Jeffrey Dean Morgan has once again expressed his desire to portrayBatmanin theFlashpointmovie and many fans believe that this has to happen. It seems that everybody wants to hop in and play the Caped Crusader these days with Jake Gyllenhaal and Jon Hamm bidding to take over Ben Affleck in Matt Reeves’The Batmanand Morgan publicly teasing about his role inFlashpoint. There have been rumors that Affleck will stay on forFlashpoint, but that doesn’t really make any sense since Bruce Wayne is killed off in the storyline unless he stays on for flashbacks or the very beginning of the movie.
Comic Book reports that during a recent panel at Walker Stalker Con in New Jersey,Jeffrey Dean Morganspoke up about his hopes of returning to the DCEU, saying, “There’s a role in the DC Universe I’ve got my eye on”. It quite obvious what DC role that the actor is referring to, which isFlashpoint’s Batman. Morgan expressed his excitement over the summer when the project was announced and then the actor kept really quiet about the whole thing while appearing on theJimmy Kimmel Liveshow, dodging any questions having to do with the Dark Knight.
TheFlashpointstoryline was written by DC’s Geoff Johns and tells the story ofBarry Allentraveling back in time to try and stop the murder of his mother. When he returns to the present day, he finds that his mother is still alive but the world is an entirely different place from the one that he initially left behind. The alternate reality is not a pretty one, the Justice League no longer exists and most importantly here, the robbery of the Wayne family takes an interesting twist as Bruce Wayne is murdered instead of his family. Ultimately, Thomas Wayne becomes Batman and Martha Wayne goes insane and later becomes the Joker.
TheDCEUis in a bit of a transition period after the perceived failure of theJustice Leaguemovie. It had been rumored that the fate of the future of the DCEU sat on the shoulders ofJustice Leagueand now that rumor appears to be true. Warner Bros. is in the middle of some major rearranging for the future of DC movies.Flashpointis still in development and is now being looked at as the game changer for the DCEU, much like it was for DC comics when it came out and changed the landscape.
While there are still many hurdles to overcome, Jeffrey Dean Morgan has already played Thomas Wayne inBatman v Supermanand he is the logical choice for the role in theFlashpoint movie. Basically, nobody really seems to know what’s going on, but Morgan might have some more information than others and either already has the role or he has one of the most exciting campaigns ever seen for the part of a movie. While we wait and see, go check out what Jeffrey Dean Morgan had to say about that certain DC role viaComicBook.com.
