Question: Batman Begins premiered in what year?
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The character of Batman has appeared in various media aside from comic books.
The character has been developed as a vehicle for newspaper syndicated comic strips, books, radio dramas, television, a stage show, and several theatrical feature films.
The first adaptation of Batman was as a daily newspaper comic strip which premiered on October 25, 1943.
That same year the character was adapted in the 15-part serial "Batman", with Lewis Wilson becoming the first actor to portray Batman on screen.
While Batman never had a radio series of his own, the character made occasional guest appearance in "The Adventures of Superman" starting in 1945 on occasions when Superman voice actor Bud Collyer needed time off.
A second movie serial, "Batman and Robin", followed in 1949, with Robert Lowery taking over the role of Batman.
The exposure provided by these adaptations during the 1940s "helped make a household name for millions who never bought a comic book.
"In the 1964 publication of Donald Barthelme's collection of short stories "Come Back, Dr. Caligari", Barthelme wrote "The Joker's Greatest Triumph."
Batman is portrayed for purposes of spoof as a pretentious French-speaking rich man.
The "Batman" television series, starring Adam West, premiered in January 1966 on the ABC television network.
Inflected with a camp sense of humor, the show became a pop culture phenomenon.
In his memoir, "Back to the Batcave", West notes his dislike for the term 'camp' as it was applied to the 1960s series, opining that the show was instead a farce or lampoon, and a deliberate one, at that.
The series ran for 120 episodes, ending in 1968.
In between the first and second season of the "Batman" television series the cast and crew made the theatrical release "Batman" (1966).
The Kinks performed the theme song from the Batman series on their 1967 album Live at Kelvin Hall.
The popularity of the "Batman" TV series also resulted in the first animated adaptation of Batman in the series "The Batman/Superman Hour"; the Batman segments of the series were repackaged as "The Adventures of Batman" and "Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder" which produced thirty-three episodes between 1968 and 1977.
From 1973 until 1986, Batman had a starring role in ABC's "Super Friends" series, which was animated by Hanna-Barbera.
Olan Soule was the voice of Batman in all these series, but was eventually replaced during "Super Friends" by Adam West, who also voiced the character in Filmation's 1977 series "The New Adventures of Batman".
In 1989, Batman returned to movie theaters in director Tim Burton's "Batman", starring Michael Keaton as the title character.
The film was a huge success; not only was it the top-grossing film of the year, but at the time was the fifth highest-grossing film in history.
The film spawned three sequels: "Batman Returns" (1992); "Batman Forever" (1995), and "Batman & Robin" (1997), the latter two of which were directed by Joel Schumacher instead of Burton, and replaced Keaton as Batman with Val Kilmer and George Clooney, respectively.
The second Schumacher film, while a box office success, failed to outgross any of its predecessors and was critically panned, causing Warner Bros. to cancel the planned "Batman Triumphant", and place the film series on hiatus.
In 1992, Batman returned to television in ', which was produced by Warner Bros.
Animation and broadcast on the Fox television network.
Les Daniels described the series as " as close as any artistic statement has to defining the look of Batman for the 1990s" in his reference book, "Batman: The Complete History".
The series' success led to the theatrical spin-off film ' (1993), as well as various other TV series set in the same continuity, including ', "The New Batman Adventures", "Justice League", and "Justice League Unlimited".
As with "Batman: The Animated Series", each of these productions featured Kevin Conroy as the voice of Batman.
The futuristic series "Batman Beyond" was also set in this same animated continuity and featured a newer, younger Batman voiced by Will Friedle.
In 2004, a new animated series titled "The Batman" made its debut with Rino Romano as the title character.
In 2008, this show was replaced by another animated series, ', with Diedrich Bader as Batman.
In 2013, a new CGI-animated series titled "Beware the Batman" made its debut.
In 2005, "Batman Begins" was released to theaters as a reboot of the film series; directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale as Batman.
Its sequel, "The Dark Knight" (2008), set the record for the highest grossing opening weekend of all time in the U.S., earning approximately $158 million, and became the fastest film to reach the $400 million mark in the history of American cinema (eighteenth day of release).
These record breaking attendances saw "The Dark Knight" end its run as the second-highest domestic grossing film (at the time) with $533 million, bested then only by "Titanic".
It was eventually followed by another sequel, "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), which served as a conclusion to Nolan's film series.
On August 22, 2013, it was announced by Warner Bros. Pictures that Ben Affleck will be taking the mantle of Batman in the "Man of Steel" sequel.
Batman has also starred in multiple video games, most of which were adaptations of the various cinematic or animated incarnations of the character.
Among the most successful of these was ' (2009), which was released by Rocksteady Studios to critical acclaim; review aggregator Metacritic reports it as having received 92% positive reviews.
It was followed by the sequel ' (2011), which also received widespread acclaim and holds a Metacritic ranking of 94%.
As with most animated Batman media, Kevin Conroy has provided the voice of the character in these games.
More recently, a prequel game titled "" (2013) has been released by Warner Bros. Games Montreal.