Update: April 19, 2021
Michael Keaton Confirmed to Return as Batman in Andy Muschietti's THE FLASH Movie
Michael Keaton’s talent agency, ICM Partners, has confirmed the actor will return as Batman in
The Flash. The superhero film officially kicked off production in London on Monday, as revealed in an
Instagram post from director Andrés Muschietti.
As TheWrap first exclusively reported, Keaton was in talks to return to the role of Batman after nearly 30 years, to appear alongside Ezra Miller in Warner Bros.’
The Flash.
But Keaton set the fandom on fire last month when he hinted in an interview with
Deadline that he might not do
The Flash because of his concerns about COVID-19.
“To be honest with you, you know what worries me more than anything about all this stuff? It’s COVID,” Keaton said at the time. “I’m more concerned. I keep my eye more on the COVID situation in the UK than anything. That will determine everything, and so that’s why I’m living outside the city here on 17 acres, staying away from everybody, because the COVID thing has got me really concerned. So, that’s my first thing about all projects. I look at it and go, is this thing going to kill me, literally? And you know, if it doesn’t, then we talk.”
The Flash will explore what Keaton’s version of Batman has been up to since we last saw him. Loosely based on the 2011 DC Comics crossover event
Flashpoint — previously
announced as the film’s title at Comic-Con 2017 — the story sees Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen travel back in time to prevent the death of his mother. The result? Allen inadvertently creates another universe protected by Keaton’s Batman, now 30 years older.
The Flash will be released on Nov. 4, 2022.
https://www.thewrap.com/michael-keaton-confirmed-batman-the-flash/
