Batman in film & Robin". The commercials also featured the Danny Elfman Batman theme from Tim Burton's two films. Actor Bruce Thomas portrayed Batman in these ads, while Michael Gough reprised his role of Alfred Pennyworth in one of the ads. "Baywatch" actress Brooke Burns played Vicki Vale in an ad as well. Actor Brian Stepanek played the Riddler in one ad and Curtis Armstrong played the Joker in another. Following a rejected "Batman" origin story reboot Joss Whedon pitched in December 2002, Warner Bros. hired Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer to script "Batman Begins". The duo aimed for a darker and
The Batman/Superman Hour 1984's "" and 1985's "". In 1969, the series was repackaged into 30-minute episodes without the Superman segments and renamed "Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder". Batman would next appear in "The New Adventures of Batman" in 1977. In 1985, Warner Home Video released five selected episodes of the series on VHS as part of the "Super Powers" video collection. These videos were re-released in 1996 and are out of print. In 1996, episodes were included in "The Superman/Batman Adventures" on the USA Network. They later aired on the Cartoon Network and Boomerang. The Superman portion of the program consisted