Man-Bat was considered as an antagonist in one of the unproduced scripts for a third Joel Schumacher Batman film - the unmade fifth film Batman Unchained - but was dropped in favor of the Scarecrow and Harley Quinn. Man-Bat was to be a central antagonist in Lee Shapiro's Batman: DarKnight script alongside the Scarecrow.[30] He was due to be played by Mark Linn-Baker or Martin Short.[31] A "Bat Creature" closely resembling Man-Bat briefly appears in the 2016 DC Extended Universe film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. When Bruce Wayne visits his deceased parents' graves in a nightmare, the creature emerges from Martha Wayne's crypt and attacks him.[32][33]