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Fans are divided over DCEU retconning The Batman in Batgirl movie, Michael Keaton cast as Dark Knight

Fans are divided over DCEU retconning The Batman in Batgirl movie, Michael Keaton cast as Dark Knight

Michael Keaton is official The Batman for DCEU, the 70-year-old star will play as the caped crusader in the Batgirl, after making his appearance in Ezra Miller starrer The Flash movie, multiple trade outlets have confirmed. However, fans are divided over the choice of the actor since many hoped to see Ben Affleck continue his stint.

Keaton’s return connects the Burtonverse to the DC Extended Universe yet it could also erase any mark of the Snyderverse from the ongoing continuity. While some have embraced Keaton’s return, others were dismissive to learn neither Affleck would reprise nor will the Batman role be a complete recast.

In the Heights star Leslie Grace, who plays Barabara Gordon in Batgirl also confirmed the casting news on Twitter, “the bat’s out the bag”. So there’s no doubt Keaton is involved in the HBO Max DC movie project. Though, Some Batfleck and Snyder fans have expressed their disinterest in seeing Keaton put on the cape after 30 years since his last appearance in 1992’s Batman Returns. You can check out their reactions below.

It must be noted that Matt ReevesThe Batman movie featuring Robert Pattinson is also scheduled for a 2022 release, though it exists in a different universe. That puts it to a total of three Batmen on-screen appearances for next year. It will be interesting to see how Warner Bros. would go about explaining multiple Batman iterations with no correlation to each other.

The standalone Batgirl project is rumored to set up the stage for a Black Canary Solo flick as well. Batgirl is currently in production helmed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah from a script penned by Christina Hodson, also the screenwriter for The Flash. The film will also see J.K. Simmons reprise as Jim Gordon.

Batgirl is scheduled to stream on HBO Max sometime in late 2022.

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