Why Ben Affleck & Michael Keaton Can Both Be The DCEUs Batman

Why Ben Affleck & Michael Keaton Can Both Be The DCEU’s Batman

Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton are tackling the role of Batman in The Flash movie. Here’s how both actors can play the same role within the DCEU.

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Why Ben Affleck & Michael Keaton Can Both Be The DCEUs Batman

There’s no need to choose between them since Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton can both be Batman in the DC Extended Universe. It was announced in August 2020 that Affleck would once again don the Dark Knight’s cape and cowl, joining Keaton’s iteration of the character for 2022’s The Flash movie.

Keaton first played the iconic role in 1989’s Batman and Batman Returns, while Affleck portrayed the comic book character beginning in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. So, how can two versions of Batman exist in the same movie? It’s all rather confusing, but the reason both actors can play the same role is because of the multiverse, a concept which allows various fictional realities and timelines to exist simultaneously.

To backtrack a bit, Affleck was initially supposed to star in The Batman. However, the actor dropped out of the film and was replaced by Robert Pattinson. It was also confirmed The Batman exists separately from the rest of the DCEU, which includes films like Wonder Woman and Aquaman. However, any concrete plans to build out a linear DCEU were scrapped following 2017’s Justice League, with Warner Bros. ultimately opting to produce standalone comic book adaptations without worrying about how tightly they all connect to each other. Audiences are seeing that now with films like The Suicide Squad and Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League.

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Ezra Miller’s version of The Flash made a cameo in The CW’s The Flash during the Arrowverse’s Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover, which confirmed the co-existence of WB’s DC movies and TV shows within the multiverse. The Flash movie will tackle the Flashpoint storyline from DC Comics, which sees the titular character time traveling to change his mother’s death in the past. His actions change the course of history, and he wakes up in an altered timeline where Thomas Wayne (and not Bruce) is Batman, and Wonder Woman and Aquaman are at war with each other.

While it’s unclear how Flashpoint will be adapted to the big screen or how Keaton and Affleck’s characters will factor into the film, it’s possible The Flash will establish both versions of Batman in the DCEU. Reports of Keaton permanently taking over the role from Affleck after the film’s release turned out to be false. That leaves the door open for both actors to continue playing Batman in future DCEU films without it being an issue to the multiverse’s continuity. Both versions are valid and will likely bring something different to the table. At the moment, Affleck doesn’t seem interested in returning to the DCEU after The Flash, and Keaton isn’t getting his own set of Batman movies on the side.

Theoretically, however, Affleck could reprise his role while Keaton plays another Earth’s Batman. There’s no telling what’s in store for the future of the Dark Knight in all his forms. Either way, the fact there will be two versions of the DCEU Batman at the same time is pretty cool. Keaton and Affleck bring such unique personalities to the role and their individual takes on the same character will thankfully not lead to the erasure of the other. The storytelling possibilities are endless.

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