Ben Affleck is up next to be Bruce Wayne in the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice big screen event next year. Just recently it was reported that Affleck would be directing, co-writing, and starring in a solo Batman film as a follow-up for Warner Bros., which wouldn’t release until at least 2018 after the first Justice League movie.
The latest intel, after a private screening of Batman v Superman for Warner Bros. execs, is that Affleck’s Batman is being received so well that a whole new Batman trilogy is being discussed.
(via Den of Geek):
According to an industry source who will remain anonymous, a cut of Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice was screened for the film’s crew and Warner bosses within the past 24 hours or so. “It’s a near finished cut but not locked,” our source tells us.
That screening was, we’re told, a glowing success – to the point where Zack Snyder’s movie received a “standing ovation”.
Warner is said to be so impressed with Affleck’s performance as Batman that it’s apparently in the process of making an extended, “Golden deal”, which could see the actor play the Caped Crusader in a trilogy of stand-alone movies, not the single outing already announced.
This kind of deal would effectively lock in Affleck in the DC movie universe as Batman for at least the next decade.
Confirmation of this potential deal should come forth in a matter of time, but it’s not hard to believe as Warner Bros. was already prepared to move forward with Affleck on the previously reported Batman solo film. Keeping Batman around in the DC Universe is obviously imperative going forward, and keeping Affleck after his first stint in Batman v Superman would make for great consistency.
If he’s that good and that invested in this, then get used to Ben Affleck as our new Batman.
