While Keaton’s iconic iteration of Bruce Wayne would get one more blockbuster go-around in 2023’s The Flash (well, technically two more go-arounds if you count the shelved Batgirl movie ), his reprisal only renewed the discourse of what a full Burton-helmed Batman trilogy might have looked like.

Usually, a sequel to one of the biggest movies of all time would be carefully concocted in a Hollywood boardroom to maximize four-quadrant potential. John Jackson Miller wrote his continuation of Tim Burton’s mega-hit Batman over the last year in his memorabilia-filled office in central Wisconsin.