Batman out of hell

Hollywood oddball Tim Burton's latest project is a musical version of Batman. Honestly. Burton, who directed Batman and Batman Returns, has joined up with Jim Steinman, who will write the music for the show. In a recent interview, Steinman said that Burton had 'a list of 20 designers from all over the world he wants to talk to about the production'. Rumour had it that Burton would devote all his energies to the Batman musical from the beginning of next year, aiming to launch on Broadway in 2005, but given that his latest film, Big Fish, is due to start shooting in January, it looks like the bat will be hibernating a bit longer. Coincidentally, Jim Steinman wrote much of a very famous album by Meat Loaf – Batman Out of Hell, anyone?