Tim Burton changed superhero movies forever with his Batman Movies. But he has no interest in making another superhero movie.

Burton said diversityand stated that if asked to make a new superhero movie, he would “say no”.

“I approach things from different angles,” he added, “so I would never say never to anything. But right now it’s not something I’m interested in.”

Burton said his tenure as director Batman and then Batman Returns was “lucky” because “at that time the word ‘franchise’ did not exist. Batman felt a bit experimental at the time.” Burton added that he wasn’t even interested in making a Batman He had already been working on a sequel in the 1990s, until he was inspired to include Penguin and Catwoman in the story.

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After his two Batman Movies, Burton almost made a third DC film: Superman liveswhich would have starred Nicolas Cage as the Man of Steel. Although the film was never made, Burton spent a year developing the material before Warner Bros. finally canceled the project in 1998. (The whole sordid saga is told in the documentary Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?)

Nicolas Cage made a cameo appearance as his version of Superman in 2023 The Flash (which also starred Burton’s Batman Michael Keaton in a supporting role). Burton was not flattered by the homage, however; in interviews last year he said he was “quietly opposed to the use of his characters in modern DC films.” (This may also have something to do with his disinterest in a new superhero film.)

Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is scheduled to hit theaters on September 6th.