Michael Keaton is coming back as Batman in 2023 — and he’s bringing some of his wonderful toys with him. Or, at least, DC is making wonderful toys, based on…toys…this whole toy metaphor is getting away from us, alright? McFarlane Toys has a new toy based on Keaton’s 1989 Batwing, which is coming to stores now with toys of both Keaton’s Batman and Ezra Miller’s Flash in it, themed to the 2023 The Flash movie. Somebody managed to snap a photo of the toy (although where it’s being sold is not totally clear, suggesting that the tweet in question is not the source of the image).
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The DC toy line, called Multiverse, takes on a more literal meaning this time around, since this toy pack includes characters from two different universes. Miller’s Flash, who first appeared in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, will meet two different Batmen, a variant Flash, and a version of Supergirl in the upcoming blockbuster.
The toy of the Batwing is slightly different from the model seen in the 1989 Batman movie, presumably just updated for more modern technology in the decades since Keaton last played the role.
You can see the photo below.
In The Flash, Barry Allen travels back in time to prevent his mother’s murder, which brings unintended consequences to his timeline. The Flash is set to be directed by IT‘s Muschietti, with a script from Birds of Prey and Batgirl’s Christina Hodson. It will star Ezra Miller as Barry Allen / The Flash, both Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton’s iterations of Bruce Wayne / Batman, as well as Sasha Calle as Supergirl, Kiersey Clemons as Iris West, Ron Livingston as Henry Allen, Maribel Verdu as Nora Allen, Ian Loh as a young Barry Allen, and Saoirse-Monica Jackson and Rudy Mancuso playing currently-unknown roles.
“In one way, I’d say there’s a few villains, or so-called villains, who are in our movie. And then in another way, I’d say there aren’t any villains in a way that might be part of the exploration and message of the movie,” Miller explained during DC FanDome in October of 2021. “I’m going to say those things because together they make no sense, and it leaves it all kind of cryptic and mysterious. Which is good for a villain to have an air of mystery that surrounds them — until they pop out!”
The Flash is finally set to hit theaters after years of delays on June 16, 2023.
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