Batman Forever Keaton chose not to reprise his role, William Baldwin and Ethan Hawke were considered as a replacement before Kilmer joined the cast. The film was released on June 16, 1995, receiving mixed reviews, but was a financial success. "Batman Forever" grossed over $336 million worldwide and became the sixth-highest-grossing film worldwide of 1995. The film was followed by "Batman & Robin" in 1997, with Schumacher returning as the director and George Clooney replacing Kilmer as Batman. In Gotham City, the crime fighter Batman defuses a hostage situation caused by a criminal known as Two-Face, the alter ego of the former
Jack Kilmer Jack Kilmer Jack Kilmer (born June 6, 1995) is an American actor known for starring in the 2013 film "Palo Alto". Born to actor parents, American Val Kilmer and English Joanne Whalley, Kilmer grew up in Los Angeles and attended primary school at The Center for Early Education, where he first met would-be filmmaker Gia Coppola when he was in the first grade and she was in the sixth grade. They stayed in touch and, twelve years later, Coppola asked him to review her script for "Palo Alto", a film adaptation of James Franco's book of the same name which