BATMAN BEYOND Movie Would Have "Resuscitated" Romance Between Michael Keaton's Dark Knight & Catwoman

BATMAN BEYOND Movie Would Have "Resuscitated" Romance Between Michael Keaton's Dark Knight & Catwoman

More details on the now defunct Batman Beyond project have come to light, and it sounds like the movie would have featured Michael Keaton's Dark Knight rekindling his romance with Catwoman...

By MarkCassidy - Dec 09, 2022 09:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman (1989)

Details on some of the projects James Gunn and Peter Safran nixed when they took over as co-heads of DC Studios continue to come to light, and we have a feeling DC fans are going to be particularly disappointed about this latest development!

We recently learned that Birds of Prey and Batgirl writer Christina Hodson had been working on a solo Batman movie starring Michael Keaton (believed to be a Batman Beyond adaptation), and THR is now reporting that the film would have included a "resuscitation" of the romance between the Caped Crusader and Catwoman.

Would Michelle Pfeiffer have reprised her role as one-time lowly assistant (sorry, lowly secretary) Selina Kyle? The trade doesn't know for sure, but we have to assume the plan was to reunite the Batman Returns stars for a movie set in the same (or a similar) timeline.

THR adds that Gunn and Safran "know, and may even love, Terry McGinnis" and "may bring back Deathstoke," but this sounds more like speculation than actual insider info.

Is there any chance this project could be revisited? It's certainly possible, but it's hard to imagine the powers that be changing their minds anytime soon. The DC Studios co-heads are set to present their DC plan to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav next week, so we may get some kind of official announcement shortly after.

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SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 12/9/2022, 9:02 PM
Batman Beyond would make a great open world video game. Just saying....
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 12/9/2022, 9:05 PM
@SonOfAGif - Almost happened before it was cancelled
DesiSpiderman
DesiSpiderman - 12/9/2022, 9:02 PM
A Batman beyond movie set in a futuristic burtonverse gotham with Michael Keaton is a dream movie for me. Tim burton directing ofc!
Himura
Himura - 8/28/2023, 3:44 PM
@DesiSpiderman - I would have massive doubts about Burton directing a cyberpunk movie, which is what Batman Beyond should be.
DesiSpiderman
DesiSpiderman - 12/9/2022, 9:04 PM
A lot of people forget that the Gotham in the original batman 89 was futuristic at the time. So 30 m+ years later it would be believable for it to become the neo-Gotham from the Batman beyond TAS.
Origame
Origame - 12/9/2022, 9:06 PM
Considering we just dealt with a report that Gunn himself said only some of it is true (and he didn't clarify what), why are we buying any of this? Hell, we've been getting so many reports on what's currently going on at DC they're starting to contradict themselves.

How's about we wait for Gunn and crew to actually say something about their plans and what's canceled/remaining?
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 12/9/2022, 9:25 PM
@Origame - People will believe whatever they want. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯
BillyBatson1000
BillyBatson1000 - 12/9/2022, 9:08 PM
Mmmmpm, "Batman Resuscitated?"
Repian
Repian - 12/9/2022, 9:17 PM
Knightfall would have been a great inspiration for the end of Keaton's Batman and the beginning of Terry.
StSteven
StSteven - 12/9/2022, 9:29 PM
@Goldboink - Is it time to unleash the hounds? I think it's time to unleash the hounds. Here. We. Go.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 12/9/2022, 9:30 PM
I wish this was how Michael Keaton was coming back as Batman and not in the movie the Flasher.

It is disgusting to know Michael Keaton has to be associated with the child groomer and can't have his return be something to be proud of, plus look forward to, too.
ScaryTerry
ScaryTerry - 12/10/2022, 6:41 AM
@BlackIceJoe - Question… did all this with Miller come out before or after Keaton did his part for the movie?
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 12/10/2022, 11:13 AM
@ScaryTerry - The part about Ezra Miller being abusive to woman came out before, but the part that Ezra is a groomer came out during filming.
ScaryTerry
ScaryTerry - 12/10/2022, 2:52 PM
@BlackIceJoe - Ah. $$$$
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 12/9/2022, 9:40 PM
BobbyDrake
BobbyDrake - 12/9/2022, 9:44 PM
Maaannn!!!!!! I really hope this movie gets made. This all sounds amazing to me
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/9/2022, 9:46 PM
@BobbyDrake -


Sounds amazing? It would have been present day. This sounds awful. No blade runner future vibe. No flying cars. Sounds like a cheap cw trash😐🤡
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/9/2022, 9:51 PM
*Birds of Prey and Batgirl writer Christina Hodson had been working on a solo Batman movie starring Michael Keaton (believed to be a Batman Beyond adaptation)*




Yikes, dodged a nuclear missile😐.





All these leaks are a coordinated effort to undermine Gunns new power as a studio head and create a public backlash for his future plans .



Next we will get a report that WB was working on a Batman and Superman film where when you buy a ticket and you get a free blowjob from a model and a free puppy along with a tax credit🤡




Gunn is the future. Get over it💪😎
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 12/9/2022, 9:59 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - I’m intrigued by your ideas but would I be required to take the puppy?
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/9/2022, 11:17 PM
@TheUnworthyThor -


You have to take him or her and raise them with love🥲
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 12/10/2022, 12:12 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - No deal then. WB will have to live without my money.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 12/10/2022, 6:45 AM
@AmazingFILMporg -
*or them.

(Do dogs have gender identity?)
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 12/9/2022, 9:56 PM
That all sounds awesome. The existence of the Matt Reeves Batman movies really seems to complicate things. There is no reason why that shouldn’t become at least a trilogy. But they need a different Batman that can interact with this huge movie/TV/animated/video game universe they are concocting. So can you really have a third different Batman film series? That seems like a stretch. But maybe if they really differentiated it. Set it a universe with a really future looking future. Still seems a tad messy but I would definitely love to see Michelle Pfeiffer as Selina Kyle again.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 12/9/2022, 10:01 PM
No.

Robert Pattinson is Batman, period.
And I say this being the target audience for the nostalgia-bait they were trying with this movie.
imnotwearinghockeypants
imnotwearinghockeypants - 12/9/2022, 10:06 PM
Because no one asked for it.
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 12/9/2022, 10:10 PM
If Keaton and Pfeiffer were set to do it, WB should just pull it away from them. It's their last chance. That movie would harm Gunn's DC parodyverse.
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