10 Possible New Directions For The DCEU After Michael Keaton's Return

10. A New Storytelling Device

The comic book genre is always on the lookout for that next big storytelling device to drive the next generation of stories, and after countless studios threw their hat into the ring marked 'shared cinematic universe' with wildly varying levels of success, it looks like the multiverse could be their new favorite toy.

With both The Flash and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness arriving in 2022, both of Hollywood's premiere superhero franchises will be dabbling in the realm of alternate realities, which provides almost unlimited scope for changing the game from both a narrative and creative standpoint.

The DCEU in particular has been in the midst of softly rebooting itself ever since Justice League brought the Zack Snyder era to a close, and having Michael Keaton return to the fold as an older and much wiser Bruce Wayne introduced the possibility of spinning the movies off in multiple directions that don't necessarily need to be connected.