Over the last few years The Flash movie has seen it’s share of development hurdles. Despite having at least two more years to go before its released (unless there are more delays) things have started to take shape for now. For awhile it has been rumored that Michael Keaton will reprise his role of Bruce Wayne/Batman for the film. Fans saw Michael Keaton play Batman twice in Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman and 1992 Batman Returns. After that Tim Burton and Michael Keaton clashed with the movie studio on how the third film should go. Everyone went their separate ways and we saw Val Kilmer and George Clooney come in for the third and fourth films.
The exact story line of The Flash isn’t completely known. We’re fairly certain the movie will pull stuff from the Flashpoint story. Somehow Barry Allen a.k.a. The Flash will travel so fast he’ll jump over to an entirely different dimension and meet up with Michael Keaton’s Batman. It’ll be interesting to see what his Batman has been up to since 1992. Lots of DC characters are suppose to be in this one, including Ben Affleck’s Batman. The DC Extended Universe (DCEU) has a bunch of movies under it’s belt with many more on the way. Some of these movies take place in the same world while others are in a dimension all on their own. The Flash is suppose to tie them all together and act as a restart while not forgetting the past. It can be a little confusing. Everything is quite fluid right now. Studios are keeping a lot close to their chests. So much could potentially still change.
Michael Keaton’s official rookie card can be found in the 1989 Topps Batman Series 1 set. I consider card #3 to be his rookie. Sure, the Title Card #1 and Darknight Detective #2 picture him as Batman, but card #3 just shows him as Bruce Wayne. Its the first card in the set to do so. I’m making an executive hobby decision and calling it his rookie card. Thanks to the era of overproduction you can easily find this card in mass quantities. It would be great if they made some buyback autographs using cards from this set.
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) Michael Keaton plays Adrian Toomes/Vulture. Upper Deck produced a Spider-Man: Homecoming set in 2017 which contains Michael Keaton’s first pack inserted autographs.
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