The second trailer for The flash does not start and end with Barry Allen, the star of the film, but with Batman. Like the first trailer, the latest take on the much-delayed DC movie is heavy on all those who will join The Flash on his multiversal journey, with a heavy focus on Michael Keaton’s return as Batman.
It’s a decision that is probably strategic on several levels. It makes star Ezra Miller, who has had numerous allegations of disturbing and violent conduct levied against them (Miller is non-binary), secondary in the hype campaign. It also lures in the nostalgia-curious, because hey: that is Michael Keaton, and it sure looks like his 1989 version of the Caped Crusader Batman will definitely play a big part of the movie!
The trailer doesn’t reveal much we didn’t know at this point: Barry (Ezra Miller), discovers he can travel the multiverse and tries to save a version of his dead mother in a universe where she’s still alive. . In doing so, he breaks things on a cosmic level and must team up with another version of himself, Michael Keaton’s Batman, Supergirl (Sasha Calle), and Ben Affleck’s Batman to stop General Zod (Michael Shannon). Man of Steel.
If you look closely you’ll see all sorts of details in the new footage, like the classic blue-and-gray bat suit among many in the Batcave, but the trailer in particular is here to go big and bright and colorful bombast, as The flash tries to end an era of DC movies by celebrating them all.
The flash premieres in theaters on June 16.