Batman is back! Photos from the DC’s set Bat girl Show Michael Keaton again in black as the Dark Knight of Burtonverse, back in action – this time at the DC Extended Universe – after a run with Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) at The lightning. In the HBO Max Original movie starring Leslie Grace as the crusader at the helm, the 70-year-old Keaton fits into the Batgirl of mentor Barbara Gordon, the costumed alter ego of GCPD commissioner Jim Gordon (Justice Leagueof JK Simmons) daughter. Responding to the Bat signal for the first time since 1992 Batman is backKeaton returns The lightning (in rooms November 4) and Bat girl (streaming later this year on HBO Max).
Below, see the first photos of a costumed Keaton on set Bat girl (via @BatgirlFilm on Twitter).
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@BatgirlFilm shared past photos from Bat girlGotham City – the costume set in Glasgow, Scotland – reveals a mural resembling Keaton’s Batman. Keaton’s role in Bat girl was confirmed in a December 2022 preview by Warner Bros.
“[I asked myself], ‘How would that be?’ or “What if I had to do it again?” Keaton said recently Variety of his decision to respond to the Bat signal for the first time in 30 years. “Just because I was curious did not mean I wanted to do it. So it took a long time, honestly … I’ll not just say I do it. It has to be good and there has to be a reason.”
After playing The Dark Knight in 1989 Batman and the 1992 sequel that reunited him with director Tim Burton, Keaton rejected the cape and hood for the third time in Burton-less 1995 Batman forever. To persuade Keaton to return from Multiverse The lightningdirector Andy Muschietti revealed to DC FanDome China: “We sent him a great script.”
“It’s more complicated than that; we gave him a great script and I promised him a great director,” Muschietti said. “And that was about it.”
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys for LifeMarvel is coming Mrs. Marvel) directly Bat girl. In October, the directing duo teased that “the real Batman” would lead the superhero to their first attack on the DCEU.
The previously announced cast Bat girl includes Brendan Fraser (DC’s Doom Patrol) as the fiery Firefly and Ivory Aquino (When we get up) as Babs Alysia Yeoh’s best friend. Jacob Scipio (Bad Boys for Life), Rebecca Front (Lewis), Corey Johnson (Morbius), and Ethan Kay (Killing Eva) have been selected in roles that have not been revealed.
Bat girl premieres later in 2022 on HBO Max. Keaton’s Batman returns first The lightningis only played in theaters on November 4th.
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