Fans of director Joel Schumacher held a "trending event" and got the hashtag #ReleaseTheSchumacherCut trending on social media today. The aim was to pressure Warner Bros. to release the director's cut of Schumacher's 1995 film Batman Forever.Following the successful #ReleaseTheSnyderCut social media campaign that saw Zack Snyder's vision of the 2017 Justice League movie come to fruition, fans have been emboldened to try to get other notable director's cuts released. In the case of Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever cut, the "director's cut" stands out because it both exists -- a big help in terms of getting it actually released -- and that it is dramatically different from the critically lambasted theatrical version of the film.RELATED: Batman Fans Are Preparing to Make #ReleaseTheSchumacherCut TrendWith Batman Forever, it also has to do with the fact that the director died in June 2020. Considering Schumacher had also directed a number of more critically acclaimed films, like Tigerland and Falling Down, fans believe the release of his original version of Batman Forever would help build his legacy.The timing of the trending event coincided with the 26th anniversary of Batman Forever's release in 1995. The event did get the hashtag trending, with some popular tweets noting that the film could have gone deeper into psychological issues surrounding the Batman character.

And, of course, the official Schumacher Cut Twitter account provided a number of compelling posts about the proposed Schumacher version.

One of the biggest turns of events during the campaign was the discovery that the cut exists and is considered to be an improvement. Akiva Goldsman, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter credited for the screenplay of Batman Forever along the two original writers of the film, Lee Batchler and Janet Scott Batchler, has seen the Schumacher Cut and thinks fans should be able to see it, as well.

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Schumacher had trouble with trying to maintain a mature feel for the movie, while the studio wanted a glossier, more family-friendly approach to Batman and his villains. The film introduced a flamboyant Jim Carrey as the Riddler and Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face, as well as Chris O'Donnell bringing an energetic Robin to life. This conflicted with Schumacher's desire to do a darker film with a brooding Val Kilmer as Bruce Wayne/Batman.

Goldsman noted, "I got to see it recently, the very first one, which was referred to as Preview Cut One. And it was really dark, it was a pretty psychological exploration of guilt and shame."

Warner Bros. previously said it had no plans to release the Schumacher Cut, but hope springs eternal for Schumacher fans.

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Source: Twitter