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The James Altucher Show

831 - Michael Uslan: Batman!

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Business, Education

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Imagine, it's the 70s, and you're 20+ years old, and you have a huge passion for comics, and especially Batman. What in the right mind would you march up to DC's office, and say, I want to buy Batman's movie and tv right.That is exactly what Michael Uslan, American producer of the Batman films and was the first instructor to teach an accredited course on comic book folklore at any university, did! His passion and wanting to bring Batman back to its root (after the downfall of Adam West's Batman in the '60s), led him to his decision!Michael talks about his passion, his method of having plans B, C, D, and more, and also his determination, and persistence that led him to become the successful Executive Producer that he is today.We also talked about his book, Batman's Batman: A Memoir from Hollywood, Land of Bilk, and Money, (which Mark Hamil also gave a testimonial),  his journey of bringing Batman to the big screen, and the stories behind it!Also, here are the 10 things that I learned from Michael that I posted in Notepd.com: https://notepd.com/idea/what-i-learned-from-batmans-batman-525Visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.8

This is the James Altiger Show.

0:12.8

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.9

Can you imagine being in your 20s, walking into the office of the CEO of DC Comics and

0:22.9

saying, and you don't have any money, you just love Batman.

0:27.8

So you say, I want to buy the rights to make Batman into a movie forever.

0:34.8

That's what Michael Eustlin did.

0:37.6

And even the CEO of DC Comics tried to talk him out of it, but they negotiated the deal.

0:45.6

And again, Michael Eustlin threw his passion and perseverance, figured out how to raise the

0:50.7

money.

0:51.7

And it took him 10 years of rejections by every movie studio.

0:54.4

And he has hilarious stories about his rejections until he finally made the first Batman.

0:59.0

And now the most recent Batman, which he's still the executive producer of, he owns the rights

1:03.0

to Batman forever.

1:04.4

The first weekend in the box office, it's 250 million.

1:08.5

He writes all these stories and so much more in his book, just came out, Batman's Batman,

1:14.1

a memoir from Hollywood, Land of Bill and Money by Michael Eustlin.

1:19.6

It just came out and it's a memoir of his Hollywood experiences.

1:23.2

He also wrote an earlier book, The Boy Who Love Batman, which is almost, I feel like

1:27.2

a love letter to the comic book industry.

1:30.0

Batman's Batman also just came out in audio, on Audible.

1:34.3

And he also wrote a novel about Batman called Detective Number 27, which is a riveting

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