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[DarleneIllyria]

I was quite hesitant of posting a new topic about this incase the date is wrong, but someone posted on the other Batman board that I visit that CBS said the movie has the official airing date of Sunday, March 9th.

Not much to the post at this link at the moment, but I'm posting it just incase anybody wants to keep reading the other posts.


http://www.workshirtsales.com/cgi-bi...num=1044582284

[Zebra 3]

- My battiming was a little off, I guessed sometime in February. Oh well.

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by Walter Simard
- My battiming was a little off, I guessed sometime in February. Oh well.

Aw, that smiley is so cute. Well, you gotta remember that the original month was supposed to be February. That was the month that everybody was placing bets on. It got a small delay, I just hope they don't change the month again. You gotta admit that we're getting pretty close to the airdate. Today's the 7th so we're like a month and 2 days away from it.

I don't know about you guys, but as the date closes in then you might want to buy some tv guides and some tabloids. I know when they did that JFK Jr. movie on TBS, they had a full page ad telling about the movie in one of the tabloids. I've got the tv guide subscription. If anything pops up, I'll scan it. I *cough*regularly buy the tabloids*cough* so I'll scan anything from them too. lol

Edit: I know we live in different places, so you might have a tv guide that comes in one of your papers that could differ from somebody elses. This reunion is prob. gonna be the biggest thing that happens that week, so they might have a front cover about Batman in the Atlanta and Macon tv guides. I would think they'd dedicate a front cover to it. Whether you like or hate Batman, you have to admit that this is a big thing.

[Zebra 3]

Adam West in a new cowl

- Here he is the real Batman being fitted I believe back in 1995 for a special event...As for this upcoming Batmovie is concerned, the buzz is very positive with all that heard the news so far, and thanks for the heads up, Jenny.

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by Walter Simard

Adam West in a new cowl

- Here he is the real Batman being fitted I believe back in 1995 for a special event...As for this upcoming Batmovie is concerned, the buzz is very positive with all that heard the news so far, and thanks for the heads up, Jenny.

That's a pretty cool pic. I hope this movie is gonna be a good one. I've seen so many reunion movies over the years and I only have a couple of favorites. The Return to Mayberry reunion is one of them. I have to admit RtM had a few problems, but overall it was a pretty good reunion movie. The Star Trek reunion movies had some excellent material to work with.

I'm just wondering something. What if they had done this reunion movie in 1990, lets say. This might be a tad bit confusing. Doing the movie in 2003, you have some of the original actors on hand to play themselves and then you have new actors playing the original cast when they were younger. If they had made the movie in 1990, do you think they would've had the original actors on hand or just use the new actors to play the original actors?

If I confused anybody, just let me know and I'll try to explain it better. Your welcome, Walter.

[DarleneIllyria]

Okay, I just found another piece that has that March 9th date listed. I found this at tvnow.com.

Adam West: Get the Batmobile gassed up. The dynamic duo will ride again on Sunday, March 9, in a new CBS comedy adventure that finds Batman (West) and Robin (Burt Ward) in trouble after they stumble upon a diabolical plot to steal the original Batmobile from a charity benefit. The blast from the past has a fun list of guest stars who worked on the old show, including Frank Gorshin as The Riddler and both Lee Meriwether and Julie Newmar as Cat Woman.

http://www.tv-now.com/daily/news.htm

[Pavan]

Originally posted by Jenny
Okay, I just found another piece that has that March 9th date listed. I found this at tvnow.com.

Adam West: Get the Batmobile gassed up. The dynamic duo will ride again on Sunday, March 9, in a new CBS comedy adventure that finds Batman (West) and Robin (Burt Ward) in trouble after they stumble upon a diabolical plot to steal the original Batmobile from a charity benefit. The blast from the past has a fun list of guest stars who worked on the old show, including Frank Gorshin as The Riddler and both Lee Meriwether and Julie Newmar as Cat Woman.

http://www.tv-now.com/daily/news.htm

Confirmed with the official release:
ADAM WEST AND BURT WARD STAR IN "RETURN TO THE BATCAVE: THE MISADVENTURES OF ADAM AND BURT," A NEW TELEVISION MOVIE TO BE BROADCAST SUNDAY, MARCH 9 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

Special Appearances by Frank Gorshin, Lee Meriwether and Julie Newmar

RETURN TO THE BATCAVE: THE MISADVENTURES OF ADAM AND BURT, a new television movie that reunites "Batman" series stars Adam West and Burt Ward in a comedy adventure where they stumble upon a diabolical plot to steal the original Batmobile from a charity benefit, will be broadcast as the "CBS Sunday Movie," Sunday, March 9 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Original series stars Frank Gorshin (The Riddler), Lee Meriwether (Catwoman) and Julie Newmar (Catwoman) make special appearances.

