1997’s Batman & Robin saw George Clooney’s Batman and Chris O’Donnell’s Robin battling Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Mr. Freeze, Uma Thurman’s Poison Ivy and the monstrous Bane (played by Robert “Jeep” Swenson), with Alicia Silverstone’s Barbara Gordon later joining the mix as Batgirl. Along with its negative critical reception, Batman & Robin ended up being the lowest grossing Batman movie to date. As such, the proposed sequel, titled Batman Unchained, was cancelled, and the Batman film series was rebooted almost a decade later with Batman Begins.
