There are roles that stick to the skin of certain actors. That of Batman has not finished chasing actor Michael Keaton. And yet, it has been more than thirty years that the American actor has not donned the black latex jumpsuit of the masked vigilante, defender of the oppressed in Gotham City, under the expert eye of Tim Burton, in Batman (1989) and his more Batman the challenge (1992).
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At 68, Michael Keaton sincerely thought he had put away the cloak and mask of the Batman, created by Bob Kane. He even managed the feat to ward off the spell that kept him attached to the dark vengeful superhero, in the dramatic comedy Birdman , directed in 2014 by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
The figure of a successful Batman
Selected at the Venice Film Festival, Birdman was also centered around a has been actor , known for having once interpreted a masked vigilante. The film had earned Micael Keaton a nomination for the Oscar for best actor. Despite this powerful exorcism, the shadow of the bat will have continued to hover over the actor, who will therefore have attempted a radical tactic ... "pass to the enemy" at Disney-Marvel, embodying the super- villain Adian Toomes aka The Vulture in Spider-Man Homecoming with Tom Holland released in 2017.
However, nothing to do, we do not get rid of that iconic character like that. According to information from The Hollywood Reporter, 28 years after the Batman challenge , Michael Keaton is once again in talks with Warner to take over the character of Batman in the film The Flash , which DC comics and Warner Bros. plan to start building.
Actor Ezra Miller, who played the scarlet red superhero faster than his shadow in Justice League (released in 2017), takes on the role of Barry Allen, aka Flash. The feature film will be directed by Argentinian filmmaker Andy Muschietti (director of the remake of It after Stephen King).
In any event, as Ben Affleck will no longer resume his role, having made his Caped Crusader costume (after three variously appreciated films, two of which were directed by Zack Snyder, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Justice League (2017), and Suicide Squad (2016), the American firm prefers to return to the figure of a Batman crowned with success in the memory of fans and the franchise.
According to information from The Hollywood Reporter , the Batman played by Keaton in The Flash would rather be a mentor. Warner has yet to make any comments.
According to The Wrap, the story of the film The Flash centers around the young Barry Allen / The Flash (Ezra Miller) who travels back in time to try to avoid the death of his mother. By a temporal whim still ill-defined, Flash finds itself in a parallel universe protected by a Batman (Michael Keaton, therefore) who is now 30 years older ... The feature film The Flash should be released in 2022.