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Joel T. Schumacher (August 29, 1939 – June 22, 2020) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and costume designer. He was raised in New York City by his mother and suffered from substance abuse at a young age. He became a fashion designer after graduating from Parsons School of Design, but would continue suffering from substance abuse and high levels of debt until the early 1970s. He first entered film-making as a production and costume designer before gaining writing credits on Car Wash, Sparkle, and The Wiz. He received little attention for his initial theatrically released films, The Incredible Shrinking Woman and D.C. Cab, but rose to prominence after directing St. Elmo's Fire (1985), The Lost Boys (1987), and The Client (1994). Schumacher was selected to replace Tim Burton as director of the Batman franchise and oversaw Batman Foreve (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997). After the Batman franchise Schumacher directed smaller-budgeted films, including Tigerland (2000) and Phone Booth (2002). He directed The Phantom of the Opera, which was released to mixed reviews in 2004. His final directorial work was for two episodes of House of Cards (2013).
All the adults in the city of Detroit have disappeared. Michael and Peter used to be best friends but after the adults disappeared Peter became the leader of a gang of thugs made up of of young kids. Michael wanted nothing to do with it so he distanced him self from Peter. Peter and his gang took over what was left of the city and renamed it XERO. After a few months Michael decides to leave the city along the way he meets a girl named Gwen who also wants to leave the city but has a hard time doing it without running into Peter and his gang. Now together they need to escape the city. *I basically created this story as a sort of ode to some of my favorite child actors when I was a kid*
