Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been turned into the Flashpoint Batman in a cool custom Justice League action figure. Although he is best known for his role as Negan on The Walking Dead, Jeffrey Dean Morgan is no stranger to the world of the DC Comics. Morgan has previously played short roles in two of Zack Snyder’s past superhero films. He played the Comedian in Watchmen, and later Thomas Wayne in the opening of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. However, there’s one DC character who Morgan has been teasing ever since his role in BvS, and that’s to play the Flashpoint Batman.
Flashpoint is a popular 2011 comic written by Geoff Johns, and it tells the story of Flash going back in time to save his mother. By doing so, he changes the fates of several DC characters. For example, Bruce Wayne is gunned down as a child instead of his parents, which leads to Thomas Wayne becoming a much more ruthless and angry version of Batman. In 2017, Geoff Johns said a Batman story would play a big part in the Flash solo film, which was titled Flashpoint. However, since then, director Andrés Muschietti has stated The Flash will be a “different version of Flashpoint.” Nevertheless, fans have not given up picturing Morgan reprising his Thomas Wayne role as the Flashpoint Batman.
On Twitter, an account under the name Mikhail Villarreal shared photos of a very impressive looking figure that has Morgan as the Flashpoint Batman. We see the red Flashpoint Batman logo in the middle of the suit, and the figure has no mask, showing the Morgan inspired face. There is also one image that has the Flashpoint Batman figure alongside Ben Affleck’s Batman, who plays the son of Morgan’s Thomas Wayne in BvS. The Batsuit that Affleck’s Batman is wearing is from the 2017 Justice League film, showing the inspiration for the figures. The full tweet and photos can be seen below:
The figure is excellently designed and could get the conversations for Morgan as the Flashpoint Batman rolling again. Morgan looks like a great Batman in the figure, but unfortunately, the odds of it becoming a reality do not seem high at this time. The upcoming “different” Flashpoint-inspired Flash film does not appear to have Morgan involved, and with the DCEU seemingly going away from the shared universe format, it seems less and less likely that fans will get to see Morgan’s Thomas Wayne connect to a new storyline.
Morgan previously cast doubts over the possibility of playing the Thomas Wayne Batman in 2018, after Snyder’s DCEU exit. Snyder will be returning to complete his much talked about Justice League Snyder Cut for HBO Max, but a DCEU return post-Justice League is up in the air. Although, as Warner Bros. seems focused on more standalone stories now, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that they could one day bring Flashpoint Batman to life for a film, and with Morgan. After all, he's a great option to fill that role as made evident by this custom Justice League figure.
Source: Mikhail Villarreal/Twitter