This period of DC motion pictures is arguably going to be remembered extra for the films that weren’t made than for those that have been. Black Adam was pretty forgettable, however we’re by no means going to neglect the entire scenario round Batgirl, which was largely shot after which shelved by Warner Bros. as a cost-cutting measure. In the previous couple of days, we’ve been listening to increasingly more rumors about different introduced DC initiatives which will by no means see the sunshine of day now {that a} new workforce has taken cost of DC Studios, together with Marvel Lady 3 and Man of Metal 2.
And right here is one other one. The Scorching Mic With Jeff Sneider and John Rocha on YouTube claims that The Flash author Christina Hodson had been engaged on a solo Batman film that might have starred Michael Keaton, the enduring Darkish Knight of the late ’80s and early ’90s who will reprise his position as Bruce Wayne in 2023’s The Flash. Keaton’s position in the way forward for the DC Universe is outwardly in flux, however at one level he was going to turn out to be a daily fixture of DC motion pictures post-Flash; he was in Batgirl, for instance, earlier than that film was canceled.
Umberto Gonzalez of TheWrap responded to Sneider and Rocha’s dialogue on Twitter, claiming that the “Michael Keaton Batman film you’re speaking about that Christina Hodson was writing, was the truth is the Batman Past film.”
Batman Past was the favored future spinoff to Batman: The Animated Sequence and its related titles. Set years after the occasions of the opposite reveals, it passed off in a darkish future the place an older Bruce Wayne (voiced by the late Kevin Conroy) trains a brand new Batman; a youngster named Terry McGinnis. The present ran for 3 seasons and one direct-to-video film within the early 2000s and stays a fan favourite.
Rumors of a Batman Past film have come up at times, and it might be a perfect idea for Keaton given his age. (He’s presently 71.) New DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn tweeted earlier this week that of the quite a few rumors about the way forward for DC “a few of it’s true, a few of it’s half-true, a few of it isn’t true, & a few of it we haven’t determined but whether or not it’s true or not.” He didn’t particularly deal with this Batman Past rumor or any rumor particularly.
Regardless of what number of occasions this occurs, it’s nonetheless superb that DC lastly satisfied Michael Keaton to return to his position as Batman, then shot a second film with him, and now maybe had plans to make a whole solo film round him, after which allegedly scrapped virtually all of it. Isn’t this form of strip-mining of nostalgia the one factor Hollywood is meant to nonetheless be good at?
The Flash, which co-stars Michael Keaton (for now?) is presently scheduled for launch in theaters on June 16, 2023. You’ll be able to watch The Scorching Mic podcast under.
Actors Who Turned Down DC Roles
These main stars may have performed a few of your favourite DC Comics’ heroes onscreen. However all of them mentioned no for one motive or one other.
