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Variety: Ben Affleck steps down as director of 'The Batman'
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He just acted in it. Made decent money too....while being so-so critically.
Personally I thought it was a good, dumb time. Ben was great in it.
brandonh83
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Yeah, but it just seems like there's a news bit every few months or so where they're like yeah we're still getting the script right etc etc and it just felt like either Ben couldn't get the script together or the studio was meddling too much. Either way it just seemed likely to give out.
It sounds harsh but that's how I read it.
-Pyromaniac-
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Nolan was truly the god
Release the rest in production and reboot it.
All hope for the DCEU now rests on the shoulders of James Wan. God help us all...
A goddamn shitnami is what this is.
Dash_Riprock
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Maybe the Wachowski's are interested...
Why does everyone always forget Gone Baby Gone?
That's his best film by far. The Town and Argo are still great though.
He didn't star in it.
Father_Brain
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THR: Affleck had apparently been unhappy with the script for some time, and Live By Night bombing was also a factor.
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He did: Dawn of the Dead (which happened to be written by James Gunn).
Why not? Lets go all in.
The only one that bombed is just an anomaly.
No, someone else directed it and the movie was practically Batman: Red Hood lite
Why does everyone always forget Gone Baby Gone?
That's his best film by far. The Town and Argo are still great though.
He wasn't in it.
If I were in charge, you make an Arkham Asylum-set movie for $100 million, and have a visionary director go nuts.
brandonh83
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Meh anyway I hope Ben goes onto a better creative environment because even if he's at fault for the writing process and putting something together, the DC films have been... well they could be better. I liked Man of Steel and some aspects of BVS but Suicide Squad is a goddamned train wreck.
Baroquemantic
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Wow. Still looking forward to it.
Simo
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The article mentions they've got a shortlist of directors and that Matt Reeves is at the top.
LumpOfCole
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Maybe they're rewriting the Flash so that they can just reboot everything with a Flashpoint story.
torre_avenue
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So, WB REALLY wasn't happy that Live By Night was one of the most expensive bombs in film history.
Matt Reeves would get me excited for this again. Hope he gets it. Think he was up for Man of Steel too and they stupidly turned him down.
echoshifting
Banned
Hoooo boy
I guess we'll always have Dark Knight
I guess we'll always have Dark Knight
broncobuster
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Matt Reeves would be great and he was on the list for Man of Steel way back when.
BadAss2961
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Probably for the best. Starring and directing in this kind of movie was a daunting task.
Whoever directs though has to be pretty big time, or proven. Can't half ass this one.
Whoever directs though has to be pretty big time, or proven. Can't half ass this one.
brandonh83
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Leave Miller alone cuz he's going to save Terminator.
Dash_Riprock
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Jason's Ultimatum
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Tony Gilroy direct it.
Freeza Under The Shower
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Oh no. 
I mean, it's not unexpected for executives to not want a director who just got bodied on a different project, but it's still disappointing to see since Affleck is at least invested into it. At the same time, being both writer, actor, and director, always strikes me as wanting to do too much where delegating those tasks would be better.
I hope some good comes of it regardless. Maybe they can finally take a knee and beg Paul Dini to save their franchise(s). The Nolan's basically ripped everything from TAS with some additions of their own, there is no shame in getting the superior writer back on the bat.
I mean, it's not unexpected for executives to not want a director who just got bodied on a different project, but it's still disappointing to see since Affleck is at least invested into it. At the same time, being both writer, actor, and director, always strikes me as wanting to do too much where delegating those tasks would be better.
I hope some good comes of it regardless. Maybe they can finally take a knee and beg Paul Dini to save their franchise(s). The Nolan's basically ripped everything from TAS with some additions of their own, there is no shame in getting the superior writer back on the bat.
Simo
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Ninja Scooter
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Constantine sucked tho
MHWilliams
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Like I said, Live By Night's performance would make any studio rethink a tentpole film seat. Probably has Affleck shook too.
This is not horrible except for the fact that it was supposed to begin production soon. WB needs to push it back and do this right.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Huh.
Who'd have seen this shit comin
who I ask you
Who'd have seen this shit comin
who I ask you
Lack of a plan. Or an ever changing plan... either one. The hope is Geoff Johns rights that ship with an overarching story and that these are all just growing pains.
I'm not sure I get that... Affleck's first miss as director. Batman was never "bombing" at the theatre and I don't think WB can replace him with a more talented director because there aren't that many out there willing to do Batman.
starchild excalibur
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Short of getting Villeneuve in to be the director it's hard for me to imagine me having much optimism for the new Batman film.
Three times they would have rebooted this shit...
No, save that for the Green Arrow SuperMax movie that was supposed to be made
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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Too bad rotten tomatoes and the critics conspired to bring down the DC movies
Gordon Shumway
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OG Shaka Zulu
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Damn was looking forward to him directing this.
All on Wonder Woman at this point. With Flash being rewritten from one and The Batman now suffering, there's nothing anchoring this universe. If Wonder Woman tanks, Justice League will be quickly retooled to be the franchise finale, released quietly, and The Batman, Flash, and Green Lantern Corps will lead a new universe altogether.
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