The Flash Is A Sequel To The Tim Burton Batman Movies
Tim Burton’s Batman films redefined superhero movies. Before them, they were … well, you don’t really hear much about superhero films before him. There was the ’66 Batman film, the ’70s Superman, and that was it. Minus the random forgotten ones that no one can re-make because rights issues have tied up dozens of profitable characters in knots for years to come.
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Everyone. Everyone forgot it.
The reason you don’t remember any of them is because they were nonsense films. Burton’s Batman was the first superhero movie in the way we think of them today. The craze was wilder than the MCU’s: people got tattoos, wore the merch, debated about everything, came up with rumors, etc. It was everything we associate with the weirder aspects of Reddit but before the internet existed, so less abhorrent. It was The Superhero Film of its time. And it’s getting a sequel. Kinda.
First, a quick word on Justice League. In Justice League, the Flash’s tale seems weaved around everyone else’s, as he’s a time traveler who may have made this timeline … or maybe will end up saving it. That aspect of the Flash’s character is coming back in his next film—because, believe it or not, the Justice League isn’t the end of that particular story. There’s another film, from IT director Andy Muschietti, featuring the Flash, possibly Batfleck, and for sure Michael Keaton’s Batman.
Because of the time travel stuff that Barry does, the new Flash film will involve parallel universes, other characters, and it looks like an adaption of Flashpoint. But one of the most significant changes is that in this new universe Barry creates, both Burton Batflicks are canon. That’s right: Jack Napier, Danny Devito biting someone’s nose off, and Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman costume are all canon in this new film.
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