‘Batgirl’: Revealed what Michael Keaton would charge for his cameo in the canceled DC movie

Everything was going smoothly for “Batgirl,” a DC movie starring Leslie Grace that would premiere exclusively on HBO Max this year. However, last August the project was suddenly canceled, already in post-productionfollowing the new internal restructuring of Warner Bros. Discovery, under the new mandate of David Zaslav.

The cancellation caused a stir in Hollywood and was a blow to everyone involved in the film, who in addition to having ‘In a New York district’ actress Barbara Gordon, included a long-awaited cameo from Michael Keaton, who was still playing Batman. The actor would return as Batman 30 years after playing him for the last time, in “Batman Returns” (1992), and we also got to see some pictures from the cameo. But in the end it couldn’t be.

Now, in a new report from The Hollywood Reporter on the salaries of the great Marvel and DC superhero sagas, it has been revealed what the 71-year-old actor would receive for his cameo in the ill-fated Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah movie. Keaton would have pocketed $ 2 million for his participation in the film, which according to the publication would have meant only a week of work for the actor..

Last September, Keaton reacted to the cancellation of “Batgirl” during a press conference following the 2022 Emmy Awards gala, where he was awarded the award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for his excellent work in “Dopesick. : Story of an “. dependence’, emphasizing that Warner’s decision was purely economic and strategic: “I think it was a business decision. It was a good movie.”.

An other possibility

Despite the cancellation of “Batgirl”, there will be (or so we hope) another time when DC fans can enjoy the return of Keaton as Batman after bringing him back to life in the unforgettable Tim Burton movies. It will be in “The Flash”, where the actor has also been confirmed, in a participation that points to a multiversal plot. But that’s not all, Keaton also allegedly had a cameo in “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”, but was ultimately cut in favor of the appearance of Ben Affleck, who will return as Batman in the sequel played by Jason Momoa. Hopefully (and make no mistake, with DC lately nothing is certain), we will review Keaton’s Batman on June 23, 2023, the new date chosen by Warner Bros. for the premiere of ‘The Flash’, after several delays due to the restructuring of the company and the endless controversies surrounding its protagonist, Ezra Miller.