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Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. He has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, he was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. Keaton gained early recognition for his comedic roles in Night Shift (1982), Mr. Mom (1983), and Beetlejuice (1988). He gained wider stardom portraying the title superhero in Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). He took roles in Clean and Sober (1988), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), The Paper (1994), Multiplicity (1996), Jackie Brown (1997), Jack Frost (1998), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), and The Other Guys (2010). He also performed voice roles in the animated films Cars (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Minions (2015). Keaton experienced a career resurgence after taking a starring role as a faded actor attempting a comeback in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman (2014), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He has since acted in biographical dramas such as Spotlight (2015), The Founder (2016), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), and Worth (2021). He portrayed the Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), while also reprising his roles as Batman in The Flash (2023) and the title role in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Keaton starred as a journalist in the HBO film Live from Baghdad (2002). He portrayed a drug-addicted doctor in the Hulu limited series Dopesick (2021), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Keaton directed the films The Merry Gentleman (2008) and Knox Goes Away (2023), in which he also played the starring role.
The Serpent is a 2024 science fiction action film written and directed by Lexi Alexander and produced by Zack Snyder, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Gore Verbinski. Based on the Sea Serpent folklore creature, it is the first installment in the Sea Monsters Universe. The film stars Sasha Calle and Ruby Rose as well as an ensemble cast of Anthony Ramos, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Ron Livingston, Viola Davis, Laurence Fishburne, Idris Elba, Salma Hayek, Michael Keaton, and Bradley Whitford. Its story follows a young biologist and professional diver, and an ex-navy scout swimmer who must go on a near-suicide mission to destroy a dangerous serpent in the North Atlantic. The Serpent opened in theaters on January 15th, 2024; the film grossed $891 million worldwide and received universal acclaim, with praise for its visual effects, score, the action sequences, emotional weight, and the performances of Calle and Rose. Two follow-ups set before this films events were also produced; the first, entitled the Bloop, was released six months later, and second, entitled Bukavac, was released one year later. A proper sequel entitled The Terrors of the Lusca is set to be released one month after Bukavac.
