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After nearly 30 years, Michael Keaton is in talks to return to the role of Batman, to appear alongside Ezra Miller in Warner Bros.' upcoming movie "The Flash," TheWrap has learned exclusively. Talks with
Keaton are in the very early stages, it is far from a sure thing, and can go either way. No details are currently available about how big or small Keaton's role is.
That plot will introduce general audiences to the idea of the multiverse, one of the of core concepts underpinning DC Comics. For the non fanboy set, the multiverse refers to a shifting number of
alternate universes that coexist within the larger reality depicted in DC comics.
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Originally created to explain various contradictory changes the company's characters experienced over decades, it allows several different versions of the same characters to simultaneously exist and,
occasionally, interact. Matt Reeves upcoming "The Batman" will not be affected and Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne is still viewed as the future of the franchise.
One notable component is the idea that in every single universe, Earth is always home to a larger than normal number of superpowered heroes and villains whose actions often have galaxy-spanning
consequences.
DC has been planting the seeds of the multiverse for the last several years. It was introduced in The CW's "Arrowverse" franchise, with "Supergirl" and "Black Lightning" expressly established as being in separate universes from "Arrow," "The Flash," and
"Legends of Tomorrow." But most recently, during The CW's crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths," movies such as "Wonder Woman" and "Justice League" were confirmed as part of the Arrowverse
multiverse when the Barry Allen played by Grant Gustin on The CW encountered Miller's Barry Allen.
And while it's still not known how the multiverse concept will play out in other future DC Comics movies, it certainly expands the available options for Warner Bros as it develops them. Just in case it
wants to find a way to pit Joaquin Phoenix's Joker against, say, the current version of Aquaman.
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