There's a Small Chance Jeffrey Dean Morgan Could End Up (Briefly) Playing Batman in an Upcoming DC Film

While Jeffrey Dean Morgan is about to menace Rick and his pals on The Walking Dead, there's a chance he could also end up playing The Dark Knight himself in an upcoming DC film — albeit briefly.

In a new interview, Morgan had an intriguing theory for CinemaBlend about how he could don the cape and cowl. As you know, Morgan was already cast as Thomas Wayne in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but he was gunned down in the opening minutes of that film. So how could Thomas Wayne take on the mantle of the Batman? The answer: If a future DC movie tackled the Flashpoint storyline, a comics event in which Barry Allen traveled back in time to save his mother's life but created an alternate timeline in which young Bruce Wayne was gunned down in that alley and Thomas was driven to become Batman instead.

"Maybe when [Zack Snyder] cast me that was kind of the goal. Hopefully DC can figure this all out, and in a few years I can come back and do a Flashpoint Batman! I would love it. That would be great."

"I have not had any big discussions with him about [Flashpoint], but I remember when we were in Australia doing Watchmen press, and I was having dinner with Zack or whatever. And he was like, 'My dream is to do the Frank Miller Batman.' And he goes, 'You would be an awesome Batman.' The darker version."

Just to be completely clear, we don't know if this is something that's even being tossed around internally at Warner Bros., and there's a good chance it will never come to pass at all. But at the same time, I can easily see this happening in a future DC movie. Sure, maybe not immediately since Wonder Woman, Justice League, and more solo movies are on the way, but maybe in The Flash 2 — and just think of what else they could do with casting and creating a bizarre alternate reality. The possibilities are nearly endless!

Ben Affleck isn't going anywhere any time soon, but what do you think about the chance of seeing Jeffrey Dean Morgan suit up as Batman in an alternate timeline?