THE FLASH: George Clooney Reveals Whether He'll Reprise BATMAN & ROBIN Role In 2022 Movie

The Flash movie will see both Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton don their respective cape and cowls again, but will George Clooney reprise his Batman and Robin role? Find out what he had to say right here...

By JoshWilding - Nov 28, 2020 08:11 AM EST

Filed Under: The Flash

The Flash is shaping up to be a huge movie, and both Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton have been confirmed to return as their respective versions of Batman. The Scarlet Speedster is set to race his way through the DC Multiverse in 2022, and that no doubt means we'll also see a few other familiar faces.

Will George Clooney's Dark Knight from 1997's Batman & Robin be among them?

While he said that Keaton suiting up again is "fantastic," the actor told Empire (via Digital Spy) that, "It's funny – you'll notice they didn't call me! Somehow I didn't get that call. They did not ask for my nipples. Listen, there are certain things you never know. This one, I know [laughs]."

In other words, he's not coming back, and isn't anticipating a call from Warner Bros. either. It would be a lot of fun to see him in the cape and cowl again, of course, but it's honestly hard to imagine Clooney even accepting such an offer when that 1997 movie is a low point of his acting career.

Two versions of Batman potentially sharing the screen should still be a blast, and we'll hopefully learn more about what The Flash has planned for them in the not too distant future.

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Batman movies compare according to Rotten Tomaties!

10. Batman & Robin

Score: 11%

Rotten or Fresh? Rotten

Critics Consensus: Joel Schumacher's tongue-in-cheek attitude hits an unbearable limit in Batman & Robin resulting in a frantic and mindless movie that's too jokey to care much for.

Widely considered the worst Batman movie of all-time, it's no great surprise that Batman & Robin comes in at last place. There's no denying that it featured an impressive cast (George Clooney, Uma Thurman, and Arnold Schwarzenegger all sharing the screen is pretty incredible when you think about it), but Joel Schumacher's vision for the franchise went completely off the rails here.

9. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Score: 28%

Rotten or Fresh? Rotten

Critics Consensus: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice smothers a potentially powerful story -- and some of America's most iconic superheroes -- in a grim whirlwind of effects-driven action.

Zack Snyder's movie deserves to place higher than this, and while critics didn't respond to what proved to be a vastly different vision for a comic book adaptation, a lot of fans loved what this team-up delivered. There were some mistakes - Doomsday's appearance, Batman killing criminals, and "Martha," for example - but this score isn't representative of what ended up on screen.

8. Batman Forever

Score: 39%

Rotten or Fresh? Rotten

Critics Consensus: Loud, excessively busy, and often boring, Batman Forever nonetheless has the charisma of Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones to offer mild relief.

As memorable and Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones may have been, this complete "disasterpiece" was every bit as bad as Batman and Robin, and a chore to watch. After Batman Returns, it was a baffling and unexpected direction to take the Dark Knight in, and Val Kilmer unfortunately made for an underwhelming version of Bruce Wayne, especially after Michael Keaton's take.

7. Justice League

Score: 40%

Rotten or Fresh? Rotten

Critics Consensus: Justice League leaps over a number of DC movies, but its single bound isn't enough to shed the murky aesthetic, thin characters, and chaotic action that continue to dog the franchise.

Joss Whedon brought a lot of good ideas to the table with his take on Justice League, but trying to combine his vision with Zack Snyder's created a weird, Frankenstein's monster movie (literally in the case of Henry Cavill thanks to his CGI jaw). Ben Affleck's Batman was fine, but not really given anything significant to do beyond being an ass to Diana Prince and being willing to sacrifice himself.

6. Batman (1989)

Score: 71%

Rotten or Fresh? Fresh

Critics Consensus: An eerie, haunting spectacle, Batman succeeds as dark entertainment, even if Jack Nicholson's Joker too often overshadows the title character.

This is a classic, but it's also a little rough around the edges. Zack Snyder's Dark Knight received a lot of flak for killing bad guys, but Michael Keaton's eccentric Bruce Wayne - who sleeps upside down at nighttime - was every bit the murderer. In many ways, this was The Joker's movie, but the Capec Crusader was given the chance to shine, and he did so in a stylistic Gotham created by Tim Burton.

5. Batman: The Movie

Score: 78%

Rotten or Fresh? Fresh

Critics Consensus: Batman: The Movie elevates camp to an art form -- and has a blast doing it, every gloriously tongue-in-cheek inch of the way.

If you loved the TV series, then this movie was everything you could hope for and more. It hasn't aged well (it was released way back in 1966, remember), but in terms of being a campy, silly adventure starring the Caped Crusader and Boy Wonder, it works wonderfully. With a star-studded cast of actors and characters, this is perhaps the most "comic book-y" movie of all those listed here.

4. Batman Returns

Score: 80%

Rotten or Fresh? Certified Fresh

Critics Consensus: Director Tim Burton's dark, brooding atmosphere, Michael Keaton's work as the tormented hero, and the flawless casting of Danny DeVito as The Penguin and Christopher Walken as, well, Christopher Walken make the sequel better than the first.

This movie is a masterpiece, but it's no great surprise that a certain trilogy beats it! However, Batman Returns is arguably better than the next two entries in this feature, even if it doesn't quite deserve the #1 spot. Catwoman and The Penguin made for terrific villains (even when Max Shreck did not), and it was impossible not to get invested in Bruce Wayne's relationship with Selina Kyle.

