Michael Keaton

Image: Hot ToysEveryone has their Batman. The Batman they grew up with and made them fall in love with the character. Maybe it’s from a specific comic book artist: Jim Lee, Frank Miller, etc. Or maybe it’s from a specific series: Adam West, Christian Bale, heck, even Robert Pattinson. I know this is true because, well, it was a joke in the movie Neighbors, and also because my Batman has always been Michael Keaton.The star of Tim Burton’s two Batfilms released in 1989 and 1992, Keaton is the actor I associated with Bruce…

James Gunn and Peter Safran, the heads of DC Studios.Image: DC StudiosThere’s a new DC Universe in town and it’s being run by James Gunn and Peter Safran. Tuesday, Warner Bros. announced the initial slate of projects coming from DC Studios, which will attempt to relaunch and recalibrate not just DC movies, but TV shows, games and more. It includes a new Superman movie, a new Batman movie, and much, much more. The announcement opens up so many questions—and we have some of the answers.io9 was among a group of journalists…

Photo: Steven Henry (Getty Images)Buddy the elf traveled across “the seven levels of the candy cane forest, through the sea of swirly-twirly gum drops, and then ... through the Lincoln Tunnel” to find his dad after the man who raised him, Papa Elf, tells him he was adopted.When he finally finds Walter, his birth father and the editor of a highly successful New York City book publisher, chaos ensues. Although Buddy’s interests are considered widely unpopular, such as living off the elves’ four main food groups, candy,…

Image: Warner Bros.He’s in, he’s out, he’s in, he’s out: Ben Affleck’s spent as much time being rumored to be out of the Batcowl as he actually was in it. After he was seemingly gone for good with the announcement of Robert Pattinson starring in The Batman, there was the shocking news that Affleck would be one of two Batmen to appear in the upcoming Flash movie, alongside the return of Michael Keaton’s classic take on Bruce Wayne. As far as we know, that’s still on the cards for The Flash next year—but beyond that, all we…

Image: Christian Ward/DC ComicsThe still fairly recent hiring of James Gunn and Peter Safran to head up Warner Bros.’ DC Films arm has sent some ripples through the already turbulent air of DC movies. Wonder Woman’s third movie was put on ice ahead of Gunn and Safran’s pitch to WB for their overall plan, sequels for Superman and Black Adam may have gotten backburnered, and so on. Things are currently so uncertain that even movies you’d expect to be a sure thing are no longer going forward at the moment, like a Batman…

All three of these guys are in upcoming movies. Or are they?Image: Warner Bros.It’s true. The hierarchy of power in the DC universe is about to change. But it won’t be Black Adam doing the changing—it’s Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. At a recent event, he described the future of DC Films as more focused and singular than it had been in the past. “There’s not going to be four Batmans,” he said.Speaking at the Capital Markets’ Technology, Internet, Media and Telecommunications Conference (via IndieWire), the…

Image: Marvel StudiosMarvel’s D23 presentation yesterday gave us our first look at what appears to be the full team headlining 2024's Thunderbolts film. Though it sports previous MCU antagonists like Ghost from Ant-Man & the Wasp and Black Widow’s Taskmaster, it’s not exactly what you’d call “villainous”: from Falcon & Winter Soldier’s US Agent to Yelena Belova and Bucky Barnes, most of the roster are people who’ve been manipulated by the government of their country, and Ghost only turned to villainy to not die.…

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the coolest toys on the internet. This week, Hot Toys goes all in on Marvel with a Love and Thunder update and a surprising Spider-Man pull. Plus, Nerf gets classic, and the Pokémon card game comes up with the perfect Halloween idea. Check it out!Hot Toys Marvel Thor: Love and Thunder Valkyrie Sixth-Scale FigureHot Toys returns to New Asgard with a figure of Valkyrie inspired by her appearance in the fourth Thor movie. Val comes with her trusty sword and daggers, a…

Batgirl, an upcoming DC Extended Universe film, was abruptly cancelled earlier this month after Warner Bros Discovery, the studio bankrolling it, decided to pull the plug. What made the decision shocking was that the film was reportedly 90% complete and was set for a streaming release on HBO Max later this year. In a new interview, one of the directors of the ill-fated film has said they tried to save the film and keep copies but the studio deleted everything before they could do so. Also read: Warner Bros defends…

Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios, participates in the Marvel Studios presentation at San Diego Comic-Con on July 23, 2022.Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney (Getty Images)The stunning news that Batgirl, a nearly complete film starring Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon and Michael Keaton returning as Batman, was being pulled from release shocked Hollywood—especially people involved in the film’s creation, including directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah.Spoilers of the Week: August 5thMarvel Studios boss…