Los Angeles, Dec 24: Michael Keaton has signed on to reprise his role as Batman in the upcoming superhero pic “Batgirl”. He’ll star in the latest feature from Warner Bros and DC alongside Leslie Grace, J.K. Simmons and Brendan Fraser.
Though plot details have been kept under wraps, the film centers on the heroine whose real identity is Barbara Gordon (Grace), the daughter of Gotham police commissioner Jim Gordon.
J.K. Simmons is returning to portray Jim Gordon after first playing the character in Zack Snyder’s “Justice League.” Brendan Fraser is playing the villainous Firefly, a sociopath with a passion for pyrotechnics.
“Batgirl” is scheduled to debut on HBO Max in 2022.
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (“Bad Boys for Life”) are directing the film from a script by Christina Hodson ( “Bumblebee,” “The Flash”).
Keaton will again don the cape for Ezra Miller-starrer “The Flash”, which is scheduled for release on November 4, 2022.
Keaton first portrayed billionaire Bruce Wayne and his Caped Crusader alter ego in Tim Burton’s 1989 film “Batman”. He reprised the role in Burton’s 1992 follow-up “Batman Returns”.
The Oscar-nominated actor can currently be seen in Danny Strong’s opioid crisis mini-series “Dopesick for Hulu”, and will soon appear in Columbia Pictures’ Marvel pic “Morbius”, toplined by Jared Leto.
