Project Batman 4

Project Batman 4: Return of the Joker is the fourth movie in the Project Batman series. It released on September 26th, 2017 and was panned by critics and viewers alike, leaving it to be considered the worst movie of all time, mostly due to Universal Studios' involvment in the movie.
== Plot ==
Batman questions his sanity as he discovers his heritage. During this, The Joker returns with a new villain named "Bust".
=== Theatrical Release ===
=== Good Ending ===
=== Bad Ending ===
=== True (Canon) Ending ===
== Production ==
Project Batman 4 initially started out as being the final movie in the Project Batman series as Overforce was planning to move onto Project Superman and other franchises. It would have started out as a flash forward to the present day Batman all beaten and almost defeated then cut back to the past to see a depressed Batman overcoming the loss of Tim Drake. This idea was scrapped and it was then decided for the movie to follow the events of the Project Batman Book. Overforce lacked budget as a result of this sudden scrapping of the movie to restart it so the movie went to partner with Universal Studios. The movie then started out having Bust be the new side villain working under the Joker but the plot became too complicated and contrived for it to make any sense. The movie was rushed to meet deadlines and the overuse of twists was blamed on Universal.
== Reception ==
Project Batman 4 was met with unanimous criticism due to it having a massive lack of plot progression, cohesion, and editing. The story was all over the place and meaningless plot twists were added on top of eachother leading the movie itself to be instantly retconned and re-edited to have a comprehensible storyline. 
== Re-Edits and DVD Release ==
In attempt to salvage what was made, three re-edits of the movie were created on August 4th, 2019 to make the different plot points have meaning. These were dubbed the "Good Ending", "Bad Ending" and "True Ending". The True Ending being the version that's canon. On September 26th, 2021 these were released on DVD under the Project Batman 4: 4th Anniversary Edition. The DVD release dropped the subtitle on the cover to look more in-line with the release of PB5 and PB6, also having a roman numeral in it's "IVth anniversary" tagline
== Trivia ==
The character of Bust was repurposed in the cancelled mini-series, Batman or Bust.
Superman's first appearance is in fact in this movie and was referenced in Project Superman where Superman fights Electro.
The final battle pays homage to Project Batman 2's finale, being a fight against a monstrous, powered-up version of The Joker.
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