DC Universe fans have been thrilled ever since DC announced the release of Batman Beyond, which was to be directed by Terry McGinnis. After the successful series Batman Beyond in 1999, DCU decided to create a live-action adaptation of the series, which would star Michael Keaton as Batman.
However, reports have been coming up claiming that the Batman Beyond series starring Keaton might not get released due to the failure of the recently released DC movie, The Flash.
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Michael Keaton’s Batman Beyond Release Unlikely
After the worldwide acclamation of the 1999 animated series Batman Beyond, DC decided to create a live-action adaptation for the same which was to star Michael Keaton. However, reports have recently turned up claiming that the Keaton-featured adaptation of the superhit series might just not hit the big screens, all because Ezra Miller‘s recently released The Flash couldn’t do well in the cinemas.
The Clerks series director, Kevin Smith recently broke this news on his Fat Man Beyond’s latest podcast. In the words of the filmmaker,
“I was hoping that it did better than it did because Michael Uslan’s kid said that…if the movie did as well as The Batman — The Batman opened at $130 million — one of the next Batman movies they’re going to make is Batman Beyond with Michael Keaton. So I was like, ‘Oh, my God, now I hope this movie makes a lot of money.'”
The Flash, which was made with a budget of over $220M, did so poorly at the cinemas that it fell short with only $138M in box-office earnings. So basically, thanks to The Flash‘s box-office failure, now the much-awaited Keaton starrer Batman Beyond is rather unlikely to hit the big screens.
The Time When Clint Eastwood Almost Played Batman
Batman’s iconic role has been portrayed by several top-class actors, including Christian Bale and Ben Affleck. However, little do people know that Clint Eastwood too once almost starred as Batman in the unmade live-action Batman Beyond film.
An actor turned director, Eastwood has starred in several iconic characters in all of Hollywood’s history, including super-loved characters like Man with No Name in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and Ben Shockley in The Gauntlet among others. So the thought of him starring as an old and grizzled Bruce Wayne was rather fascinating to both the fans as well as the critics.
However, as fate willed it, the movie never made it to the big screens as during the time of its production, Warner Brothers were desperately trying to find a new way to keep the Batman franchise together after the epic failure of Batman & Robin.
While Clint Eastwood would have been the perfect match to play the dark and broody character, however, his response to starring as Batman still lies unknown.
You can catch The Flash in the cinemas now.
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