Ben Wan
- Jan 17, 2022
- 3 min read

Batman 1989 DELETED Scenes - RARE Storyboards & Photos! (feat. Living in Crime Alley's Rob Ayling)

We return to Batman 1989 to cover the storyboards of deleted scenes/subplots! Check out Robin's deleted origin, learn Alexander Knox's original role in creating a vital part of the Batman mythos, and check out the alternate cathedral confrontation where Joker has a different (and arguably cooler) death!

CHAPTERS:

0:00 Introduction

You can check out the concept art of Batman 1989 as well as other Batman films in the giant 80th Anniversary book Batman: The Definitive History of The Dark Knight in Comics, Film, & Beyond by Andrew Farago and Gina McIntyre, which you can buy using our affiliate link here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1683834372/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=superherost00-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1683834372&linkId=fdb5baea4e0fd22f94058d6e11b23a9f

3:31 The Alternate Opening & "I AM The Night"

9:40 The Axis Chemicals Confrontation & Escape

Some of the storyboards come from here:

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/71165325_batman-1989-collection-of-7-hand-drawn-storyboards

https://www.superpouvoir.com/tresors-de-collectionneurs-les-planches-du-storyboard-du-film-batman-de-1989/

The images of Batman's alternate escape from Axis Chemicals from this tweet from Daily Batman Anthology:

https://twitter.com/BatmanAnthology/status/1478570029641732096

20:23 Deleted Scene or Behind The Scenes Still?- Joker & Grissom and Batman & Vicki

24:54 The Batmobile Chase, "Is It Halloween?" and the Deleted Batman Vs Bob Fight

A lot of these images came courtesy of 1989batman.com:

http://www.1989batman.com/2011/11/deleted-scene-is-it-halloween.html

http://www.1989batman.com/2014/11/special-feature-batman-1989-production_24.html

To check out our upcoming live show where we'll react to these deleted scenes (along with ones from Batman Forever and The Lego Batman Movie and other surprises), join our $10 Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/superherostuffpod

37:18 The Deleted Bat Gadgets from Vicki's Apartment

39:50 The Deleted Robin Origin Storyboards

The Robin storyboards came from this link: http://www.1989batman.com/2013/04/production-materials-deleted-scene.html

And the Joker revealing himself as Jack Napier came from here: https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/movie-tv-memorabilia/original-art/batman-storyboards-original-art-group-of-2-warner-brothers-c-1989-/a/7226-89039.s

48:04 The Joker Statue

The picture of the gas mask comes from here, along with the timer bomb that we revealed at the end:

http://www.1989batman.com/2014/11/special-feature-batman-1989-production.html

The deleted Joker statue as well as the photo of the tattoo store came from this link: http://www.1989batman.com/2013/04/production-materials-pinewood-studios.html

The Joker statue that became a gift for the crew comes from here: https://propstoreauction.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/138/lot/28231/

53:39 BREAK

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55:34 Batman Suits Up & Storms Axis Chemicals

The storyboards of the Batman suit-up sequence came from here: https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/concept-art/batman-storyboards-original-art-group-of-6-warner-brothers-1989-total-6-original-art-/a/7232-98077.s

The storyboards of the Axis Chemicals Batmobile sequence came from here:

https://propstoreauction.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/138/lot/28230/

Other storyboards came from here:

http://dangerousuniverse.com/du/2017/batman-1989-storyboards/

56:27 The Joker's Parade/Batwing Sequence- The ORIGINAL Version!

Our coverage of the Joker's parade sequence came from a whole variety of sources, thanks to our research assistant Dan:

http://www.1989batman.com/2016/02/special-feature-joker-parade-storyboard.html

http://www.1989batman.com/2016/03/special-feature-joker-parade-sequence.html

https://batman.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_White

https://filmsketchr.blogspot.com/2012/06/batman-1989-batwing-concept-art-and.html?m=

https://www.icollector.com/Batman-7-original-storyboard-sketches_i35088601

https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/movie-tv-memorabilia/batman-5-original-storyboards/a/997034-2405.s

https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/movie-tv-memorabilia/batman-5-original-storyboards/a/997034-2404.s?ic16=ViewItem-Inventory-BuyNowFromOwner-JumpLot-PreviousLot-050318

https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/movie-tv-memorabilia/-3-original-storyboards-from-batman/a/997014-1504.s

https://omercifulheaves.tumblr.com/post/181235183304/concept-art-by-david-russell-for-batman-1989

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/28vvat/batman_1989_came_out_25_years_ago_today_here_is_a/

1:17:23 The Cathedral Confrontation: No Vicki Vale/Batman Sends Bats After Joker

The storyboards from the cathedral confrontation also come from here: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/71165325_batman-1989-collection-of-7-hand-drawn-storyboards

http://www.1989batman.com/2014/08/vintage-magazine-article-comics-scene.html

https://www.superpouvoir.com/tresors-de-collectionneurs-les-planches-du-storyboard-du-film-batman-de-1989/

https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/batman-1989-five-original-storyboard-pages-on-either-fully-hand-drawn-in-47627280?perPage=80&searchID=3509616

https://www.julienslive.com/lot-details/index/catalog/381/lot/154281?uact=5&aid=381&lid=154283&current_page=0

https://i0.wp.com/media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/8823/10030743_2.jpg

https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/movie-tv-memorabilia/-the-joker-4-pages-of-storyboard-artwork-from-batman/a/997051-2760.s

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21427/lot/297/

1:31:05 Alexander Knox Ending

The photos of the deleted Knox scene came from here:

http://www.1989batman.com/2014/10/special-feature-batman-1989-production_9.html

You can read the scene, along with the "production" draft of Batman 1989 here:

https://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/batman_production.html

1:32:33 Kids Playing Batman

The photos of the kids playing Batman came from here:

http://www.1989batman.com/2011/11/deleted-scene-kids-playing-batman.html

The concept art for different merchandising comes from here:

http://www.1989batman.com/search/label/Batman%20%281989%29%20WB%20Licensing%20Concept%20Art

1:36:02 Favorite Deleted Scene/Factoid

1:49:47 The Joker's Fireside Chat

1:55:53 Closing: Fan Shoutouts and Social Media Promotion

BIG THANKS to our guest Rob Ayling. Check out Rob's film Living in Crime Alley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMZhv92mb7I

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHZUJMtTjLkJRlSazVKwl7A

BIG THANKS to our research assistant Dan Yamat, who put together a ton of the visuals for this episode, as well as did QC and the chapter time codes.

And thanks to 1989Batman.com for a lot of these images! Check them out here http://www.1989batman.com/

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