Halle Berry, who played the title character in 2004's box office flop Catwoman, jokes with a fan online who recently learned that virtually everyone despises the film.
Movie star Halle Berry plays Catwoman in her own film.
Halle Berry laughs off the critical and commercial failure of her Catwoman superhero film.
Michelle Pfeiffer's portrayal of Selina Kyle from DC Comics in Tim Burton's Batman Returns made her a household name.
But when Warner Bros. attempted to film a movie about Catwoman on her own in 2004, it all went horribly wrong.
However, neither Pfeiffer nor the original Catwoman, Selina Kyle, appeared in that film.
Instead, Berry will play Patience Phillips, a new character created especially for the comic.
One of the many problems with the 2004 film that led to a $81 million gross and a current Rotten Tomatoes score of 8% was an attempt to reimagine Catwoman as a new character unrelated to the one from the Batman universe.
This also explains why Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman spinoff film from Batman Returns was never made.
Despite the passage of over two decades, Catwoman continues to be ranked among the worst movies of all time and the largest financial failures in the history of the cinema industry.
But Berry doesn't seem to be running away from the movie's reputation as a bomb, instead using it in Twitter jokes.
Berry recently responded to a fan's tweet about how much they loved the movie as a kid and how much they still enjoy it as an adult, with a cute and amusing quote reply.
Have a look at the conversation below:
When will Catwoman ever get her own movie?
Berry's Catwoman was a box office bomb, but happily it didn't kill off the character forever.
Actually, just a few years later, in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, the Selina Kyle version of Catwoman returned to the big screen.
A more illustrious achievement is that Kyle had a significant and engaging part in this year's The Batman, starring Matt Reeves as the Caped Crusader.
After seeing Zo Kravitz in The Batman, many viewers have hoped that the character of Kyle will be given her own film.
In all likelihood, the moment has come for a story to be told about Catwoman that makes use of the whole range of her psychological and moral complexity (the same way they always do with Batman).
And after Kravitz's stunning turn in The Batman, it looks like they've found their man for the role.
However, while the time may appear right for Catwoman to get a good standalone movie, there are reasons behind the scenes that could derail the project.
Warner Bros. Discovery's recent actions, including as the contentious cancellation of the Batgirl movie, have cast a shadow of suspicion over the entire DCEU.
It may not be wise to draw broad conclusions from a single action, but this is perhaps not the best time to pitch a solo superhero movie starring a woman.
Perhaps the storm will pass and Catwoman will be recognized for her own merits apart from Batman, but it's also possible that WB's most risk-averse employees will view Selina Kyle as too much of a gamble and insist on keeping her linked to Batman.
So far, Halle Berry's Catwoman is the only time the character has been given her own movie, and it's a total failure.
