Interesting photos of Batman portrayed in film/tv over the years... also how the Logo has changed as well...
http://redux.com/stream/item/1462617/Batman-Evolution
http://redux.com/stream/item/1462617/Batman-Evolution
All those suits and yet they still can't get it right. Because a gray bodysuit is so impossible to do on film right.
Jim Lee!
As I understood it the yellow circle was added, plus more stylized bat shapes later,because they told DC they couldn't copyright just "the image of a bat".