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Ben Affleck's Batman Future in Doubt as Warner Bros. Plots Franchise
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Spike Spiegel
Member
No DoFP torch passing stuff, just recast without explanation like they've always done.
Recast someone who's younger and less of a star without issues like Affleck has.
Recast someone who's younger and less of a star without issues like Affleck has.
Kabuki Waq
Member
Nightwing needs his time to shine.
Inferno313
Banned
Nightwing doesn't even exist in this Universe yet though. Considering the majority of people that see these things don't read comics, you'd get a ton of people going: "Wtf, who's this?"
Spike Spiegel
Member
Nuts to that. DC has a cinematic universe (such as it is) in the early stages and the real Batman has to cede his position to a second-rate substitute because Warner Bros f*cked up and cast a dud?
Nuts.
CuckFupertino
Banned
Fuck it. Call Andy Serkis, have him fucking mo-cap the whole thing and get Kevin Conroy to voice it.
CosmicGroinPull
Member
Just admit they screwed up with the planning and set The Batman wayyy before Justice League. Start the movie with Bruce (Affleck) reading an email from Diana asking how he became Batman. Then he starts typing a reply: 'Well Diana, 20 years ago......' Bye bye Batfleck. Thus coming full circle. It's like poetry.
Lol jk
Lol jk
Jason's Ultimatum
Member
I'll take Affleck, but if he's replaced Armie Hammer please.
Forsaken82
Member
It's time to introduce the movie going world to Terry McGinnis.
Long overdue for a live action adaption of Beyond. It also gives the studio a way to keep the continuity without recasting Bruce Wayne.
Long overdue for a live action adaption of Beyond. It also gives the studio a way to keep the continuity without recasting Bruce Wayne.
Live Action Beyond would be amazing. They could make it seperate from DCU if they wanted, have Bale or a previous Batman come back to be old Bruce. Neo Gotham would look amazing.
WhiteWaterM00se
Member
Its time to tell the Batman Beyond story with Michael Keeton cast a old Bruce Wayne. They can pick an slightly young older man to cast as Dick Grayson.
Jason's Ultimatum
Member
Actually Jake Gylenhall would be a good pick. I can see him as a brood Bruce Wayne.
SolidChamp
Banned
Andy Serkis would be in favor of this, and would probably say it's the best decision ever made in the history of Batman.
Finally, Joseph Gordon Levitts return to film
I would actually get hyped for that. I don't particularity care for Nolan's trilogy, but I like Levitt.
DarkLordMalik
Member
Where?
Chained Prometheus
Member
So uhhh suddenly nobody responding on what Affleck said during the panel? Figures.
Personally I don't buy it right now. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see Batfleck star in the solo film. I love him in the role.
However Ben has already shown earlier this year that his words and his actions don't always line up with one another- and there's still several more months to go before Justice League is released in the theaters. Neither he or Warner Bros will ever announce his departure from the DCEU before that film is out in the theaters.
Hell, even the announcement of a Flashpoint movie today seems to correlate with the report from THR yesterday about Warner Bros trying to figure out a way to "gracefully usher him out."
If Ben's at Hall H for the DCEU next year, I'll believe him then. Right now I'm too skeptical.
So uhhh suddenly nobody responding on what Affleck said during the panel? Figures.
Flashpoint. That is my response.
Father_Brain
Banned
I'll believe that Affleck isn't leaving the DCEU when Reeves starts filming with him confirmed as the lead (as opposed to a secondary passing-the-torch role). Until then, grain of salt.
Chained Prometheus
Member
Personally the big question mark is how that might play into Reeves' Batman trilogy idea.
If The Batman really does come out in 2019, then yeah, I can see that meaning that Affleck will star in the first film as I doubt we'll be getting Flashpoint for awhile- but how would the effects of Flashpoint altering the canon potentially affect Reeves' subsequent films beyond recasting for Bruce?
I feel like it'd just be a smoother process to do Flashpoint before Reeves' films and go forward from there.
illmatic22
Banned
Flashpoint sounds like a graceful way to usher out Batfleck.
Sorry I meant Val Kilmer
It was fun watching Dick become Batman because you see his growth as a character. From Robin to Nightwing to Batman.
VincentMatts
Member
Affleck didn't even have time to shine.....fok Nightwing
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
I still think he's out.
Mix Master
Member
He was the best thing about bvs. I hope he stays.
MHWilliams
Member
So uhhh suddenly nobody responding on what Affleck said during the panel? Figures.
Because the same thing happened with the directing rumors.
It's a graceful way to get out of any Snyderverse decisions they are having second thoughts about.
VincentMatts
Member
What's flashpoint?
DarkLordMalik
Member
/fixed
Bobby Roberts
Banned
uhhhhhh
funkystudent
Member
I dont think its a bad idea.
But its a idea that will need a level of finesse and exaction I am not sure the folks over at Warner can handle. Maybe we will see with what comes next and if Wonder Women was either a fluke or a sign they have finally learned.
So uhhh suddenly nobody responding on what Affleck said during the panel? Figures.
What did he say?
xXCrazyCostaXX
Member
Basically he's bats and enjoys being bats
Nightwing needs to shine as Nightwing... not take on the cowl of Batman and retire Nightwing... I want my nightwing DAMNIT
Cosmonaut X
Member
Unless I missed something from the panel, it's a bit of a non-denial.
"I'm Batman and I love being Batman!" (paraphrasing) is not the same as "I'm Batman and I love being Batman and I'm here for the next x films!"
Yeah, on the surface it can be read as "ZOMG Batfleck is staying - suck it, rumourz!" but it leaves plenty of room for him to bow out.
That means nothing
Chained Prometheus
Member
He's done this before.
The announcement of Flashpoint being in the works indicates to me that there's almost definitely some truth to the THR reports that Warner Bros are looking to transition from Batfleck to another take on the character.
Forsaken82
Member
It's likely no different than all the asks that Ryan Reynolds wanted for deadpool 2 that resulted in Tim Miller leaving the directors chair.
Ben Affleck is a huge name, and he likely has a lot of demands when it comes to characters he plays (and hell, didn't he co-write the original screenplay for The Batman that has now been rewritten twice?) We've seen this shit happen with tons of big films.
I don't think they pull an MCU and recast Batman (until a proper reboot outside of their Extended Cinematic Universe) like they did with Edward Norton and the Hulk, but They have an opportunity with Flashpoint to establish a batman that isn't Bruce Wayne.
Considering Snyder started with a bitter, older TDKR Batman, they could find this Batman doesn't leave them lots of places to go with the character. Imagine making Logan as the first Wolverine film, then trying to build a franchise off of that.