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The Flash Wayne Manor Set Photos Tease Michael Keaton’s Return to the Gotham of Batman ’89

DC Films’ long-gestating Flash movie is finally in production after years in development. While it’ll be nice to see the speedster headline his own blockbuster for the very first time, there’s no doubt the picture’s biggest draw is the return of Michael Keaton as an older, wiser Batman poised to become a mentor to young Barry Allen. Ever since the first reports of Keaton’s Gotham comeback dropped last June, fans have formed theories about what the actor’s return to the cape and cowl might entail as well as which Batman he’s playing. The answer might seem obvious but in a…
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Is Michael Keaton the New DCEU Batman?

Just who is under the Batman’s mask? It’s a question that’s bedeviled many a Gotham City villain, and it also appears poised to tax even the most loyal DC Extended Universe (DCEU) fan going forward, with a recent clarification on a New York Times report appearing to suggest Michael Keaton’s reprise of the Dark Knight in The Flash is more than a one-off. Indeed, Times reporter Brooks Barnes generated additional news over the weekend when he elaborated on a profile piece he filed last month. In the earlier report, DC Films head Walter Hamada revealed DC is embracing a full-throated…
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Michael Keaton’s Favorite Batman Still Wanted for Murdering Penguin Thug in Batman Returns

Michael Keaton appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this week to talk about his work in The Trial of the Chicago 7 as well as plans for him to reprise his role as Batman in Andy Muschietti’s in-development The Flash movie. While Keaton declined to say much about donning the cape and cowl once again to mentor Ezra Miller’s young Barry Allen in the DCEU film — beyond confirming that he’s “having discussions” with Warner Bros. — he did sound off on another very important topic. Since The Flash is set to feature not just one Batman from the franchise’s…
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Flashpoint: Which Batman is Michael Keaton Playing in The Flash Movie?

The announcement that Michael Keaton would be joining the upcoming Flash movie was met with great shock. Keaton walked away from Batman ahead of Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever (“[The film] just wasn’t any good, man,”), turning him into “The guy who used to be Batman” for years as he struggled to get away from his superhero shadow. That changed with Birdman, when his character seemed like a metacommentary on his own career, and with Spider-Man: Homecoming, when he returned to cape movies as the villainous Vulture, but by then, Keaton’s version was multiple Batmen in the past.  And then he…
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Michael Keaton Could Reprise Batman Role in Flash Movie and Other DC Films

He may never play Birdman again, but new reports from THR and The Wrap claim that Michael Keaton may be set to reprise his role as Batman. Both outlets report that Keaton is in early talks to return as an older version of the hero in Warner Bros’ upcoming Flash movie and that the deal could extend to other DC films. Keaton last donned the cape and cowl in 1993’s Batman Returns and has since appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Spider-Man villain The Vulture. According to THR, if all goes as planned, Keaton could be set to fill…
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