‘The Flash’ Trailer: Michael Keaton’s Batman Takes Flight in Multiverse Battle
Directed by Andy Muschietti, The Flash will see Barry Allen
racing through the Speed Force -- in an attempt to save his father for being
framed for the murder of his mother -- rubbing elbows with not only Ben
Affleck's Batman but Michael Keaton's, too. (Keaton played the part in 1989's
Tim Burton-directed Batman and its sequel, 1992's Batman Returns.)
"I spent a lifetime trying to right the wrongs of the
past, as if fighting crime would bring my parents back," Keaton's Bruce
Wayne tells Barry in the new trailer. "You actually did it."
The new clip also features the newest member of the DCEU
family, Sasha Calle as Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, who agrees to help Barry
fight General Zod (Michael Shannon).
In August 2021, Keaton told ET about the
"challenges" of doing action movies at his age as he reprised his
iconic role as the Caped Crusader.
"It just is harder. And it's not like that's
necessarily my signature. That's not my thing -- he's the action guy! -- you
know? I do it here and there," Keaton shared. "I am fortunate in that
I take pretty good care of myself -- I stay basically in decent shape -- but then
you get older, and you have to bump it up and bump it up. It just gets hard and
there is no way around it. But it's kind of the challenge, isn't it? It's kind
of the fun challenge."
Muschietti and screenwriter Christina Hodson previously
teased what fans could expect from the upcoming film.
"It's a time travel story," Muschietti said at the
DC FanDome: Hall of Heroes panel in 2020, with Hodson adding, "Batman lost
his parents, Superman lost his planet, Harley Quinn lost her egg sandwich, but
Barry, he's the only one who can go and change his personal story."
"[It's] the combination of giant spectacle action and
fun with this incredibly personal intimate story of a boy who's just trying to
save his mum," Hodson added, teasing: "I'm also excited to see Andy's
version of Speed Force. They are literally unlike anything you've ever seen
before."
The Flash is set to speed into theaters on June 16.