Before and especially after the movie starring Halle Berry , it seem to be a rule that you do n’t haveCatwomanin a live - activity movie without Batman getting top charge . But that was n’t always the case — back in 2018 , we instruct the thief very nearly gother own spinoff filmwhere she would ’ve been played by Michelle Pfeiffer after the release of Batman Returns in 1992 .
During a late Q&A , Returns writer Daniel Waters shed some light on his plans for the scrapped picture show . The most interesting flake about it was that he and director Tim Burton had very different ideas on where to take things . Burton ’s vision as similar to “ an $ 18 million black - and - lily-white movie … of Selina just down fundamental support in a small town . ” That version , he continued , was inspired by the 1942 horror film Cat People , which told the narration of a manner illustrator who believed she descended from an ancient tribe of Cat People who shapeshift into Black Panthers when aroused .
Conversely , Waters called it his own take “ The Boys before The Boys , ” a more conventional apparatus wherein Selina goes to an LA version of Gotham City and finds it run by a trio of unidentified “ asshole superheroes . I wanted to make a Batman movie where the metaphor motion-picture show was about Batman . ” It sounds not altogether different to Catwoman conscientious objector - writerJohn August ’s ideafor a Catwoman flick , only that lead purpose would ’ve been played by Scooby - Doo graduate Sarah Michelle Gellar . Either way , Burton seemed to really not groove with Waters ’ version , because the writer say Burton was “ exhausted ” by what he translate .
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Have things vary enough to where we can get a Catwoman - led film or show ? It ’s hard to say , leave WB ’s mean steering for DC movies and show over the next several years . Maybe Zoe Kravitz will get a stab at it , since The Batman movies are lock to their own universe and concerned with the seedy underbody of Gotham . But DC ’s been working firmly over the last decade to give Selinaher own slice of Gothamwhere she can have adventure sans Bruce , and she is one of the publishing firm ’s most well - known distaff characters . Might as well give it another shot , right ?
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