Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is an upcoming 2026 superhero film directed by Guillermo del Toro and produced by Geoff Johns and a standalone installment of Warner Bros. initial Batman film series, and as an adaption of Frank Miller's 1986 miniseries The Dark Knight Returns released after Batman Escapes and serving as an alternate sequel to Batman Survives, and is produced as part of the DC Extended Universe,, starring Michael Keaton as an aging Bruce Wayne / Batman, Jack Nicholson as Jack Napier / The Joker, Billy Dee Williams as Harvey Dent, and TBA as Carrie Kelly / Robin.
This will be the first R-rated Batman movie. del Toro serves as executive producer.
It will be followed followed by 2027's Batman Beyond, and then by the final installment Batman Ends.
Cast[]
- Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman
- Jack Nicholson as Jack Napier/Joker
- Billy Dee Williams as Harvey Dent
- TBA as Carrie Kelly/Robin
Trivia[]
- The film ends with a preview of Batman Beyond, released the following year.