Val Kilmer that same year, he starred opposite Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in "Heat", which is now considered one of the best crime/drama films of the 1990s. In December 1993, "Batman Forever" director Joel Schumacher had seen "Tombstone" and was most impressed with Kilmer's performance as Doc Holliday. Schumacher felt him to be perfect for the role of Batman, though at the time, the role was still Michael Keaton's. In July 1994, Keaton decided not to return for a third Batman film after 1992's "Batman Returns", due to "creative differences". William Baldwin (who previously worked with Schumacher on "Flatliners") was
George Clooney filmography Empire Award and Satellite Award nominations. In 2001, he teamed up again with Soderbergh for the star-studded caper film "Ocean's Eleven", alongside Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and many others. The film was followed by two sequels starring Clooney, "Ocean's Twelve" in 2004 and "Ocean's Thirteen" in 2007. He has also appeared in "Solaris" (2002), "Welcome To Collinwood" (2002), "Intolerable Cruelty" (2003), "Syriana" (2005), for which he was rewarded with a Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, "The Good German" (2006), "Michael Clayton" (2007), "Burn After Reading" (2008), "Up in the Air" (2009), for the latter earning an Academy Award nomination.