According to new reports, fans of DC and Michael Keaton may have gotten a live-action Batman Beyond movie starring that actor. Read more details in this note!
Rumors about a movie Batman Beyond, both live-action and animated, have been around for a while. What’s more, there was a lot of talk about michael keaton as the protagonist of this story. However, all this apparently came to nothing and there were even fans of DC that they did not want to delude themselves that this delivery could become a reality. Recently, kevin smith assured that this film could have happened… only if Flash It would have swept the box office.
During a recent episode of Fatman Beyond, the filmmaker of Clerks III, Kevin Smith, revealed that Warner Bros. Discovery had plans for a live-action movie of Batman Beyond, starring himself Michael Keaton. as told Smithhis source was the son of the executive producer michael uslanwho was connected to the projects of W.B. Batman since 1989. What’s more, he is currently credited as an executive producer on the film batman (2022) of Matt Reeves.
However, for that film with michael keaton came true there was one condition: that Flash of Andy Muschietti did as well at the box office as it did batman of reeves. Which didn’t happen.
“I hoped it would be better because the son of michael uslan said that… if the movie did as well as batmanwhich opened with 130 million dollars, one of the next films of Batman what are they going to do is Batman Beyond with michael keaton“, revealed Smith. “So I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, now I hope this movie makes a lot of money.’ But based on last weekend, we’re never going to see that movie Batman Beyond with Michael Keaton”.
So you will have an idea, Flash it was set to earn between $70 and $75 million, of which it only made $55 million domestically at the box office. If we go to the numbers worldwide, the film has accumulated around $138 million, but with a budget (including production and marketing) of more than $220 million.
Despite the film’s weak start at the box office, let’s remember that the Argentine director, muschiettiyou have already secured your next job in the new era of the universe DC next to James Gunn and Peter Safran: The Brave and the Bold.
The recent string of box office disappointments in Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Comicsas The Flash, Shazam! Fury of the Gods and Black Adamhas many fans worried about the future of DC. What’s more, there is still the next one Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, installment that will be released in December and that is expected to be the last set in the DC Extended Universe.
However, before that sequel, we will see it in theaters first (in August) Blue Beetlethe first film in the DCU Approved by Gunn.