Ukushicilelwa kukaClittery kwaxoxwa nomlobi odumile wombhalo kanye nomkhiqizi u-Akiva Goldsman, ongobani phakathi kwezinye izinto, wayengumbhali wesimo sefilimu kaBatman noButman noRobin 1997. Ngesikhathi senhlolokhono, iGoldsman yakhuluma ngephrojekthi ehlulekile yefilimu "Batman ngeSuperman", obekufanele ngabe sebephume ekuqaleni kwalelikhulu leminyaka.
Lesi sakhiwo sakhiwa u-Andrew Kevin Walker ("esikhombisa"), kodwa wabe eseshiya lo msebenzi. UGoldsman uqashe ukuletha amanothi okusa ohleliwe we-Walker embhalweni ogcwele. Yilokho akushoyo:
Ngibhale uhlobo lwe- "batman nge-superman" cishe ngo-2001 noma ngo-2002. UBatman kwadingeka adlale uColin Farrell, uSuperman - uJude ophansi, futhi uWolfGen Petersen waqokwa umqondisi wefilimu. Futhi kwakuyinto emnandi kakhulu ongacabanga ngayo kuphela. Le filimu yaqala ngongcwabo ka-Alfred. Ngemuva kwalokho uBruce uwela othandweni futhi wenqaba ukubandakanyeka kwe-batman, kepha uJoker ubulala umkakhe. Futhi kuvela ukuthi konke lokhu kwakungamanga kusukela ekuqaleni. UJoker wahlwitha bonke ubudlelwano bothando lukaBruce, banethemba lokuyaphula. Ngaleso sikhathi, le ndaba enjalo yavela ngokungafunwanga. Kwenzeka kanjalo lokho okulindelwe - izithameli, ama-studio, umqondisi - akazange ahambisane nalokho esikubhalile esimweni.
Kamuva, phakathi nengxoxo noGoldsman, wayededele amazwi ambalwa ngalesi simo, ezwakalisa ukuzisola ukuthi le filimu ayikaze ihlungwe kuyo. Kepha, mhlawumbe, ukwehluleka kwesitudiyo kulesi simo kwaholela ekubonakaleni kweTrilogy kaChristopher Nolan ngeBatman.