While trying to unravel the details and find the Batmobile, West and Ward flashback to the tumultuous times of their 60s television series to reveal a bizarre behind-the-scenes story of the creation of a television classic, from their on-the-set explosions to their wild real-life encounters with fans.

"Batman," the cartoon crimefighter, created by Bob Kane in 1939, came to television with a big splash in 1966 and ran through 1968. The show starred Adam West as Bruce Wayne, a Gotham City millionaire whose secret identity was Batman, a masked, caped crusader who used sophisticated paraphernalia to capture crooks. Burt Ward co-starred as Dick Grayson, Wayne’s teenaged charge, who also had a secret identity as Robin, the Boy Wonder. Together, Batman and Robin worked to help keep Gotham City safe for all of its citizens.

Adam West is best known for his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman in the classic television series "Batman." West’s other television credits include "The Last Precinct" and "The Detectives." West has starred in over 40 feature films, including "Young Philadelphians," "Marriage of a Young Stockbroker," "The New Age," "An American Vampire Story," "Robinson Crusoe On Mars," "Soldier In The Rain," "Nevada Smith" and "Batman." West has voiced several animated series, including "The Simpsons," "The Critic," "Family Guy," "Batman," "Johnny Bravo," "Rugrats," "Animaniacs," "The Super Adventure Team" and "Spydogs." West’s animated short film, "Redux Riding Hood," was nominated for an Academy Award.

Burt Ward is best known for his role as Dick Grayson/Robin, the Boy Wonder, in the classic television series, "Batman." Ward’s other television credits include guest appearances in "The Simpsons," "Clueless," "Tarzan and the Super 7," "Legends of the Super-Heroes" and "Living Single." Ward’s feature film credits include "Beach Babes from Beyond," "Hot Under the Collar" and "Assault of the Party Nerds 2: The Heavy Petting Detective." Ward runs a charity that rescues and cares for abandoned Great Dane Dogs and operates Boy Wonder Effects, Inc., which provides 3D animation and visual effects for feature films and television.

Emmy Award-winner Paul A. Kaufman ("Run the Wild Fields") is the executive producer for RETURN TO THE BATCAVE: THE MISADVENTURES OF ADAM AND BURT. He also directed the film from a script by Duane Poole ("Surviving Gilligan’s Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three-Hour Tour in History") for Artisan Entertainment, in association with The Kaufman Company.

[DarleneIllyria]

I went to the other Batman board and somebody posted these 2 links. Oh, they have such beautiful pictures on the links. One has like 26 pics from the reunion, so def. check these out.

Link 1: http://www.batmania.com.ar/return_batcave.jpg

Link 2: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori...2/14/index.htm

[DarleneIllyria]

Two Catwomen Better Than One

Former Catwoman Lee Meriwether told TV Guide Online that she will make an appearance in the upcoming CBS movie Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt, but not as Catwoman. "I was hoping that I would get to play Catwoman along with Frank Gorshin as the Riddler," Meriwether told the site. "But darn it, Julie Newmar was available. My daughter [stuntperson Lesley Aletter] got to be her double, though, so that was cool."

Meriwether will appear in a cameo role as a waitress in a Mexican restaurant. She told the site that she has no hard feelings toward Newmar and that there was no animosity on the set. "Julie and I actually get along just great," Meriwether said. "Besides, we worked on separate days." Return to the Batcave airs on CBS March 9.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-m...02/18/08.00.tv

[DarleneIllyria]

Hmm, I think I just found a pic of the actress who's supposed to play the young Yvonne. It does state that she's an actress.

http://moneycentral.communities.msn....oto&PhotoID=10

[DarleneIllyria]

Okay, my dad was watching the King of Queens tonight and I managed to catch an ad for the movie.

[Zebra 3]

- Great find Jenny and thanks! That pick of West & Ward coming out of the batcave rules!!! By the way, that first Batlink, batmania.com.jpg isn't working for me.

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by Walter Simard
- Great find Jenny and thanks! That pick of West & Ward coming out of the batcave rules!!! By the way, that first Batlink, batmania.com.jpg isn't working for me.

