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Reprising his role for The Flash would create a tantalising parallel universe that erases several batmen from history
Should Michael Keaton really be returning to the role of Gotham’s dark knight, 30 years on from originating the role for the modern era in 1989’s Batman and its 1992 sequel Batman Returns? If a new report from the Wrap is to be believed, this is the question the 68-year-old Oscar nominee might currently be pondering over his morning coffee. The Hollywood trade site reports he is in line to reprise his famous role in The Flash, a forthcoming solo outing for Ezra Miller’s take on the scarlet speedster.
This seems, at first glance, like the kind of desperate late career move Hollywood agents have nightmares about. Ageing star pulls on the famous old costume once again, only to find himself negatively compared to his own younger, more virile self from three decades in the past. Squint a little, and it could even be a cheeky alternative ending to Alejandro G Iñárritu’s Birdman, which featured Keaton as a has-been star of superhero movies whose inner voice wants him to ditch his current oh-so-serious play in favour of another avian outing. Continue reading...