Ben Affleck To Team With DC’s Geoff Johns On Standalone ‘Batman’ Film - Part 5

[The Joker]

Yup.

Oh, Matt Reeves is directing The Batman now? Ben is staying, and you're making Nightwing? Ok.

...But will your films actually be good now?

How true.

 

[The Batman]

LOL, I do not need to see "You're salty" comments from fanboys who have crybaby meltdowns due to bloggers/posters being oh so mean to their precious DCEU.

People need to stop acting like posters are stressed out neurotics because they don't have joygasms about every single bit of news.

 

[jmc]

Personally, I'm happy with the Reeves news. As for the DCEU as a whole, honestly, the more I've thought about it, the less opposed to it morphing into a Batman universe I've become. I think the greater DCEU was built off flimsy foundations in the first place and as such will always be fighting an uphill battle to fix itself. If The Batman acts as something of a soft reboot set prior to the events of Man of Steel with a different actor then you've solved the problem. I'm still not 100% convinced Affleck is on board with this however, his reluctance plus the lack of Justice League build up makes me wonder if that film is already being written off.

 

[The Batman]

I thought they were just holding back on hyping JL. The film is still 9 months away.

 

[Zero_Effect]

Justin Kroll @krolljvar

For all you with these crazy Affleck theories, just stop it. He's in it and I have a good feeling he'll let you know he's in it shortly

 

[jmc]

Justin Kroll @krolljvar

For all you with these crazy Affleck theories, just stop it. He's in it and I have a good feeling he'll let you know he's in it shortly

Affleck also said he was directing too.

 

[jmc]

I thought they were just holding back on hyping JL. The film is still 9 months away.

I dunno dude, BvS, MoS and even Suicide Squad had a lot of hype several months prior to their releases. For a film as big as JL it's unusually quiet.

 

[BlueLanternKal]

LOL, I do not need to see "You're salty" comments from fanboys who have crybaby meltdowns due to bloggers/posters being oh so mean to their precious DCEU.

People need to stop acting like posters are stressed out neurotics because they don't have joygasms about every single bit of news.

Awww you hurt my feelings. I guess you're still mad about that time BN said you lick your Batman '89 poster.

 

[Da-Scribe]

I dunno dude, BvS, MoS and even Suicide Squad had a lot of hype several months prior to their releases. For a film as big as JL it's unusually quiet.

I'm not surprised. After all of the backlash, it makes sense to take a step back and adjust their game accordingly.

 

[jmc]

Good news coming in that Apes 3 is apparently phenomenal, although it's test audience reaction so take it with some salt, so Reeves is well and truly the man to take charge.

 

[The Batman]

Awww you hurt my feelings. I guess you're still mad about that time BN said you lick your Batman '89 poster.

Awww, you couldn't make up your own unfunny jabs, so you decided to mention someone elses.

I look forward to your next ******** baby tantrum. We all know it's coming.

 

[Zero_Effect]

Affleck also said he was directing too.

With Reeves directing i think Affleck will stick around.

 

[BlueLanternKal]

Awww, you couldn't make up your own unfunny jabs, so you decided to mention someone elses.

I look forward to your next ******** baby tantrum. We all know it's coming.

Whatever bruh go listen to kiss by a rose while you watch tdkt on repeat. DCEU is moving on without you.

 

[The Batman]

I dunno dude, BvS, MoS and even Suicide Squad had a lot of hype several months prior to their releases. For a film as big as JL it's unusually quiet.

I don't get the feeling that they're apprehensive about promoting this thing, even with the polarizing nature of the current DCEU. Then again, I'm no expert on this short of thing. I just thought they'd wait until closer to release to have a big marketing explosion.

Whatever bruh go listen to kiss by a rose while you watch tdkt on repeat. DCEU is moving on without you.

You really should stop ripping off Black Narcissus' gimmick. It's not a good gimmick to begin with.

Baby tantrums and ironically calling people salty is much more you, though.

 

[titansupes]

I think with WW coming out a full six months earlier they're just going to focus on that as much as possible.

 

[THE WOLF]

I dunno dude, BvS, MoS and even Suicide Squad had a lot of hype several months prior to their releases. For a film as big as JL it's unusually quiet.

