Jon Peters autobiography proposal dishes huge dirt on Batman and Superman films
Nikki Finke has gotten her hands on the book proposal for Jon Peters’ autobiography. Peters was a producer for, among other films, the Michael Keaton Batman film franchise and Superman Returns. The details are unbelievable, if for no other reason that Peters seems to be burning every bridge behind him, including the one that he’s on. A few choice quotes:
“Batman was a box office bonanza, among the highest grossers
in history. Jon took a lot of credit for that hit, especially in his
heroic efforts to sell Jack Nicholson on playing the Joker. Jon had
bonded completely with Jack and partied hard with him on The Witches of Eastwick;
now Jon had to top himself. With the help of Madam Alex and Steve
Ross’s jets, Jon took Jack on a whore and drug fueled global joy ride
to see the Batman sets in London that was one of the most
expensive and decadent junkets in cinema history. Jon basically turned
staid Claridge’s into the Playboy Mansion, with strippers, hookers,
masseuses, coke dealers, and more, plus champagne and foie gras room
service that put Adnan Khashogghi’s stays to shame. Jack couldn’t say
no to a good time like this, and he succumbed to Jon’s relentless
charms.”“During the Batman shoot in London in 1988, Jon had his first
high profile post-Barbra [Streisand], post-Christine [his 2nd wife] movie star
tabloid affair, with Kim Basinger, whom Jon had cast as Vicki Vale in
the biggest role of her career. Kim’s tall blonde beauty and her inner
turmoil were very much in the mold of Jon’s mother. Another shared
similarity was that Kim was also part Cherokee. Otherwise, she was pure
screen goddess, the hottest women on celluloid at the time. The Georgia
belle was a Ford model, the Breck girl, a Bond girl, the cover of Playboy.
She had rung up every milestone possible in the pulchritude
sweepstakes. And now she was Jon Peters’s girl, and, thanks to the
breathless London yellow press, the world took note. The affair with
Jon may have ended Kim’s nine year marriage to a makeup artist (again,
the beauty shop connection), but it did not result in marriage to Jon.
Like so many on-set affairs, the honeymoon tends to be over soon after
the premiere.
And we won’t even talk about Superman Returns, where the best guess is that Peters caused the film to cost $50 million dollars more. Instead, we’ll let Kevin Smith talk about it:
See also our previous story about Jon Peters and his parole violation for drunk driving— which apparently, if I’m reading this right, was on the way to the premiere of Superman Returns. Oh, and just for good measure, the book’s been pulled from major publishers at this time, as everybody appears to be ready to sue..