Your welcome. I'll try to fix the first link or post the pic directly here. Oh, I found another article. It's from yahoo.com.

Holy Flashback! West, Ward Reunite
Mon Mar 3, 4:35 PM ET

By BETH HARRIS, Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES - Holy reunion! Thirty-seven years after Adam West (news) and Burt Ward (news) put on skintight suits to keep Gotham City safe from the villainous Penguin, Joker and Riddler, the Dynamic Duo is back together for a peek at what really happened behind the scenes.


AP Photo



There were on-set explosions that left Ward injured daily, encounters with lusty female fans, whispers of West and Ward being gay, and complaints from censors about the sexual innuendo in the ABC series that aired from 1966-68.


"Our show was a lot different," Ward said. "We teased them, taunted them and played with their minds. For kids, it was kept clean. Teenagers saw all the double meanings and they appreciated it."


West and Ward play off each other as well as they did during the swinging '60s in the CBS movie "Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt" airing Sunday at 9 p.m. EST.


"It's dramatized to an extent, but most of it really did happen. All good comedy is based on truth," West said. "Now they're saying we're a wonderful comedy team. What were we before?"


In the two-hour movie, West, 74, and a rotund Ward, 57, are forced to relive their past to find clues to recovering the Batmobile after it's stolen from a Hollywood charity event.


When a bystander suggests calling the police, West in his best deadpan says, "This is a job for actors. We'll find the Batmobile."


"Us?" Ward replies. "We wouldn't even know where to start."


The movie was done by the same team behind the 2001 CBS hit movie "Surviving Gilligan's Island." Dawn Wells (news), who played Mary Ann, is co-executive producer, Duane Poole wrote the script and Paul Kaufman is director and executive producer.


"The network realized the value of the 'Batman' series and the way the public responded to West and Ward," Kaufman said. "There's something about those two. Watching the series as a child, it was very exciting to work with them."


West saw the movie as a chance to reward fans who clamor for additions to the "Batman" franchise when they meet him at conventions.


"They always greet me with warmth and humor," he said. "People do lines from the show, do entire scenes, they ask me to say lines. People are very funny about the show. I've got three generations who come up to me."


The adventure reunites them with Frank Gorshin (news) (Riddler), Julie Newmar (news) (Catwoman) and Lee Meriwether (Catwoman). In one bar scene, Newmar plays a vivacious vixen who grooves with West to the old "Batman" theme.


"That was a reference to Batman drinking the mickey in that first episode and him doing the Batusi," West said. "I'm always asked, `Do the Batusi?'"


Viewers of the old show will appreciate the inside jokes, as well as familiar touches like a spinning Batmobile between scenes, cartoonish exclamations on screen during a fight, and voiceovers (by Lyle Waggoner (news)) leading into commercials asking if the Caped Crusader and Robin the Boy Wonder can solve the mystery.


West and Ward haven't kept up with each other over the years, but they picked up where they left off when filming began.


"I had a fantastic time with Adam," said Ward, who lives outside Los Angeles and runs Boy Wonder Visual Effects, providing 3-D animation and special effects for movies and television. "You put the two of us together and we don't have to say anything and people start laughing. We were doing things on the first or second take."





After the show was canceled in '68, both actors had the same reaction: Holy typecasting! West and Ward were virtually unemployable and got stuck making personal appearances for several years.

"I was rushed into some not very good movies, and I just hit the beach and nursed my wounds for a while," said West, who eventually got work doing voiceovers and guest shots. "Part of it was the dinosaurs of Hollywood went away, people who didn't get it. I was certainly more welcome when the younger people came in."

Whatever bitterness West felt is gone. He lives in Ketchum, Idaho, with his third wife. They've been married 31 years and have six grown children between them.

"I have such a fondness for it. It's my signature role," he said. "I'm grateful I had a chance to create a classic character. I don't want to be a bitter, aging actor who thinks he's typecast. My God, what man wouldn't want to be Batman for a night?"

Or maybe longer, since there's already talk of a sequel.

"I may not pursue my plan to become a total recluse," West said.

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On the Net:

http://www.cbs.com

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ack_to_batcave

[DarleneIllyria]

Pics to first link- Well, I went to the website so I could look for the pics in another part. I think I found them all, but I had to really cut out quite a lot of bonus stuff in the pics. The person that runs the website had already made them into wallpaper pics and enlarged them to 800 by 600 and I didn't really want to post that big of a pic on here. I took them to paint and shrunk them up and here they are.

[DarleneIllyria]

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