{"id":1774779,"date":"2022-12-14T06:30:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1774779"},"modified":"2022-12-14T10:03:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T15:03:44","slug":"james-gunn-said-to-have-killed-batman-beyond-movie-starring-michael-keaton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-gunn-said-to-have-killed-batman-beyond-movie-starring-michael-keaton\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn Said to Have Killed \u201cBatman Beyond\u201d Movie Starring Michael Keaton"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjames-gunn-said-to-have-killed-batman-beyond-movie-starring-michael-keaton%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1774779&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The new DCU could have 52 ideas to pursue under the leadership of James Gunn and Peter Safran, but a new Batman movie with Michael Keaton isn\u2019t one of them. Put another way, the new co-heads of the DC Studio are going to go above and beyond to reboot their brand though they won\u2019t take the \u201889 Bat into the future.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_136241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136241\" class=\"wp-image-136241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.11.01-03.38-boundingintocomics-618009e3eed84.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.11.01-03.38-boundingintocomics-618009e3eed84.jpg 1169w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021.11.01-03.38-boundingintocomics-618009e3eed84-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2021.11.01-03.38-boundingintocomics-618009e3eed84-768x340-1.jpg 768w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-136241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Keaton as The Vulture in Morbius<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/23\/michael-keatons-screen-time-in-the-flash-significantly-reduced-as-actor-moving-to-exit-the-dcu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rumor: Michael Keaton\u2019s Screen Time In \u2018The Flash\u2019 Significantly Reduced As Actor Moving To Exit The DCU<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to intel from Jeff Sneider of YouTube show <em>The Hot Mic<\/em>, Gunn called off a <em>Batman Beyond<\/em> movie that was set to star Keaton as the elder Bruce Wayne mentoring Terry McGinnis. The film, obviously in its earliest stages, was said to be penned by <em>Birds of Prey<\/em> and <em>Bumblebee<\/em> writer Christina Hodson, who was involved with <em>Batgirl<\/em> and <em>The Flash<\/em> too.<\/p>\n<p>The 70-year-old actor co-stars in <em>The Flash<\/em> as a version of his Dark Knight from the Tim Burton films and was likewise in the aborted <em>Batgirl<\/em> production. Reportedly, he filled a mentor role to Barry Allen and then Barbara Gordon similar to the one Bruce later would embody opposite Terry. But that won\u2019t happen now because, like <em>Batgirl, Batman Beyond<\/em> is going nowhere.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/10\/20\/the-top-six-screen-performances-of-the-joker-gothams-clown-prince-of-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Top Six Screen Performances Of The Joker, Gotham\u2019s Clown Prince Of Crime<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sneider explains that once Gunn and Safran took on their new jobs they said \u201cabsolutely not\u201d and nixed <em>Batman Beyond<\/em> and anything further to do with Keaton. If it wasn\u2019t Robert Pattinson or Matt Reeves-related or associated with Todd Phillips as <em>Joker<\/em> is, then \u201ceverything else Batman or Joker \u2014 gone.\u201d This decision is due largely to Reeves and Phillips following up on their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Both <em>Joker<\/em> and <em>The Batman<\/em> were very successful and are locked in for sequels and TV spinoffs in the latter\u2019s case. Phillips is hard at work on <em>Joker: Folie a Deux<\/em>, a musical with Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn, and Reeves is moving forward with Arkham and Penguin shows for HBO Max. Gunn and Safran aren\u2019t touching those.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_186109\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186109\" class=\"wp-image-186109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.10.20-08.02-boundingintocomics-6351a94d227f6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.10.20-08.02-boundingintocomics-6351a94d227f6.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022.10.20-08.02-boundingintocomics-6351a94d227f6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.10.20-08.02-boundingintocomics-6351a94d227f6-1340x754-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022.10.20-08.02-boundingintocomics-6351a94d227f6-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-186109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) in Joker (2019), Warner Bros. Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/16\/penciler-chris-wozniak-takes-warner-bros-to-court-for-the-batman-plagiarism-accusations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penciler Chris Wozniak Takes Warner Bros. To Court For \u2018The Batman\u2019 Plagiarism Accusations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Keaton\u2019s return, <em>Batman Beyond,<\/em> and the existence of several variations on the Caped Crusader in one universe of continuous film series represent saturation they and the big boss David Zaslav are grappling with. The problem comes from the prior heads of DC Films and Warner Bros., and Zaslav is keen on junking their blighted leftover ideas and starting fresh.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s already made it clear he doesn\u2019t want multiple Batmans. \u201cI think over the next few years, you\u2019re going to see a lot of growth and opportunity around DC, there\u2019s not going to be four Batmans\u2026And so part of our strategy is [to] drive the hell out of DC, which James and Peter are going to do,\u201d he said at a recent conference.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_180985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180985\" class=\"wp-image-180985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.09.16-12.40-boundingintocomics-63246ec0ddd6a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.09.16-12.40-boundingintocomics-63246ec0ddd6a.png 1600w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.16-12.40-boundingintocomics-63246ec0ddd6a-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.09.16-12.40-boundingintocomics-63246ec0ddd6a-1340x720-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.09.16-12.40-boundingintocomics-63246ec0ddd6a-768x413-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-180985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keaton in Batman Returns (1992), Warner Bros. Pictures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gunn has remained tight-lipped about the plans he and Safran have for the DCU and only cryptically responded on social media that some reports of what\/who is being tossed out are true \u2013 while other things haven\u2019t been decided on yet. Maybe a <em>Batman Beyond<\/em> project of some type has a chance but not with Keaton \u2013 whose time in the DCU appears to be up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/11\/18\/warner-bros-discovery-ceo-david-zaslav-on-the-future-of-the-dcu-theres-not-going-to-be-four-batmans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warner Bros. 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