A brand new report claims that, after showing in The Flash, Michael Keaton was poised to obtain his personal Batman film, although it has now been canceled.
A brand new report claims {that a} spinoff of The Flash centered on Michael Keaton’s Batman has been canceled following current shake-ups at Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Studios. After leaving the franchise following Batman Returns, Keaton is about to go well with up once more as the long-lasting DC vigilante in subsequent yr’s The Flash film with Ezra Miller. Whereas Ben Affleck’s iteration of Bruce Wayne may even be again within the DC Universe installment, Keaton’s Batman could have an important position within the story. With the Barry Allen-centric movie exploring the multiverse, it will function a gateway for Keaton to reprise his model of Batman.
It seems Keaton might’ve obtained his personal Batman film once more as a derivative from The Flash. As reported by The Sizzling Mic Podcast’s Jeff Sneider, The Flash scribe Christina Hodson had apparently been engaged on a brand new Batman movie centered round Keaton’s tackle the Darkish Knight. The challenge would have served as a reboot and continued exploring the Caped Crusader after the occasions of The Flash. It is unclear how far they received within the strategy of growing it, however in keeping with the host, the movie has now been canceled. The Wrap’s Umberto Gonzalez has additionally adopted up on the report, claiming it was a Batman Past film that Keaton was set to headline. Nobody from DC Studios and Warner Bros. Discovery has commented on these stories.
Michael Keaton’s Batman Future Continues To Dim
When Keaton was tapped to deliver again his model of Batman by way of The Flash film, the thought was to have him as a recurring presence within the DCU. Preliminary stories claimed that the DCU was eying Keaton’s character to have an identical position to Nick Fury of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Nevertheless, it has been extraordinarily unclear within the final two years whether or not that’s truly going to be the end result for Keaton’s Batman.
Whether it is true that Keaton was set to star in a Batman Past film, that is the second large challenge that the actor has misplaced throughout his DCU tenure. The plan was to have Keaton’s Batman as the brand new Darkish Knight for the DCU after the occasions of The Flash film, which might then lead into the Batgirl movie on HBO Max, starring Leslie Grace. Keaton shot his scenes and was noticed a number of occasions by way of set photographs as Batman in what would have been Barbara Gordon’s origin story. Nevertheless, following the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, the studio made the controversial resolution to cancel HBO Max’s Batgirl film, with Keaton’s materials now by no means getting an opportunity to be seen.
With two tasks now misplaced, it is arduous to think about Keaton’s Batman truly sticking round within the DCU after The Flash film. Nevertheless, it is nonetheless potential that he’ll someway issue into no matter new model of the DCU will exist after the Scarlet Speedster-starring movie, simply not as a part of any Batman Past or Batgirl motion pictures. Given the uncertainty concerning the DCU following a number of regarding stories this week about DC Studios’ overhaul of the franchise, time will inform what is going to truly occur to Keaton’s Batman. Although DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn responded to the DCU stories, it stays to be seen if Keaton can be showing as Batman once more within the franchise after The Flash.
