Ben Affleck Has Confirmed He Won't Play Batman Again
At the end of January, Warner Bros. announced the release dates of its next set of DC movies , including The Batman . With the announcement came confirmation that Ben Affleck is hanging up his bat suit, having starred as the superhero in three movies: Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice , Suicide Squad, and Justice League . Rather than announcing his retirement officially, Affleck simply retweeted the news of his departure , saying "Excited for #TheBatman in Summer 2021 and to see @MattReevesLA vision come to life." Filmmaker Matt Reeves, who's known for Cloverfield , Dawn of the Planet of the Apes , Let Me In, and Felicity (no, really) joined the project back in 2017, after Affleck was originally set to direct from a script he was developing with DC's Geoff Johns. Reeves's script for The Batman will apparently focus on a young Bruce Wayne, so we anxiously await the news of which star will step into the shoes of the caped crusader . No doubt fans will have ...