10 Ways DCEU's New Multiverse Could Outshine The MCU

Once upon a time, the plan was for Ben Affleck to direct and star in The Batman, a movie which would have seen his Caped Crusader battle Deathstroke. When he decided to walk away from the role, Warner Bros. enlisted Matt Reeves to reboot the franchise with a standalone trilogy starring Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne in the second year of his career.

That leaves the DCEU without a Batman, but The Flash will now restore an older Dark Knight to this shared world by bringing back Michael Keaton. It's a genius move, and one which could signal a completely new approach to how characters and properties are rebooted in future.

No more Henry Cavill as Superman? Well, a reshaped Multiverse means it won't be at all hard to accept a different actor in the role, and this is a problem Marvel Studios is now facing. Kevin Feige has vowed not to head down the James Bond route of recasting actors, and that's why we're now seeing different characters inherit mantles (like The Falcon becoming Captain America).

That may or may not work out for them, but the DCEU's Multiverse has given Warner Bros. a new way of handling reboots and recastings in future that gives them a definite advantage.