Recent BATMAN BEYOND Movie Rumor Debunked By Longtime Franchise Producer Michael Uslan

Recent BATMAN BEYOND Movie Rumor Debunked By Longtime Franchise Producer Michael Uslan

Kevin Smith recently revealed that a Batman Beyond movie hinged on The Flash's success, but longtime Batman franchise producer Michael Uslan now appears to have debunked those claims. Read on for details!

By JoshWilding - Jun 27, 2023 10:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman
Source: Toonado.com

Last week, filmmaker Kevin Smith revealed that David Uslan, the son of Batman franchise producer Michael Uslan, had told him about now-scrapped plans for a Batman Beyond movie to follow The Flash

Last year, the trades reported that had Michael Keaton remained part of the DCEU, Batgirl was going to be followed by Batman Beyond (Michelle Pfeiffer was even expected to reprise her role as Selina Kyle/Catwoman). However, Smith believed the movie hinged on The Flash's success and suggested it's no longer being made because that's bombed. 

Now, David has taken to Instagram to debunk those claims (via Toonado.com). Addressing a fan asking if the image below is about Smith's comments, he said, "That's one," suggesting there are at least a couple of bogus rumours doing the rounds he's not happy with. 

We'd assume he's also referring to the story Warner Bros. wanted to enlist Christian Bale for The Flash, a subject Smith has since said he was misquoted on.

However, the Clerks director seemed displeased with Michael debunking his comments about Batman Beyond as he'd later take to Twitter @ThatKevinSmith to say, "he needs to shut down his son David, as that’s who told me that story at [The Flash] premiere."

A Batman Beyond movie was definitely in the works at some point, but is no longer happening now DC Studios is rebooting the DCEU as the DCU. Had The Flash been a runaway success, an Elseworlds movie may well have become a reality, but Michael Keaton's Caped Crusader doesn't appear to be a big enough box office draw.

Then again, on a more optimistic note, perhaps Uslan was debunking this because Batman Beyond is still on the way. We doubt it, unfortunately.

Take a look at Uslan's Instagram post below.

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MahN166A
MahN166A - 6/27/2023, 10:35 PM
Mannnn.
It really sucks to be a realistic pessimist who is secretly an optimist.
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 6/27/2023, 11:05 PM
Could have easily done an Elsworld Batman Beyond film with Keaton back as Batman that could have acted as the third part to the Burton films (Hell bring back Burton to direct), but they wanted to have there cake and eat it too and now we're left with the disappointing reminder of what could have been which is the Flash film.

MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 6/27/2023, 11:08 PM
I still hope Batman beyond happens in some way. Whether live action with Keaton or animated to compete with Spiderverse, it needs to make a comeback.
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 6/27/2023, 11:33 PM

Clearly, James Gunn was never a fan of Keaton doing more Batman.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 6/27/2023, 11:46 PM
Kevin Smith said he was misquoted when he mentioned Christian Bale being asked to come back for The Flash!? He wasn’t misquoted, he literally said those words on his Farman Beyond podcast.
ChrisRed
ChrisRed - 6/28/2023, 3:00 AM
Imo any movie with Keaton returning to play Batman would be welcome. Especially if it had Pfeiffer back too.
However, Batman Beyond seems an odd choice. To me it's too futureristic and sci-fi for the characters and that universe.

I'd rather just have Burton return and do an actual sequel to Batman Returns.
The Flash has just proved that Keaton is still enough Batman to hold a movie, so there's no need for Terry McGinnis.
Bring back Burton and Pfeiffer and throw in appearances from Billy Dee Williams as Two-Face and Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale and you have a great foundation to build a movie on.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 6/28/2023, 4:29 AM
I think this is just an errant game of telephone.

If the Christian Bale thing is from the latest Fatman Beyond, well I saw that and I don't remember him saying that DC Studios asked Bale to do The Flash and Bale turned them down. I think he mentioned Bale not wanting to return, but that's just common knowledge, not a specific scoop that he was giving us about The Flash.

And as far as the Batman Beyond thing goes: I don't know anything, but when he said all that I thought to myself, "I think he's misheard or misunderstood whoever told him that". Because he was saying that DC Studios was going to do a Batman Beyond if The Flash was successful. It's already common knowledge that Warner Bros Pictures was planning to do a Batman Beyond movie after Batgirl, so maybe that's what David Uslan was actually saying and Kevin Smith misunderstood him.

Easy mistake, but there is an important distinction between Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studios.
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