The Voice of Madness

Mark Hamill was not the first choice for the voice of the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series.  As it turns out the original choice was Tim Curry.  After recording a few lines the producers of the show felt that
Tim Curry's take on the character was a little too scary, so Mark Hamill was called in to take his place.  It's funny because I just can't imagine Tim Curry portraying a clown that is too scary for children...

How a Scrap of Newspaper Spawned the Modern Comic Book Movie

Gotham High's Cutest Couple 1989

Does the name Michael Uslan ring any bells for you?  If you are not a major film buff this name probably means nothing to you.  And yet this man is the reason comic book fans can finally see their childhood heroes on the big screen in serious, high quality films.  You see Uslan was the man who worked tirelessly for nearly a decade to bring the masses a serious depiction of Batman on the big screen.  The success of Batman paved the way for the serious, darker takes on comic book characters in movies, despite Joel Schumacher's best bat-nippled efforts.  More importantly, the film set the standard for telling engaging, character driven blockbusters.