🎞️: Warner Bros. teaser for Tim Burton’s 1989 film “Batman”, December 1988. This June marks the 34th anniversary of the release of Tim Burton’s “Batman”. After fans and critics alike were concerned about the casting choices of both Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne’s Batman and Jack Nicholson as Jack Napier aka The Joker, Warner Bros. decided in late 1988 to rush a trailer which played in theaters to give audiences a look at their dark and brooding big screen Batman and the Gotham City he protects.

71K views · 613 reactions | In a behind-the-scenes clip from the 1989 Batman set, Tim Burton and Michael Keaton comically debate the logistics of the Caped Crusader performing the mundane task of using a normal phone. They conclude it's funnier for Batman to maintain his intense persona, making the act of holding a phone "kind of weird" but a necessary part of a "normal" moment for Bruce Wayne. Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment | History In Pictures | Facebook