Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman from Tim Burton's Batman Returns comes to life through an incredible DC cosplayer. Batman and his mythology have been reimagined numerous times for the big and small screens over the last few decades, allowing multiple actors to portray the Dark Knight, his supporting characters, and villains.
Pfeiffer's version of Catwoman in Batman Returns, which opened in theaters over 30 years ago, set the benchmark for Selina Kyle as a gothic femme fatale. Even though she only got to do one movie, Pfeiffer's take on Selina was one of the most well-received aspects of Batman Returns.
The last time Catwoman had appeared in live-action was in the 1960s Batman, which was a more comedic take on the DC character's mythology. Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, and Eartha Kitt's contribution to Catwoman is still appreciated to this day, but in many ways, Pfeiffer's performance was a reinvention of the character in live-action, which is how later movie and TV versions were able to exist today.
Currently, Zoë Kravitz is the ongoing Catwoman in Matt Reeves' The Batman universe, and time will tell when James Gunn's DC Universe will introduce their version of Selina. It will certainly be interesting to see what future DC movies have in store for Catwoman in both franchises. Until then, the world can always relive Pfeiffer's Catwoman from Batman Returns.