68-year-old actor Michael Kiton is negotiating with Warner Bros. About returning to the role of Bruce Wayne / Batman in the film "Flash". Negotiations are still at an early stage, before signing the contract is still far away. Earlier, Kiton starred in this role in the films of Tim Berton "Batman" 1989 and "Batman returns" in 1992.
In case, negotiations are unsuccessful, film studio prepares backup options. Insider Jeremy Conrad reports that it is not planned to invite Ben Affleck, since he looks too young as a studio plans. The opinion of fans about Affale in this matter is not taken into account. But the 46-year-old Christian Bale is considered as a spare option.
According to the plot "Flash", aged Batman should appear in it from parallel universes, which will be a superhero mentor. Then will appear in other projects of the Universe DS, for example, in Batgerl.
Christian Bale played Batman in 2005-2012 in the trilogy, filmed by Christopher Nolan. But then refused to play this role in the fourth consecutive film, joining Nolan's opinion that the story about a dark knight should consist of three paintings. Whether he will now be ready to return to this role - is still unknown.