The Batgirl Movie Has Recruited Michael Keaton’s Dark Knight

DC’s cinematic universe is barrelling full velocity forward right into a multiverse of flicks—and if Warner Bros. has its manner, it appears prefer it might need discovered itself a solution to the narrative glue that can tie not less than a few of that multiverse collectively: Michael Keaton.

As first reported by Cinelinx, a brand new press package supplied to media by Warner Bros. for its upcoming 2022 slate has confirmed that Michael Keaton is a part of the solid of Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s Batgirl film, presently slated to debut solely on HBO Max sometime in 2022. Keaton joins the beforehand confirmed solid members Leslie Grace—playing, after all, titular heroine Barbara Gordon; J.Okay. Simmons as Barbara’s father, Gotham PD commissioner Jim Gordon; Brendan Fraser as an unknown villain (rumored to be Batman rogue gallery staple Firefly); and Jacob Scipio in a equally undisclosed function. io9 has reached out to Warner Bros. to make clear Keaton’s addition to the solid, and can replace this put up as and once we hear again.

Although circuitously said by the press materials (it will truthfully be fairly hilarious if it was something however), Keaton is presumably reprising his function as Bruce Wayne and Batman, the function he embodied in 1989’s Batman and 1992’s Batman Returns, directed by Tim Burton. The actor was already reprising the function in subsequent 12 months’s lengthy awaited Flash film—alongside fellow Dark Knight Ben Affleck—however bringing him into Batgirl is a step additional into tying Keaton’s legacy again straight into the heroes of Gotham City.

It’s unknown at this level what this implies for Batgirl itself, whether or not the film is ready as some type of continuation of the universe of Batman and Returns, or is its solely personal slice of the DC Comics universe and Keaton’s Batman is simply popping in from throughout area and time. Either manner, it’s good to listen to that some of the iconic takes on the Dark Knight is getting a second within the highlight once more, particularly to usher in a brand new technology of DC film heroes. We’ll convey you extra on Batgirl once we be taught it.

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