BATMAN FOREVER: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - "It's not my fault!"

Hello - and thank you for joining me to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the smash hit superhero movie Batman Forever - which exploded into movie theatres in 1995!
My goal with this fanedit was to present a cut of Forever that aligns more with director Joel Schumacher’s intended vision. By reinserting deleted scenes and alternate takes - as well as drastically restructuring the film to more accurately follow the shooting script by Akiva Goldsman - I believe that Forever can shine as a thoughtful, serious and darkly fascinating character study of the Caped Crusader - while still retaining the larger-than-life, ‘comic-book’ fun and twisted Saturday morning cartoon vibe throughout, of course!
This fanedit uses the earlier 2010 Blu-ray transfer as - despite the bump in fidelity - the newer 2019 transfer that came bundled with the 4K release features some strange colour timing/grading changes that I really dislike. The deleted scenes/workprint footage were sourced from the same release, while alternate/additional takes were primarily sourced from trailers & bonus material/featurettes. The score uses excerpts from Elliot Goldenthal’s work on Alien³, Interview with the Vampire & Demolition Man, alongside the rare recording sessions for both Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. As well as Goldenthal’s score, an iconic theme from Danny Elfman’s work on Batman (1989) also makes an appearance.
For a more detailed breakdown of what’s new and different in this edit, please check out the changelog!
Batman Forever: 30th Anniversary Edition was cut, edited and assembled in Adobe Premiere Pro, before being colour graded & visually overhauled with Dehancer in DaVinci Resolve Studio to give the edit a more cinematic aesthetic and feel. Topaz Video AI has been used to upscale the workprint/deleted scenes and additional footage, while Eleven Labs voice AI cloning was used - over real human voice acting - to fill in for missing dialogue takes from the script, deleted scenes and pre-ADR’d lines.
I am not the first to put together a Batman Forever fanedit - and I certainly won’t be the last. So with that said, I must pay respect to the works that came before mine:
• Batman Forever: Red Book Edition by Scaperat
• Batman Forever: The Virtual Workprint by Josh Jensen (& rework by Bobson Dugnutt)
• Batman Forever: Restored by Lucas Valcanti (luc4valcanti)
I would like to thank the following:
Lucas (luc4valcanti) for sourcing the recording sessions for Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, as well as giving me feedback as a fellow Batman Forever faneditor. Without his contributions, this fanedit would simply not be possible.
Onyx (Onyx_Tw), Mindd Kidzag (MinddKidzag), Neil Rickatson of 1995batman.com (NeilRickatson), Damn Fool Idealistic Crusader (DamnFoolCrusade) and Matthew Ballard (moviemattb) for their tireless research, documentation and contributions to the fanedit. Thank you for preserving the legacy of Batman Forever.
RTSchumacherCut (CutSchumacher), Christos (ChrisArfanis), Epic Film Guys (EpicFilmGuys), Kevin Smith (ThatKevinSmith), Joe Black of Blue Means Pregnant Films, SCM (SchumacherCutMN), McFarlane Toys (mcfarlanetoys) and everyone who has contributed to #ReleaseTheSchumacherCut for keeping hope alive.
Akiva Goldsman (AkivaGoldsman) and Michael Uslan (MichaelUslan) for making Batman Forever possible.
Val Kilmer (valkilmer, KampKilmer) for the incredible work he put into the dual role of Bruce Wayne and Batman. With this edit, I hope that fans will see the depth and richness of your performance.
Joel Schumacher… forever.
Until the fabled ‘Schumacher Cut’ is in our hands, I hope that this fanedit will bring joy to Batman fans around the world. #ReleaseTheSchumacherCut!
Courage now… truth always… BATMAN FOREVER!
Yours,
Jordan (jordanjabroni)

[@Adamdow95]

The sound of the Giant Bat is both terrifying and awesome.

[@jordanjabroni]

@@Adamdow95 Thanks! I got lucky by searching for animal sounds on here, I think it fits really well. The bat is supposed to be screaming in the flashbacks as detailed in the script.

[@Adamdow95]

@@jordanjabroni Well done. And the voiceover for the red book?

[@jordanjabroni]

@@Adamdow95 All of the 'AI' voice dubs in my edit are voice acted by myself, then run through voice clone profiles using ElevenLabs. For Thomas Wayne, I chose an actor who has played the role before - and *almost* played him in other projects too. Listen closely...

[@Adamdow95]

@@jordanjabroni That's you, bravo. No offence, but I think with the sad music strings makes the scene look better without the narration. But still a good voice tho.

[@jordanjabroni]

@@Adamdow95 The scene was always meant to have voice over. In both the script and the version screened at Kevin Smith's theatre, it's Bruce narrating it. I chose to keep the same intention - but have Thomas's own voice instead.

[@jpdesertrunner]

3:49 Such a great shot. I will never be able to comprehend why WB made them remove that sequence from the Theatrical release.

[@Ultriac301]

McDonalds who had the last word after supervising the script. They didn't want another Batman Returns scandal and parental backlash on their hands.🙄😒

[@AwesomeSauceRadio]

Please release this entire movie this way? It time we got the shoemaker cut Winston for all this stuff is awesome sauce.

[@jordanjabroni]

@@AwesomeSauceRadio My fanedit will be available June 2025.

[@PrinceLuis100]

We could have had Man-Bat in the 90's 😭

[@agostonkalmar5417]

Really it's him.

[@VenusHeadTrap2]

I wish we could see the scene where he says “Nap time, gorgeous.” And injects Chase

[@jordanjabroni]

Sadly this has never been released, only glimpsed in trading cards and the comic book adaption.

[@Ultriac301]

​@@jordanjabroniStickers as well.

[@user-bd3lf1oe2q]

@@jordanjabroni And book adaptation

[@ЮрійЯкубовський-й3к]

#ReleaseTheSchumacherCut In 2025!!!

[@mr.throwback4875]

Release more clips this is gold😮

[@jalenjohnson1662]

Who made the poster at the end?

[@jordanjabroni]

The artwork is by Zachary Jackson Brown. His Instagram can be found here and I definitely recommend checking it out: instagram.com/zacharyjacksonbrownart

[@patrickbateman5403]

Is it just me or does his father sound like Adam West?

[@jordanjabroni]

@@patrickbateman5403 😉😉😉

[@user-bd3lf1oe2q]

it do3s

[@TruDis01]

Lose the voiceover

[@jordanjabroni]

@@TruDis01 The voice over needs to be there for the audience to get what's written in the journal. The movie is building towards Bruce remembering the first half - 'Bruce wants to see a movie tonight' - for him to later discover that Thomas and Martha wanted to go out to see Zorro, whereas Bruce wanted to watch a cartoon at home. The workprint shown by Kevin Smith has Val Kilmer doing the voice over, but I felt it worked better having Thomas' voice seeing as, in this footage at least, Val isn't physically speaking the lines.

[@user-bd3lf1oe2q]

Pl3as3 WB r3l3as3 this on Blu Rat, DVD and 4K. W3 fans want to buy it! You mad3 us fand happy with Snyd3r's Justic3 L3agu3, Batman vs Sup3rman Ultimat3 3dition ala 3 hour cut as w3ll as Richard donn3r's Sup3rman 2 on Blu Ray

[@ardenaudreyarji]

They already released Superman II Donner Cut in 4K

[@user-bd3lf1oe2q]

@@ardenaudreyarji I know but I own it on Blu Ray