

It is speculated that this new run will have some kind of impact on The Flash, serving as bridge of sorts between Batman Returns and where we see Batman in the new film. In February 2021, DC Comics announced a new comics series titled Batman '89, that would tell a new canonical story that takes place directly after Batman Returns, ignoring the events of Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. It was later announced that Michael Keaton would be reprising his role as Batman in the upcoming film The Flash, "taking back" the role after subsequent portrayals by Val Kilmer and George Clooney.

In Crisis Aftermath, it was revealed through a game show question card that Earth-97 was the designation for Joel Schumacher's films Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. In Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One, Earth-89 was destroyed by antimatter at the beginning of the Anti-Monitor Crisis, but a new version of it was later created when the Paragons and the Spectre created a new multiverse. A designation of Earth-89 appeared on the screen. Robert Wuhl was brought back to portray Alexander Knox, after producers failed convince other cast members to appear. In the Arrowverse crossover event Crisis on Infinite Earths, general audiences were introduced to the multiverse concept. Modern place in the Multiverse Television The first time they were formally associated together was the The Batman Legacy: All 4 Feature-Length Films VHS box set. The continuity of the films had been kept vague, never precisely explained for thirty years. 4.1 Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology.
