Could this, at long last, be the triumphant return of Michael Keaton?

I've always liked Michael Keaton. Ever since he made his first big splash on the big screen in "Night Shift," he's been the best thing about the movies he's been in, whether they were good ("Beetlejuice"), bad ("Gung Ho") or great ("Toy Story 3," in which he provided the voice of Ken). Even in a movie like Tim Burton's "Batman," where, back in 1989, it seemed like the best things were the spooky set design, Jack Nicholson as the Joker and the overall dark mood, it becomes clear decades later that Keaton's slightly off-kilter portrayal is just about the only thing worth watching in that movie.

Since those big star days, Keaton has had small parts in movies like "The Other Guys" or (ugh) "Herbie Fully Loaded" (which, for reasons I can't remember,
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It's got a great cast (Edward Norton! Naomi Watts! Emma Stone!) It's got what looks to be a big budget, what with those special effects and location shooting in Times Square. It's got some weird plot about an actor who once played a superhero making one last stab at glory (hmmmm). It's got the guy who directed "Amores Perros," "21 Grams" and "Babel" -- not exactly dumb, by-the-numbers comedies. It has Keaton fighting Edward Norton in his underwear. (It's Batman versus the Hulk!) And it's even got Keaton doing a later-in-life version of either his Batman voice, Christian Bale's Batman voice or some weird combination of the two.

In other words, this could be exactly what I've been waiting for, Mr. Keaton. Thanks!