Sad news rocked the film world and Hollywood, as veteran filmmaker and director Joel Schumacher passed away on Monday morning June 22nd. As reported by Variety, the helmer of films such as "The Lost Boys", "Falling Down", "The Client", "A Time To Kill", "8mm", "Phone Booth", and "The Number 23" passed on at the age of 80 after a year long-battle with cancer, and fans and peers in the movie industry have taken to social media to pay tribute to the fashion and stylish director.
Schumacher was also best known for directing the latter two Batman films after Tim Burton - "Batman Forever" and "Batman and Robin" respectively. The first one had Val Kilmer replacing Michael Keaton in the Batsuit, and also featured Chris O'Donnell as Dick Grayson/ Robin as the Dynamic Duo took on Tommy Lee Jones' Two-Face and Jim Carrey's Riddler, and it proved to be a more action paced film than its predecessors. The next film however in "Batman and Robin" almost derailed the Batman movie franchise thanks to its campy tones, and not even the star-studded cast that includes George Clooney's Batman and Arnold Schwarzenegger's Mr. Freeze could save it. Schumacher went on to apologize for that sequel's performance, and things wouldn't be revitalized until Christopher Nolan took on the franchise and gave us the critically acclaimed Batman films that make up The Dark Knight Trilogy.
No matter how you viewed his career, Schumacher did what he did passionately as a film maker and entertained audiences. R.I.P Joel Schumacher. :(
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