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In the interim though, Warner Bros got busy.

But when Tim Burton came back to the project, he was no fan of the Robin character.

Daniel Waters subsequent script removed him, and the idea was then to save Robin forBatman 3.

Yet BurtonsBatmanmovies had a problem with their lead female roles.

In the case of Catwoman, Bening discovered she was pregnant, and thus had to relinquish the role.

But then Warner Bros got cold feet.

Cage, a lifelong comic book fan, would eventually take on the role ofGhost Riderinstead.

Back in 2007, he even got to the stage of casting for his project,Justice League.

This would, as you might assume, have been an assembling of DC superheroes in one movie.

And one of those heroes would have been Batman.

Warner Bros. would instead press ahead with Christopher Nolan on aBatmanreboot.

However, Miller had already cast Armie Hammer as his Batman.

Hes also distanced himself from taking on the role of Batman in any future movie project.

Specifically, Adam Brody was signed up to playthe Flash, and Megan Gale was set to beWonder Woman.

Those two pieces of casting went south when the project was put into turnaround.

We wrote in much more detail about this epic Justice League movie you never got to see right here.

John Malkovich The Vulture

Sam RaimisSpider-Man 4would have been a hugely expensive movie.

But the seeds to this one falling apart had been long sown.

Raimi clashed with Sony onSpider-Man 3, resulting in a film that neither party was particularly happy with.

And as the budget ballooned for what would have beenSpider-Man 4, Sony blinked.

But that he landed the role at all had an element of fate to it.

HadM:I 2been on time?

I never heard from Brett since then but I was all set to it.

Hopkins eventually got his comic book movie moment when Kenneth Branagh cast him inMarvelsThor.

The actor was not only set to star as Tony Stark in the movie, but also produce it.

Cruise, to date, hasnt taken a comic book character on.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Sgt.

But as well as Doctor Octopus, he was attached for a time to play Sgt.

Published by DC, Sgt.

Rock was a very American, very able soldier.

Rocks Austrian accent would have been explained.

Michael Biehn Spider-Man

Were back to James CameronsSpider-Manproject again here.

That, ultimately, is what the studio chose to do as well.

Tommy Lee Jones thus took over the role of Dent/Two-Face, and Williams got his check anyway.

Don Cheadle took on the role fromIron Man 2onwards…

Nicolas Cage The Scarecrow

Cage again!

This time, he was lined up for Joel Schumachers thirdBatmanfilm.

That reputation has not been shaken off.