Marketing will pick up by the summer. They'll go all in by comic con

 

[jmc]

I think with WW coming out a full six months earlier they're just going to focus on that as much as possible.

Even she's quiet. Dunno, there just feels like a real lack of any build up to these films compared to the last batch.

 

[BlueLanternKal]

You really should stop ripping off Black Narcissus' gimmick. It's not a good gimmick to begin with.

Baby tantrums and ironically calling people salty is much more you, though.

Using the same diss twice tsk tsk... either I'm Barry Allen back from the future or your dozens-game sucks.

 

[Boom]

Can I ask a question?

Is it possible that all this talk of Affleck walking away is just his way of telling the studio to back the **** off for a minute? Maybe the fact that he's no longer directing The Batman (and therefore no longer shouldering the weight of having to "save" the DCEU) means he'll be more receptive to sticking around in an acting capacity. It sounds like the studio was asking more from him than what he initially signed up for, and he simply did not want this much responsibility. Now that a new director is on board, and he has time to gather himself and take care of personal matters, perhaps we end up hearing less noise about him walking away.

I really do hope that Affleck isn't the kind of filmmaker who lets critics dictate his decision-making, otherwise that would be incredibly disappointing. The man himself has acknowledged that fans have had nothing but kind things to say to him, and even the most vocal BvS critics have said he was one of the bright spots in that film. He loves the character, and his son loves that his dad is Batman. On top of all of that, you have to think he is being more than fairly compensated for playing the part. Really, outside of the critics and the excessive workload, I'm not exactly sure what the problem is. One of those issues has been resolved. The other really shouldn't be much of a factor.

 

[jmc]

Can I ask a question.

Is it possible that all this talk of Affleck walking away is just his way of telling the studio to back the **** off for a minute? Maybe the fact that he's no longer directing The Batman (and therefore no longer shouldering the weight of having to "save" the DCEU) means he'll be more receptive to sticking around in an acting capacity.

I really do hope that Affleck isn't the kind of filmmaker who lets critics dictate his decision-making, otherwise that would be incredibly disappointing. The man himself has acknowledged that fans have had nothing but kind things to say to him, and even the most vocal BvS critics have said he was one of the bright spots in that film.

Entirely possible. That said he's had a pretty crappy last 12 months, the last thing he'd probably want is more bad publicity hanging over his head about this roll.

 

[Da-Scribe]

Professionally speaking, the past year was not that bad for Affleck. Sure, he had a dud, but his other films made bank and got moderate to widespread audience approval. Could it have been better? Yeah, absolutely. But, it's not bad. Even with his passion project flopping, people still believe in him as a filmmaker and are legitimately excited for his Batman.

He should feel pretty comfortable now that they've locked Reeves down.

 

[rashad]

For a film as big as JL it's unusually quiet.

Well it does have a film proceeding it. The marketing focus should be on WW. JL is still 9 months from release. There is no reason right now to blow their wad and cause people to be burned out by the time the film comes out. Comic Con seems like a good place to start and make waves.

 

[Boom]

Entirely possible. That said he's had a pretty crappy last 12 months, the last thing he'd probably want is more bad publicity hanging over his head about this roll.

That's honestly why I'm wondering how much of this is him actually wanting to stop playing Batman and how much of this is him telling the studio to back off and give him some time to rest and take care of things. We don't know when they're shooting this movie, but even if it starts shooting in August/September, that gives him 5-6 months where he doesn't have to worry about overseeing a film production. The guy can get his affairs in order and rest up. And now that he doesn't have to devote two years to putting this movie together, this opens up doors for him to work on some of his other projects. Suddenly playing Batman and making a healthy paycheck off of it doesn't look so bad.

Look. The truth is Ben is no stranger to starring in bad films. Look at his filmography outside of his own movies. I'd like to think he doesn't care that much about what critics say, at least in regards to films he himself didn't direct. At least with Batman he gets a boatload of cash and an enthusiastic fanbase.

 

[The Batman]

Using the same diss twice tsk tsk... either I'm Barry Allen back from the future or your dozens-game sucks.

Meh, I'm only as good as the poster I respond to, so in this case, yeah, I guess my "dozens-game" does suck.

 

[BlueLanternKal]

Took you a whole 20 minutes to come up with that. You're teachers are so proud.