Kevin Smith Thinks ‘Batman Beyond’ With Michael Keaton Would Make $1 Billion

Kevin Smith recently revisited the subject of Batman Beyond during a podcast where he stated that the film would make over $1 billion if Michael Keaton came back to play Bruce Wayne.

During the latest episode of his Fat Man on Batman podcast the recent anniversary of the show’s premiere was brought up. Smith then mentioned that they should do a live action version of the film. Co-host Marc Bernardin then mentioned that they should have Micheal Keaton return to the role of Bruce Wayne for the film. At this point, Kevin Smith became very excited.

The director dropped a lot of F-Bombs and mentioned how much he would love to see it. He also mentioned that he thought that the film would make over a $1 billion at the box office if Michael Keaton returned to the franchise:

What you just witnessed was my c** face. That would be f****** amazing. Could you imagine? Oh my God…that movie makes a billion, right there man. If you’re like Michael Keaton’s coming back, people like ‘how is that possible’ and you’re like ‘because he’s Batman Beyond B****’ and people are ‘oh f*** we wanted this our whole lives!’ This is f****** good and I am down with this. When can we go?

You can see the full episode on Kevin Smith’s YouTube channel below:

From the look of things, the idea really excited Kevin Smith. The original Batman Beyond series aired from 1999-2001 and focused on a new protege of Bruce Wayne taking up the mantle of Batman in a futuristic Gotham City. The show reportedly ended as resources and creative teams were shifted over to the Justice League animated series, although the series did have some closure in Justice League: Unlimited episode, Epilogue that revealed several of the characters’ eventual fates. And from the look of things, Kevin Smith wants to see this story come to life.

What do you all make of these comments? Would you like to see Michael Keaton return to the role of Bruce Wayne for a Batman Beyond film? Would it earn over $1 billion as Kevin Smith says? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

Source: YouTube