The first look at Warner Bros. and DC Films' The Flash also featured our first look at Michael Keaton's iconic Batsuit.
The DC FanDome footage shows two Barry Allens, one of whom spraypaints the discarded, bloody Batman suit that belonged to Keaton's Bruce Wayne. Using it as a Flash suit of his own, he and the other Barry -- as well as Sasha Calle's Supergirl -- enter the Batcave, and after another Batman tease, the footage concludes with Barry pulling a slipcover off of the 1989 Batmobile before the camera cuts away.
In June 2020, it was announced that Keaton's Batman would appear in The Flash, which will lean heavily into the concept of the multiverse. However, Keaton himself cast doubt on this in March 2021, saying, "I’m really into work right now. I don’t know why, but I am, and so, yeah, I mean, you know, to tell you the truth, somewhere on my iPad is an iteration of the whole Flash thing that I haven’t had time yet. I called them and said, I have to be honest with you. I can’t look at anything right now. I’m so deep into this thing I’m doing. Also, I’m prepping a thing I’m producing and getting ready to do down the road in the fall that I’ll be in, and I feel responsible to that. So, yeah, there is that. I’m not being cute or coy. If I talked about it, I’ll be just bullsh*tting you. I don’t really know. I have to look at the last draft." His return was eventually confirmed in April, and two months later, director Andy Muschietti shared a bloody teaser image featuring the iconic '89 Batman yellow oval.
"Frankly, in the back of my head, I always thought, 'I bet I could go back and nail that motherfucker,'" Keaton said in August about playing Batman again. "And so I thought, 'Well, now that they’re asking me, let me see if I can pull that off.' What’s really interesting is how much more I got [Batman] when I went back and did him. I get this on a whole other level now. I totally respect it. I respect what people are trying to make. I never looked at it like, 'Oh, this is just a silly thing.' It was not a silly thing when I did Batman. But it has become a giant thing, culturally. It’s iconic. So I have even more respect for it because what do I know? This is a big deal in the world to people. You’ve got to honor that and be respectful of that. Even I go, 'Jesus, this is huge.'"
The Flash races into theaters Nov. 4, 2022.
Source: DC FanDome