writer Tom Mankiewicz (qv) and told the  story of Batmans and Robins origins. The villains were The Joker  and The Penguin, and Rupert Thorne and Barbara Gordon were also to  appear. At the end Robin was to appear in costume (much like  _Batman Forever (1995)_ (qv)). It was going to be released in 1985  with a budget of $20 million, but with producers  Michael E. Uslan (qv) and Benjamin Melniker (qv) booted off the  production, the project was shelved until Jon Peters (I) (qv) and  Peter Guber (qv) picked it up. In 1985, after the surprise success  of _Pee