“For The Batman, we’ve talked to them,” Janney says. Yes, Janney’s been in touch with the production, and no, she’s not going to tell us much about it. We all know that there’s a Batman reboot coming from director Matt Reeves called The Batman, with Robert Pattinson in the role of the Caped Crusader. So we save the production money because we’ve saved these assets.”īack to the Batmobile, however. Or for an upcoming film like Space Jam, they might need assets from an older film. Sometimes we transfer assets from one film or show to another, especially if it’s a crossover universe like the Arrowverse on TV. “Whether it’s a TV show, feature film, or a video game, we’re supporting them from pre-production all the way through the filmmaking process. “We’re not a traditional archive, we’re a production archive,” she says. Janney isn’t just running a vast warehouse of assets like super suits and Batmobiles, her team is also part of the production process. “For a lot of the intimate knowledge we go straight to the filmmakers, we look to them for the expertise what kind of engine does this Batmobile has, how fast does it go, what’s the design like, and we’ll put that detailed information on the database.” “We have nine or ten Batmobiles,” Janney says, many of which are kept in Warner Bros.’ massive archive building which is a mere 15- minutes from the Warner Bros. They’re maintained, oiled, driven every month or so. Here’s a fun fact that Janney reveals: all the Batmobiles that Warner Bros. “My all-time favorite is the Tumbler,” Janney says, preferring the tank-like colossus Christian Bale’s Batman drove in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.
Yet Janney admits to having her own personal favorite. Nearly 1,000 people stopped by to see it yesterday, as any chance to catch the Batmobile is one worth taking. The beauty parked on 16th street outside of MPA headquarters is the Batmobile Val Kilmer drove from Batman Forever (1995), directed by Joel Schumacher. archives is currently parked outside of the Motion Picture Association’s newly refurbished headquarters in Washington D.C.-the Batmobile.
One of the most iconic assets in all of Warner Bros. Pictures vice president of corporate archives. This is the question we put to Lisa Janney, Warner Bros. Pictures’ vast archive collection? We’re talking Batmobiles (lots of them), superhero costumes (Batman, Superman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, etc.), props, sets, and literal tons more. What’s it like to be in charge of Warner Bros.
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