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Burton then went on to do preliminary work on the third installment in the franchise. Val Kilmer was cast as the title character (after Michael Keaton turned down the offer to reprise his previous role after Burton's departure from the project), Chris O'Donnell was cast as Robin, Jim Carrey was cast as the Riddler (after Robin Williams turned down the part), Tommy Lee Jones was cast as Two-Face, and Nicole Kidman was cast as love interest Dr. Chase Meridian. Warner Brothers ultimately threw out Burton after they realized the tone of the film was to be similar to Batman Returns. Burton left the Batman franchise (but returned as a producer for the Joel Schumacher–directed Batman Forever (1995), a movie which he said had a title "like a tattoo you get when you're on drugs").
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Burton's ability to produce hits with low budgets impressed studio executives and he received his first big budget film Batman (1989). The production of the film, the biggest of all time in 1989, went on with difficulties. Burton's choice of casting Michael Keaton as the caped crusader was not well received by fans. However, by the time film production wrapped, a batmania frenzy took over (thanks to the biggest marketing campaign in movie history at this date), and Batman became a huge success, grossing $250 million and ultimately bringing a darker feel to superhero movies in general.
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Tim was a very contemplative boy and very quiet, yet he did have a passion for movies. When he was a teenager he would go to the strange triple showings at his local Cinema with movies called "Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde" and "Destroy all Monsters". Tim Burton adored monster movies and was never afraid of them.
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In 2001, Burton took to the director's chair in an attempt at reviving another dormant franchise, The Planet of the Apes. Promising a "re-imagination" of the ape planet concept rather than a straight remake, Burton's version of the film stars Mark Wahlberg stepping into Charlton Heston's shoes as the astronaut stranded in unfamiliar simian territory. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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In a way, Burton's drawings tell his story. By his own account, he was an odd and solitary kid growing up in Burbank, California, with little use for school or parents. He lived with his grandmother as a teenager, and spent his days drawing and dreaming and watching old monster movies. He even lived near a cemetery.
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Burton is apparently from a vaguely WASP-ish, non-churchgoing Protestant family background. Available biographies of the director provide no indication of any specific denominational affiliation. He grew up in Burbank, California at a time when it was an important suburban center for film production as well as aeronautics manufacturing. Burton's predominant childhood influences seem to have been television, movies, kitsch, suburbia and pop culture.
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