In what should come as a shock to basically no one, Ben Affleck confirmed that he will be passing on the costume to a new Batman for DC’s next standalone movie featuring the Dark Knight. On Wednesday, Deadline reported that DC’s highly-anticipated standalone Batman movie — The Batman — is now slated to hit theaters on June 25th, 2021. Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) is attached to write and direct.
The movie was initially set to be written and directed by Ben Affleck, who took on the role of the character in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and penned a script with former DC president Geoff Johns. But as Affleck’s schedule got busier and the story came into focus, he realized he wouldn’t be the best fit for this role.
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DC’s next Batman movie now has a release date – and it won’t star Ben Affleck originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 31 Jan 2019 at 13:37:19 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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