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

2. The Multiverse

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It would be fair to say that nobody was expecting Michael Keaton to play Bruce Wayne ever again, but with the double-whammy of his return in The Flash and the Snyder Cut of Justice League finally becoming a reality, all bets are off when it comes to predicting the future of the DCEU.

If Warner Bros. are intent on exploring as many alternate realities and timelines as possible, then what's to stop them from going all-in and recruiting Nicolas Cage to play the version of the Man of Steel that he was originally set to bring to the screen in Tim Burton's infamous Superman Lives?

Not only would it send the internet into total meltdown, but it would also generate massive buzz for whatever project he ended up starring in, as well as hammering home the point that literally anything can happen in the DCEU now that the franchise has freed itself from any and all narrative restrictions.

Admit it, you'd be one of the first people in line to buy a ticket if we got the chance to see the world's most memeable actor bring his signature brand of Cage Rage to Superman almost a quarter of a century since the studio first jumped ship on the idea.

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