Michael Uslan is adapting his memoir, The Boy Who Loved Batman, into a stage play with the working title Darknights and Daydreams. The production will host invite-only development readings June 29 and 30 in NYC, with the intention to eventually bow on Broadway.
Uslan is the originator and executive producer of the Batman movie franchise, including the Tim Burton, Joel Schumacher, and Christopher Nolan films. His memoir tells the story of a self-described comic book fanboy from a blue collar New Jersey family who dreamed of saving his superhero from years of kitschy mockery. A lifelong Batman fan, Uslan believed in the darker version of the character rather than the light-hearted pop art lens of the ‘60s TV series. Determined to restore the darkness to Batman, Uslan convinced Hollywood to make the first modern Batman film (Tim Burton’s 1989 take)