BATMAN FOREVER Star Val Kilmer Is Open To Returning As The Caped Crusader If Warner Bros. Comes Calling

BATMAN FOREVER Star Val Kilmer Is Open To Returning As The Caped Crusader If Warner Bros. Comes Calling

Val Kilmer suited up as Batman between Michael Keaton and George Clooney's Dark Knights, and the Top Gun: Maverick star has now admitted that he's willing and able to reprise the role if Warner Bros. asks.

By JoshWilding - Aug 24, 2022 11:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman Forever (1995)

A relatively long list of actors have suited up as Batman over the years, and while Val Kilmer is often lost in the shuffle, the actor's Caped Crusader definitely has a lot of fans. 

He took over the role of Bruce Wayne from Michael Keaton in 1995's Batman Forever, sharing the screen with Tommy Lee Jones' Two-Face and Jim Carrey as The Riddler. If The Flash is released, it will bring Keaton back as the hero, but there are rumblings that he and Ben Affleck won't be the only Dark Knights we see in the Multiversal adventure. 

During a brief email Q&A with IGN's Jim Vejvoda, Kilmer was asked about possibly reprising the role of Batman in a future DC project and responded with an enthusiastic "Yes please."

He's clearly wiling to suit up as Batman again, and given that Warner Bros. seems to be treating the Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher movies as being in their own respective worlds, there's really no reason Barry Allen couldn't briefly cross paths with his Gotham City crimefighter. Ultimately, that will hinge on how many cameos The Flash actually winds up having. 

While the DC Extended Universe is now in flux following Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav's planned changes to how those projects are handled, there was once going to be a Crisis on Infinite Earths movie.

It's hard to say whether that will still happen, but we have to believe the plan was for multiple "Batmen" to share the screen, similar to what we recently saw in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Fingers crossed that becomes a reality, but with Keaton being removed from Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and Batgirl's cancellation, we're not banking on it.

The Flash races into theaters in June 23, 2023.
 

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PC04
PC04 - 8/24/2022, 11:09 AM
That "yea please" wasn't sarcastic?
Fogs
Fogs - 8/24/2022, 11:10 AM
@PC04 - 1st thing I thought too.
dracula
dracula - 8/24/2022, 11:11 AM
Eh who needs Val when we have Michael
REMIMARKS
REMIMARKS - 8/24/2022, 11:12 AM
Val always looked like he hated wearing that suit in Batman Forever.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 8/24/2022, 11:13 AM
Val has such pretty lips.
generictheeric
generictheeric - 8/24/2022, 6:18 PM
@Reeds2Much - Saying what we're all thinking.
Thebronxknight
Thebronxknight - 8/24/2022, 11:14 AM
I love Val and I will back his Batman in forever all day long, but he looks much older than he is now and the voice thing, just wouldn’t work. Plus we got Keaton back and they’re the same Batman.
Dotanuki
Dotanuki - 8/24/2022, 11:15 AM
Does Josh think Val should suit up again as Batman? Why or why not?

I think this article is in pretty poor taste given the reality of his situation.
IcePyke
IcePyke - 8/24/2022, 11:30 AM
No, Val please!
Think about your condition!
MotherFuckerJon
MotherFuckerJon - 8/24/2022, 11:39 AM
I get nostalgic with this movie and the Seal song. Man that grabs me right in the nostalgias.
abd00bie
abd00bie - 8/24/2022, 12:25 PM
@HydraB0b - Me too and when they released those ugly Batman Forever pogs at McD's lol
RolandD
RolandD - 8/24/2022, 4:25 PM
@HydraB0b - That Seal song was the best thing about this movie which is sad to say. The song is awesome, though. Val Kilmer did nothing for me as Batman (not bad and not good) and Jim Carrey as the Riddler and Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face were just way too cringey.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/24/2022, 12:06 PM
He looked damn good in that suit and his Bruce certainly had the best swagger
TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 8/24/2022, 12:15 PM
Into the Bat-verse.
DanFlashesShirt
DanFlashesShirt - 8/24/2022, 12:46 PM
He can’t actually speak anymore though. Idk if you all saw the saw Top Gun, but i’m pretty sure that one scene took a ton of effort.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 8/24/2022, 1:35 PM
Love these whole articles based on two words from an email...
QuietStorm
QuietStorm - 8/24/2022, 1:44 PM
Was my favorite Batman/Bruce for a long time. Then he did Heat and The Saint. He's had a helluva career.





grif
grif - 8/24/2022, 2:27 PM
the man eats through a tube and cant even talk. bad taste article.
sully
sully - 8/24/2022, 3:41 PM
@grif - Exactly.
TheSuerJackAss
TheSuerJackAss - 8/24/2022, 3:45 PM
I thought George & Val was just replacing Michael but still in his universe ?
TheDpool
TheDpool - 8/24/2022, 4:30 PM
@TheJackAss - literally. Burton and Keaton left due to the studio wanting the tone to change.
Killer did one because hes a nightmare to work with, Clooney did one as he was terrible as Batman.
TheSuerJackAss
TheSuerJackAss - 8/24/2022, 4:32 PM
@TheDpool - What does this information gotta do with the fact that George & Val still played the same Batman & Bruce Keaton did ? Yeah the studio did what they did but its still the Keaton universe
TheDpool
TheDpool - 8/25/2022, 3:48 AM
@TheJackAss - alright sorry for providing information to your question. Yes their supposed to be in the same universe.
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