To celebrate Batman Day (we're a little late!), The Flash director Andy Muschietti has shared a first official look at George Clooney's return as Bruce Wayne via a new behind-the-scenes photo.
In the build-up to the movie's release, there were persistent rumors that the Batman and Robin actor was set to appear along with fellow big-screen Batmen Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck. The reports were widely dismissed at first, but sure enough, Clooney showed up right at the end of the film.
When Barry Allen exits the courthouse following his father's aquittal, he gets a call from who he assumed is his reality's version of Batman (Affleck), and is more than a little confused when Clooney steps from the limo.
Though some fans were happy to see Clooney back as the iconic DC Comics hero, the scene - like the movie itself - proved to be highly divisive, and it was generally felt that the actor was brought back for little more than a quick visual gag.
Had a sequel to The Flash been greenlit there's a chance we would have seen him again, but after a dismal box office performance and the advent of a new DCU, we'd say this is the last time we'll be seeing Clooney as the Caped Crusader.
Check out the photo at the link below, and let us know what you made of George Clooney's return as Batman in The Flash.
"Directed by Andy Muschietti, The Flash features Barry Allen traveling back in time in order to change events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to help. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian…albeit not the one he’s looking for.
Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?"
The Flash is produced by Barbara Muschietti and Michael Disco, with a screenplay by Christina Hodson, and a screen story by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein and Joby Harold, based on characters from DC. Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Double Dream/a Disco Factory production of an Andy Muschietti film.