We’ve got a tease for his return in the DC FanDome teaser trailer for The Flash last year, and now it seems we’ve got our very first look at Michael Keaton suited up once again as Batman thanks to the latest spy photos and video from the set of Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Batgirl movie.
Keaton is returning to the role thirty years after his last outing in Batman Returns and looks set to replace Ben Affleck as the Dark Knight of the DC Extended Universe thanks to some Flashpointy multiverse shenanigans in The Flash. Looking at the Batgirl video below, the auburn rug atop the head of J.K. Simmons’s Jim Gordon would suggest we could be looking at a flashback scene here
EXCLUSIVE: 30 years later, Michael Keaton is still the goddamn #BATMAN! #Batgirl
[📸@LukeMcL36558743] pic.twitter.com/wlKA1JB74x
— Batgirl Film News (@BatgirlFilm) February 13, 2022
Our friends over at @WeeWalksYoutube were able to spot the #Batman on the #Batgirl set. We can assume this is a flashback 🦇
[Full video at https://t.co/VT4u6w8KsU] pic.twitter.com/Gkk1onhs94
— Batgirl Film News (@BatgirlFilm) February 13, 2022
Man, Keaton is still the GODDAMN BATMAN!
Here's the clearest shot of Michael Keaton's Batsuit on the set of #Batgirl
[📸©️ Alan Fettes] pic.twitter.com/fGgx0oXSrJ
— Batgirl Film News (@BatgirlFilm) February 15, 2022
Batgirl is directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys For Life) and stars Leslie Grace (In the Heights) as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, J.K. Simmons (Justice League) as Commissioner Jim Gordon, Micheal Keaton (The Flash) as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Brendan Fraser (Doom Patrol) as Firefly, Ivory Aquino (When They See Us) as Alysia Yeoh and Jacob Scipio (Bad Boys for Life), Rebecca Front (Avenue 5), Corey Johnson (Morbius) and Ethan Kai (Killing Eve) in as-yet-unrevealed roles.
Batgirl is set to premiere directly on HBO Max as an HBO Max Original.
Originally published February 13, 2022. Updated February 16, 2022.
