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Batman Forever is a 1995 American superhero film directed by Joel  Schumacher and produced by Tim Burton, based on the DC Comics character  Batman. The third installment of Warner Bros.\' initial Batman film  series, it is a stand-alone sequel to the 1992 film Batman Returns[3],  starring Val Kilmer replacing Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne / Batman[4],  alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O\'Donnell,  Michael Gough, and Pat Hingle. The plot focuses on Batman trying to stop  Two-Face and the Riddler in their villainous scheme to extract  confidential information from all the minds in Gotham City and use it to  learn Batman\'s identity and bring the city under their control. In the  process, he gains allegiance from a young, orphaned circus acrobat named  Dick Grayson, who becomes his sidekick Robin, and meets and develops  feelings for psychologist Dr. Chase Meridian, which brings him to the  point to decide if he will lead a normal life or if he is destined to  fight crime as Batman forever.

Schumacher mostly eschewed the dark, dystopian atmosphere of Burton\'s  films by drawing inspiration from the Batman comic books of the Dick  Sprang era, as well as the 1960s television series, but without the  campiness of the later film. After Keaton chose not to reprise his role,  William Baldwin and Ethan Hawke were considered as a replacement before  Val Kilmer joined the cast.