3. Batman Begins

Score: 84%

Rotten or Fresh? Certified Fresh

Critics Consensus: Brooding and dark, but also exciting and smart, Batman Begins is a film that understands the essence of one of the definitive superheroes.

Batman Begins was exactly what this iconic DC Comics character needed after Joel Schumacher's awful movies, and Christopher Nolan's in-depth look at the hero's origin story proved to be immensely satisfying to watch unfold. This story was arguably at its best before Bruce donned the cape and cowl, but it was definitely refreshing to see him battle a baddie like Ra's al Ghul.

2. The Dark Knight Returns

Score: 87%

Rotten or Fresh? Certified Fresh

Critics Consensus: The Dark Knight Rises is an ambitious, thoughtful, and potent action film that concludes Christopher Nolan's franchise in spectacular fashion.

As a finale to Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy, some fans loved it, and others hated it. The Dark Knight Rises is certainly a complicated, busy movie, with massively different takes on characters like Bane and Catwoman, and the ending was both a departure from the comics and very unexpected. It's a pretty great movie, though, and Nolan made a lot of bold choices here.

1. The Dark Knight

Score: 94%

Rotten or Fresh? Certified Fresh

Critics Consensus: Dark, complex, and unforgettable, The Dark Knight succeeds not just as an entertaining comic book film, but as a richly thrilling crime saga.

A masterpiece, The Dark Knight once again saw The Joker overshadow Batman himself, but Christian Bale was at his best here...even when his "Batvoice" was not. An intense crime thriller, the Caped Crusader's world remained grounded in reality for the sequel, but that worked for Christopher Nolan, and the filmmaker set a benchmark here which has yet to be surpassed by another movie.

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soberchimera - 11/28/2020, 8:30 AM

They did not ask for my nipples.

Origame - 11/28/2020, 11:29 AM

@soberchimera - somehow im gonna squeeze this into a random conversation. Like someone asks "oh are you going for a starbucks run?" And I'll respond "they didnt ask for my nipples".

xfactor - 11/28/2020, 8:37 AM

I don’t blame Clooney, that falls entirely on Schumacher (rip). With that said, Batman returns deserves the number one spot on this list

bkmeijer2 - 11/28/2020, 8:38 AM

'' They did not ask for my nipples''

Shame, but is not surprising. Between Clooney, Kilmer and Keaton, the latter is probably the most famous as Batman. No need to over-overstuff this movie

Dannywest - 11/28/2020, 8:52 AM

Chris odonell should come back as nightwing too

99OPTIMISTPRIME - 11/28/2020, 8:53 AM

Loved Batman & Robin when I was a kid.

kazuma - 11/28/2020, 8:56 AM

I wouldn't mind him coming back tbh. I've always thought he could play a could Batman

tmp3 - 11/28/2020, 9:02 AM

Clooney's the most like Batman out of any of the actors who've played him - a roguish playboy to the outside world who also funds satellites to spy on overseas warlords.
Would be cool to see him get redemption, like Foxx is getting w/ Electro, but I think he feels so burnt from that experience that he probably never wants to return haha

tmp3 - 11/28/2020, 9:06 AM

Also, the movie that saved Clooney's career after this tanked was Out of Sight - a really dope film written by Scott Frank (Logan, Queen's Gambit). Also features Michael Keaton, haha

GreypilgrimXXX - 11/28/2020, 7:36 PM

@tmp3 - @tmp3 - Nah the movie that saved his career was the one he did just after which was Peacemaker. Not a commercial success but a really good and underrated political thriller from Mimi Leder.

Out of sight did better review wise and Peacemaker did better box office wise. I never got Out Of Sight, to me it was just a waywardly meandering film. While it did help his career yes, Peacemaker showed that Clooney could be a serious action movie leading man.

cyclopstb - 11/28/2020, 9:03 AM

I don't blame him. I don't want George to be embarrassed again.

Feralwookiee - 11/28/2020, 9:29 AM

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Batman91 - 11/28/2020, 9:45 AM

I know I'm in a minority here but it's really important to me that the Burton/Schumacher movies are a quadrilogy, so I would not want Clooney anyway since his and Keaton's Batman are the same one as far as I'm concerned.

GhostDog - 11/28/2020, 9:47 AM

He was just lazy as Batman. All “this a paycheck for a new kitchen” vibes

elgaz - 11/28/2020, 10:04 AM

Back in the ER days, I first saw a Clooney on TV and thought physically, he would make a fantastic Bruce Wayne - he had that 50s era Hollywood star look, which is how Bruce Wayne was often drawn in the comics I read growing up. Of course the final product was very disappointing.

I don’t see how they could bring him and Keaton back anyway. Despite the vastly different style and tones, wasn’t his Batman essentially set in the same continuity as the Burton ones, just recast? Keaton was asked back for Batman Forever and didn’t want to do it without Burton, so Kilmer got the role - then Clooney replaced Kilmer.

Darkknight2149 - 11/28/2020, 10:30 AM

He's literally the same Batman as Michael Keaton. Unless there are time travel shenanigans, why would George Clooney return?

WruceBayne - 11/28/2020, 1:24 PM

Whenever a Wilding article starts with “This actor reveals whether they were...”, it’s ALWAYS no.

nikgrid - 11/28/2020, 3:49 PM

That makes no sene because Keaton IS Clooney, just as Reeve IS Routh.

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