The studio rejected the idea as they wanted a sequel, not a prequel, though Schumacher was able to include very brief events in Batman's past.

Although the Social Democrats showed strong support for the expellees especially under Kurt Schumacher and Erich Ollenhauer, social democrats in more recent decades have traditionally been less supportive — and it was under Willy Brandt that West Germany recognized the Oder-Neisse line as factual as part of his Ostpolitik.

Schumacher agreed to return for Ferrari part-way through 2009, as cover for the badly injured Felipe Massa, but was prevented by a neck injury.

Schumacher was born in Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, to Rolf Schumacher, a bricklayer, and his wife Elisabeth.

When Schumacher was four, his father modified his pedal kart by adding a small motorcycle engine.

Nevertheless, when Schumacher needed a new engine costing 800 DM, his parents were unable to afford it ; Michael was able to continue racing with support from local businessmen.

Prior to directing the Spider-Man films, Raimi lobbied to direct Batman Forever when Tim Burton was ousted from the director's chair, but was rejected in favor of Joel Schumacher, whose reputation at the time outshone Raimi's.

While Williams continued to dominate F1 in 1993, Patrese found it difficult to live with his new team-mate Michael Schumacher and before the end of the season Benetton informed Patrese that he was " free to seek an alternate drive ".

Häkkinen was close to winning the 1990 Macau Grand Prix but missed out due to a controversial accident with Michael Schumacher, which resulted in his promotion to Formula One with Team Lotus.

In Hungary and Belgium, however, only one point though Schumacher took advantage of fully because he won only in the Hungarian Grand Prix and at Spa while he was leading he made contact with David Coulthard.

Häkkinen and Schumacher arrived at Suzuka with the title still up for grabs though Häkkinen was clearly favored by the superiority of the Mclaren while the Ferrari had developed during the course of the championship.

In the last race of the season, Häkkinen won again with an unfortunate Schumacher who took pole position was forced to start from the back of the grid due to a problem encountered on his warm-up lap and had made a good recovery in the race before a puncture forced him to retire.

Villeneuve was seen driving a VW before stopping and saying at the camera that he has nothing against German guys ... much less for the " allemandes ", referring to the vehicle and German girls — a reference to his rivalry with Michael Schumacher and for the incident at the 1997 European Grand Prix.

The pre-season betting was that Senna would coast to the title, but with the banning of electronic driver aids, the Benetton team and Michael Schumacher initially proved more competitive and won the first three races.

Schumacher was disqualified from that race and banned for two further races for overtaking Hill during the formation lap and ignoring the subsequent black flag.

Four more victories for Hill, three of which were in races where Schumacher was excluded or disqualified, took the title battle to the final event at Adelaide.

Schumacher's penalty was for blocking and forcing Hill off the road at the Belgian Grand Prix ; Hill's was for colliding with Schumacher under braking at the Italian Grand Prix.

During the race he passed championship contender Michael Schumacher on the track and was leading late in the race, well ahead of the eventual 1997 World Champion Villeneuve, when a hydraulic problem drastically slowed the Arrows.

His driving partner there was Ralf Schumacher, the younger brother of Michael.

Hill was leading late in the race, with teammate Schumacher closing rapidly, when he suggested that team principal Eddie Jordan tell Schumacher to hold position, instead of risking losing a 1 – 2 finish.

A British firm, Schumacher Racing, was the first to develop an adjustable ball differential in 1980, which allowed nearly infinite tuning for various track conditions.

Patrese entered 257 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix and started 256 races making him the third most experienced F1 driver in history, after Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher.

On the restart, which was on the third lap, Montoya shocked the F1 world by passing World Champion Michael Schumacher into the first corner.

The ninth round of the season was the European Grand Prix and Montoya held pole for most of qualifying only for both Michael and Ralf Schumacher to bump him down to third in the final seconds.

His race ended when towards the end of the race he hit a kerb on the exit of the final corner, while chasing Ralf Schumacher hard for third place.

Nevertheless he drove through the field, ending third behind Alonso and Michael Schumacher.

The running order was Alonso, Räikkönen, Schumacher until the second set of pitstops where Räikkönen was demoted to third by Schumacher, a position he held until the end of the race.

He finished the season winless, and again he played a major supporting role for Schumacher, helping him win his second drivers ' championship with Ferrari and helping the team win the constructors ' championship for the third consecutive year.

Barrichello qualified third for the, ahead of Schumacher and Räikkönen.

Heuss ' plans for a new national anthem were aborted by Adenauer, who – in rare accordance with Kurt Schumacher – had the third stanza of the old Deutschlandlied established in 1952.

The young Schumacher finished on the podium in just his third race, at Argentina.

Schumacher earned his first podium with Toyota F1 at the Hungarian Grand Prix, finishing in third place, less than a second behind his brother.

Schumacher in his third season with Toyota, at the 2007 British Grand Prix

Schumacher could have lapped second placed Gerhard Berger in the last third of the race, but chose not to.

During this race he finished third and stood on the podium next to Michael Schumacher ( Germany ) and Kimi Räikkönen ( Finland ).

Alonso led the all-Renault front row and led the cars into the first corner, but Michael Schumacher, who started from third position, tangled whilst attempting to pass Jarno Trulli, knocking Trulli into a spin and causing him to lose many places.

Nevertheless, Massa scored his first career podium at the Nürburgring, finishing third behind Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso.

Massa finished the season third with 80 points, behind world champion Fernando Alonso and Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher.

Rubens Barrichello took the third and final podium spot for Ferrari after his team-mate, Michael Schumacher retired due to collision damage during a safety car period, ending his perfect start to the season.

The leaders began their first pit stops on lap 18, and by Michael Schumacher's stop on lap 26, Trulli led from Alonso, with Schumacher now in third ahead of both Kimi Räikkönen and Button.

On Lap 28, Button led Frentzen by 5. 8 seconds as Schumacher overtook Räikkönen ( the top Michelin runner, having already passed Wilson ) for third place, then taking second five laps later from Heinz-Harold Frentzen.

* Man-Bat was considered as an antagonist in one of the unproduced scripts for a third Joel Schumacher Batman film.

* Mad Hatter was considered as an antagonist in one of the unproduced scripts for a third Joel Schumacher Batman film.

1998 saw Mika Häkkinen gain revenge for his engine failure at the previous race by taking victory at this one, with Michael Schumacher second despite qualifying on pole, and team-mate Coulthard third.

* Batman Forever, the third film in the Tim Burton / Joel Schumacher Batman film series