Michael Keaton to reprise role as Batman 30 years after slipping into rubber suit

[ZiprHead]

Oscar-nominated actor who last played comic book hero in 1992's 'Batman Returns' to appear in 2022's 'The Flash'

GOTHAM CITY — "I'm Batman."

Those were the words spoken by Michael Keaton in the opening scene of the 1989 big-screen comic book adaptation of "Batman."

Now it's been reported that the Oscar-nominated actor will once again don the batsuit for the upcoming film version of "The Flash," which began production Monday and is slated for release next year.

The latest DC Comics character to get the movie treatment, "The Flash" includes a time-bending narrative that sends the titular character's alter ego, Barry Allen, (Ezra Miller), into the past to prevent the death of his mother. Along the way, however, he encounters Keaton's Batman, also known as reclusive millionaire Bruce Wayne.

 

[ideologyhunter]

Paging The Irishman de-ageing crew. (Is Joe Pesci on board, as the Penguin?)

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Paging The Irishman de-ageing crew. (Is Joe Pesci on board, as the Penguin?)

Danny DeVito?

I like Pesci, but him as Penguin? That'd about as dumb as Arnold as Dr. Freeze. Thank goodness nothing stupid like that can ever happen.... again...

 

[Jayjay]

I think the time travel / parallel universe trope has been way overdone in superhero genre already.

As for old actors reprising their roles, that's nothing new either. Ezra Miller himself made an appearance in Flash CW series just a little over a year ago, along with Kevin Conroy's Batman, Burt Ward's Robin, Ashley Scott's Huntress, and Brandon Routh's Superman. Yawn, gag and snore.