The Batman
The latest rumors intimate that Matt Reeves’sThe Batmancould be a reboot , with Ben Affleck leaving the DCEU - but is this really the case ?
When Affleck was first cast for the part of Bruce Wayne , he was a controversial pick . However , the actor ’s functioning inBatman V Superman : Dawn of Justicewon viewers over . Affleck was initially assigned to both write and aim the first solo Batman film in the DCEU but bowed out . Then , last year , there were rumors he was still unhappy with the part and want to leave the DCEU altogether ( although these were strongly deny by both Warner Bros. and Affleck himself ) .
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The late rumour originates fromDeadline . They published an clause discussingGeoff Johns ’s departure as main creative police officer of DC Film , and extensively discussed Johns ’s novel role aswriter and producer ofGreen Lantern . The clause also included a throwaway comment aboutThe Batman :
" There is an chance for Toby Emmerich to really reshuffle the executive deck on the feature film side and turn DC into something more unnerving than it is right now … with Matt Reeves rebootingBatmanfor a new standalone franchise , likely with a new actor to play the Caped Crusader after Ben Affleck ’s stint inBatman V SupermanandJustice League . "
It ’s for sure a lurid argument , suggest both that Affleck has been remould and thatThe Batmanwill be " a new standalone franchise " - have in mind it may really not be part of the DCEU at all . But should that comment really be taken at face value ?
As this come from one of the trades , it ’s been treated as a fast report . However , it ’s in reality part of a much bigger story . In context , this sentence is not actually aboutThe Batman , rather the chance Toby Emmerich has to improve DC Films ' carrying into action . While it ’s in spades possibleDeadlinehas information on recent DC Films developments , this would be a strange fashion to expose it ; render how hotly debated Affleck ’s Batman has become , that justify a story if it can confirm . Instead , considering the key sentence itself has a crucial qualifier , " likely " , it is at the most an unverified rumour , at least speculation base on the past few years of turbulence around the DCEU .
Just last week , it was conversely rumour thatAffleck require to preserve play Batmanfrom a source ( Twitter userDanielRPK)called bothAva DuVernayandSteven Spielberg’snew DC pic before they were announce . The current situation has clear parallels to July and August 2017 , when there were a flood tide of rumors thatAffleck was departing the DCEU . His crony Casey unwittingly inculpate these rumors were reliable , before fleetly backpedal . Ben Affleck himself was finally forced to go public at San Diego Comic - Con , assert that he " would be an emulator on the solid ground for Matt Reeves . " The rumors finally quietened down - until now .
Just as in July 2017 , it would be wise to to hold off for self-coloured news program . There ’s as yet been no prescribed commentary from either DC Film or Ben Affleck himself . None of this is to say that Batman is n’t being reforge or that Matt Reeves ' movie is outside of the DCEU , but there ’s simply not enough uncommitted grounds to argue otherwise either . powerful now , it ’s possible that DC Film may again have to dedicate meter at an SDCC panel to debunk rumors of Affleck’sThe Batmandeparture - for the second year running .
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