The Flash's Multiverse Was Very Confusing For Michael Keaton - Screen Rant

Michael Keaton admits it took him some time to understand The Flash's approach to the multiverse. The DCEU's solo Flash movie has been in the works for some time now, but it has only just begun to make real progress. Ezra Miller will once again speed onto the big screen as Barry Allen, aka the Flash, for the movie, which will arrive in theaters in November 2022. Directed by Andy Muschietti, The Flash will explore the DCEU's version of Flashpoint, a storyline from the comics that sees Barry go back in time to stop his mother's murder, only to then unleash drastic consequences on the timeline.

The Flash will explore the DC multiverse in a big way, and it will do that through the inclusion of additional heroes. Sasha Calle will make her franchise debut as Supergirl, while Ben Affleck will return to play Batman. He won't be The Flash's only Caped Crusader, though, as Keaton will also play Batman for the movie. Keaton hasn't portrayed the character since 1992's Batman Returns, yet his performance remains one of the definitive iterations of the hero.

It's the multiverse that makes Keaton's return possible, yet the actor had a hard time wrapping his head around it. In a new profile with THR, Keaton admitted he needed a few read-throughs and explanations to truly grasp how The Flash's story works. He also rejected the idea that this is him trying to be too cool to understand a superhero movie. Keaton said:

“I had to read it more than three times to go, ‘Wait, how does this work?’ They had to explain that to me several times. By the way, I’m not being arrogant, I hope, about this. I don’t say it like, ‘I’m too groovy.’ I’m stupid. There’s a lot of things I don’t know about. And so, I don’t know, I just kind of figured it out, but this was different.”

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Keaton's return as Batman in The Flash is perhaps the most eagerly anticipated part of the movie. Set photos have showed glimpses of him on set, and Keaton himself has spoken highly of the way The Flash introduces Batman. He's expected to play a sort of mentor role for Barry, and it isn't yet clear if he will share the screen with Affleck's Batman. At the same time, when Keaton's return was announced last year, it was said he could appear in additional DC movies after The Flash.

The DCEU isn't the only superhero universe that's delving into the multiverse, as the MCU is dipping its toes into the complex concept as well. It remains to be seen exactly how The Flash will introduce it, but it likely has something to do with Barry's time-traveling adventures. The mixture of the multiverse and time travel sounds like an ambitious plot, so it's no wonder that Keaton would feel a bit overwhelmed when reading it for the first time. Fortunately, it sounds like he's on board now. The Flash will bring massive changes to the DCEU, and audiences can't wait to see them all unfold.

More: Flash Movie: Why Michael Keaton's Batman Still Has Burton's Batmobile

Source: THR

Key Release Dates

The Batman (2022)Release date: Mar 04, 2022
DC League of Super-Pets (2022)Release date: May 20, 2022
Black Adam (2022)Release date: Jul 29, 2022
The Flash (2022)Release date: Nov 04, 2022
Aquaman 2 (2022)Release date: Dec 16, 2022
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)Release date: Jun 02, 2023

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Rachel LaBonte is a news, feature, and movie review writer for Screen Rant with a deep passion for film and television. A graduate of Emerson College, she majored in Media Arts Production while specializing in screenwriting. She's been a writer ever since high school when she realized she was rather good at it and joined as many entertainment news clubs as she could while in school. Most notably, she wrote for Emerson's website Emertainment Monthly, and one of her film reviews won an Evvy (Emerson's student awards) for Best Review. Her deep love of movies led to her working at a movie theater for five years, which she loved despite the angry customers. An avid reader who constantly buys books before reading the ones she already owns, Rachel is a huge fan of superheroes (especially of the Marvel variety) and wizards and will likely never be able to catch up on all the movies/TV shows she longs to watch.

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