Danny DeVito's Penguin Reportedly Wanted for DC's THE FLASH Movie
Warner Bros. upcoming DC film The Flash is shaping up to be something pretty insane. With Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton both reprising their Batman roles in the film, anything is possible! We are now learning that the studio might be looking to back Danny DeVito's Penguin for a cameo appearance in the film!
This latest report comes from entertainment scooper Daniel Richtman on Patreon. This is just a rumor for now, but damn, it sure would be cool to see DeVito back in the role of Oswald Cobblepot. As you know, DeVito’s version of The Penguin first appeared in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns, and he was delightfully disgusting.
There aren’t any other details to share. As for Keaton’s Batman, it’s been rumored that his version of Batman may end up being positioned for a mentor role and appear across multiple movies.
This movie is going to break open the DC multiverse and the director previously teased "all that you've seen exists." The Flash will see Barry Allen "breaking the bonds of physics to crash into various parallel dimensions, where he’ll encounter slightly different versions of DC’s classic heroes."
Director Andy Muschietti explained things a little further regarding how this new DC Multiverse is actually going to work in The Flash, saying:
"This movie is a bit of a hinge in the sense that it presents a story that implies a unified universe where all the cinematic iterations that we’ve seen before are valid. It’s inclusive in the sense that it is saying all that you’ve seen exists, and everything that you will see exists, in the same unified multiverse."
He went on to share:
"I will tell you is that it's a ride. It's going to be fun and exciting and there are a lot of DC characters in it. Flash is the superhero of this film because he is the bridge between all of these characters and timelines. And in a way, it restarts everything and doesn't forget anything."
The director also previously explained that the film will be a time travel story, saying:
“His mother was murdered, his father was trained and incarcerated, and all his journey from then was a man trying to make things right…the script really capture his loquacity, his personality…he’s someone who has the power of changing events of the past, but by doing so, can deteriorate the very fabric of the space-time continuum.”
Screenwriter Christina Hodson added, “The cinematic multiverse is going to be born out of this movie. It’s born out of Barry’s story.”
What do you think about the possibility of seeing Danny DeVito’s Penguin in The Flash?
The Flash is scheduled to open in theaters on November 4, 2022.