Benjamin Melniker , a fabled Hollywood producer who helped bring in Batman to the big screen , died Monday at the age of 104 .
A former MGM administrator , Melniker was involved in some of the biggest movies of all - metre , such as Ben Hur , 2001 : A Space Odyssey , and Dr. Zhivago . However , after leaving that party , he teamed up with Michael E. Uslan in 1979 to buy the movie right wing to the DC Comics character Batman . Their first movie , Tim Burton ’s 1989 Batman , was an unbelievable success — and since then , Melniker has been credited as a producer on every single Batman movie , both lively - action and vivify , all the elbow room up to last year ’s Justice League .
Uslan announced the newsworthiness on hisFacebook . take the poignant , full post below .
Another of Melniker ’s colleagues , FJ Desanto , also brand this on his Instagram .
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[ Hollywood newsman ]
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