Ben Affleck’s Batman Return Explains Robert Pattinson In The DCEU
Ben Affleck will return as Batman in The Flash, which explains how Robert Pattinson’s version can also exist in the DCEU. Here’s how it works.
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Ben Affleck will reprise his role as Batman in The Flash, and this return explains why Robert Pattinson’s version of the Caped Crusader can exist in DC’s Extended Universe. Connected universes in the film industry are now very common, but the most popular are still those about superheroes. DC didn’t waste time in creating its own, beginning in 2013 with Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, which introduced Henry Cavill as the new Clark Kent/Superman. The DCEU’s second film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, saw Cavill’s Superman going against a new Batman, now played by Ben Affleck, but it wasn’t the big success Warner Bros. was expecting.
Still, the DCEU continued its course with Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Aquaman, and Shazam!, but the underperformance of Justice League prompted the studio to make some changes to their plans for this universe. These changes were evident in Birds of Prey, and later with the announcement of a new Batman, now played by Robert Pattinson. Though he was originally set to star and directed in a Batman solo-movie, Ben Affleck ended up leaving the DCEU – but he’s now confirmed to return in The Flash, which explains how Pattinson’s version can be part of this universe, too.
The Flash will bring the multiverse to the big screen, a concept that had already been established in the TV side of the DCEU through the “Crisis on Infinite Earths” storyline, where Ezra Miller’s Flash came face-to-face with Grant Gustin’s version. The movie will explore this multiverse by bringing back two different versions of Batman: Michael Keaton’s from Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman film, and Ben Affleck’s. Speaking to Vanity Fair, The Flash director Andy Muschietti explained that the film is “a bit of a hinge in the sense that it presents a story that implies a unified universe where all cinematic iterations that we’ve seen before are valid”, adding that it’s inclusive in the sense that “all that you’ve seen exists, and everything that you will see exists” as it’s all part of the same universe. This explains how Robert Pattinson’s Batman and Ben Affleck’s can exist in the DCEU, as they’re from different branches of the same universe.
According to Muschietti, the addition of Affleck’s Batman is important as this is the Batman that Miller’s Flash knows, so his presence is needed as a starting point to explore the worlds of other Batmen in the multiverse. Now, while both Affleck and Keaton’s versions are confirmed to appear in the film, it’s unknown if Pattinson’s will make a surprise appearance in it. By then, Pattinson will have debuted as the Caped Crusader in The Batman, so he could make an appearance in The Flash, set to be released a year later. Or, simply, The Flash could include a reference to Pattinson’s Batman, perhaps as an Easter egg for fans to look for.
The multiverse and what The Flash will do with it and the different Batmen makes it easy for Keaton and Affleck to return and not mess with what Reeves is doing with the character. Pattinson’s version doesn’t have to fit the DCEU’s continuity and Affleck’s won’t have to change for Pattinson’s to make sense, allowing the studio to explore different versions of some of DC Comics’ most popular characters. However, Ben Affleck’s future in the DCEU after The Flash is unknown, and this could be his final appearance as Batman.
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