In his place, we now have Clooney’s suave version of the character - one who appears to be familiar with Barry despite Barry’s shock to see him. Thanks to Barry’s time-travel meddling, Affleck’s grizzled Batman appears to have been erased from existence, possibly for good. Didn’t Batman & Robin take place in the same universe as the Tim Burton films? Wouldn’t that make Clooney’s version the same Bruce Wayne as Keaton’s? Well, yes and no. But instead of Affleck stepping out of Bruce’s fancy car, out pops Clooney, who played Batman in 1997’s much maligned Batman & Robin. By movie’s end, the preexisting DC continuity is restored and these figures fade back into multiverse hypotheticals … with one startling exception: George Clooney’s Batman is back, baby.īefore the cut to credits, Barry gets on the phone with Bruce Wayne, who’s about to meet him outside of the courthouse where his father has just been rightfully acquitted of his mother’s murder (long story). But once Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) travels back in time to rewrite the most painful event of his past, the existing continuity radically changes, allowing for a number of uncanny but familiar cameos: figures from have-been and could-have-been comic-book universes - including Adam West’s Batman, Helen Slater’s Supergirl, and at least three different Supermen. Of course, Ben Affleck has been the Dark Knight in the current DC cinematic universe since 2016, and he does appear early on in The Flash for an action scene and to deliver some words of advice. One of the major selling points of The Flash is the return of Michael Keaton, who last played the Caped Crusader in Batman Returns more than 30 years ago. Warning: Spoilers ahead for the plot and ending of The Flash, which is in theaters now.
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