BATMAN BEYOND Co-Creator Bruce Timm Reacts to Michael Keaton Reprising His Role as Batman

Batman fans are super pumped up about Micheal Keaton reprising his role as Batman in DC Entertainment’s The Flash movie. It’s something that I never thoughts I’d see, but here we are and like a lot of fans, I’m hoping that it leads to a live-action Batman Beyond adaptation.

In a recent interview with SYFY, Bruce Timm, the co-creator of Batman Beyond, reacted to the news of Keaton’s return. While he thinks it’s cool, he would also like to see a much older version of Bruce Wayne. He thinks Keaton looks too good for the role:

"Honestly, I think the idea of Michael Keaton doing it is cool. Honestly, he looks a little too good. I know he's probably in his mid 60s now, but he looks pretty damn good for being over 60. I like my old Bruce Wayne to be like really old. But, who knows? It could certainly still work. He looks like he could kick most guys' asses."

I can see the point that he’s making, but let’s just wait and see what WB is planning to do with him. Who knows, they might not have any future plans for Keaton’s Batman, as the rumors suggest.

Timm went on to discuss the continued interest and love for Batman Beyond and shared his thoughts on the possibility of a live-action adaptation:

"It's obviously super gratifying that people are still such fans of that show, especially because it was almost 25 years ago now that we did that show. It's crazy. We're almost halfway to the future. We're almost halfway to the time period it's supposed to take place in. It's super gratifying. Could it work in live action? Sure. Of course, it could. I think it's ready-made for it. I do think it would be a little on the higher end production-value-wise, because it would not be a cheap movie to make because it's set in the future. But I there's definitely some cinematic possibilities there, for sure."

I think that one day we will see a Batman Beyond movie, I just have no idea when that is going to happen and who’s going to be involved.