Talk about unusual circumstances in learning you’ll be taking over as Batman.

It’s been 26 years since Val Kilmer’s outing as Batman.

Riddle me this: what was it like behind the scenes of Batman Forever?

Can it be?

Now that's impressive.

How'd you like to see the extended Joel Schumacher Cut of Batman Forever? Including a giant dream bat?

And evidently it's super long and dark.

Rest in peace, sir.

I simply love what you’ve done with this place. Heavy Metal meets House and Garden. Beautiful. It’s so dark and gothic and disgustingly decadent, yet so bright and chipper and conservative. It’s so you, and yet so you! Very few people are both a summer and a winter, but you pull it off nicely. From 2005 to this present moment, Warner Bros. and their exactly two filmmakers who have been allowed to direct live-action Batman films have decided on a common tone for their big screen adaptations of the iconic comic book caped crusader. To paraphrase …

Check out over 40 official photos and artwork from the third entry in the Batman movie franchise -- and Val Kilmer's only time up at Bat. Check out Jim Carrey as Riddler, Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face, and more.

Look past the Batsuit with the nipples and the movie isn't that bad.

Collider's own Steve Weintraub recently sat down with prolific screenwriter, producer, and director Akiva Goldsman for a wide-ranging chat about his work from the past to the present and yes, even the future. One thing we here at Collider have been jonesing to talk about with Goldsman is his work on the seminal '90s Batman movies directed by Joel Schumacher, 1995's Batman Forever, starring Val Kilmer as Bruce Wayne, and 1997's Batman & Robin, starring George Clooney as Bruce and Chris O'Donnell as Robin. As a co-screenwriter on Batman Forever (alongside Lee and Janet …

From Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey as the bad guys to Chris O'Donnell as Robin, what's stayed gold about Batman Forever and what's got worse?

The director doesn't hold back.

The director doesn't hold back.