franchise and became the biggest movie of 1995. It brought camp energy, became exponentially toyetic, and even expanded the DC film verse at the time with a quick mention of Metropolis. It also had a darker edit to the film that has yet to be officially released.

Batman Forever writer and Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman wants that edit of the film to have an official release, similar to that of Zack Snyder's Justice League and Richard Donner's Superman 2. "I saw [the "Schumacher Cut"] recently, and it's funny because there's been a swell on the Internet for it, and I stay out of it, mostly," he said on The Playlist's Bingworthy podcast. "Although, it's got about 35% more psychological realism in it. You know, it's really more about guilt and shame."

Aptly nicknamed the Schumacher Cut, this Batman Forever film had an edgier take with more comic book-type moments, including the now infamous scene between Val Kilmer's Bruce Wayne having a somber moment between himself and a giant humanoid bat.