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Val Edward Kilmer (December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025) was an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984), then the cult classic Real Genius (1985), as well as blockbuster action films, including a role in Top Gun and a lead role in Willow. During the 1990s, Kilmer gained critical respect after a series of films that were also commercially successful, including his roles as Jim Morrison in The Doors, Doc Holliday in 1993's Tombstone, Batman in 1995's Batman Forever, Chris Shiherlis in 1995's Heat, and Simon Templar in 1997's The Saint. During the early 2000s, Kilmer appeared in several well-received roles, including The Salton Sea, Spartan, and supporting performances in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Alexander, and as the voice of KITT in Knight Rider.
Val Kilmer
Rest in Peace
for Rest in Peace in James Gunn's BATMAN!
Suggested by enzotakerian
If James Gunn made a Batman movie, he'll be able to use his talent in adding dark humour, trying to make the audience laugh after a traumatic scene. Bruce Wayne suffers the loss of his parents who were murdered by muggers on the streets of Gotham and the criminals were never caught. He grows up reclusive in his mansion along with his butler, Alfred. His attempt to move on in life has made him a tech-wiz and he is skilled in martial arts. Nowadays he runs his late father's money-making corporation. Bruce now vows to have good people of Gotham City protected and not go through the same suffering as he did. When he finds an old cavern under his house with bats nesting down there (luckily they don't have rabies), it inspires him to don a bat-themed costume and fight crime as "Batman." Meanwhile, a struggling sociopathic comedian who used to work at a chemical processing company is chased by criminals to that factory where he falls into a vat of corrosive chemicals. His survives and is given reconstruction surgery, which make him look like a green-haired mime. His whole life felt like a joke, which is why he has chronic laughter. Now he goes by "the Joker." Batman must stop the Joker from poisoning Gotham with his new serum. Also, Bruce becomes extremely overwhelmed having to raise an orphaned pre-teen boy, after the Joker attacks at a circus resulting in the death of the boys acrobat parents. It will have elements from "The Animated Series," "The Long Halloween," "The Killing Joke," and "LEGO Batman movie. At one point Dick Grayson will say, "Everyone calls me Dick." And Bruce says, "I'm so sorry" or "Why does everyone think you're a dick?" And for sure, this movie should include ACE THE BAT HOUND!
