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Ben Affleck confirms that The Batman will start shooting in the spring

December 14, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Over the past few months we’ve heard conflicting reports as to the status of The Batman, with Warner Bros. seemingly keen to fast track the project through production, and director, co-writer and star Ben Affleck suggesting he’s not yet ready to move forward with the movie. Just yesterday we brought you some comments from Affleck, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Batman, Ben Affleck, DC, DC Extended Universe, The Batman

Ben Affleck explains why he chose Deathstroke as the villain for The Batman

October 4, 2016 by Gary Collinson

A few weeks ago, Ben Affleck shared a short piece of test footage featuring Deathstroke, which was followed by confirmation that Slade Wilson will feature as the villain in the solo Batman movie (now confirmed as being titled The Batman), with Joe Manganiello in the role. During an interview with Collider to promote his new […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Batman, Ben Affleck, DC, DC Extended Universe, The Batman

Joe Manganiello to play Deathstroke in Ben Affleck’s Batman movie

September 8, 2016 by Gary Collinson

A couple of weeks ago, Ben Affleck dropped a rather interesting surprise for DC fans when he shared some footage of Slade Wilson – a.k.a. Deathstroke, with a report then emerging that the mercenary would be the main villain in Affleck’s solo Batman movie. Well, according to The Wall Street Journal, DC Films boss Geoff […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Batman, Ben Affleck, DC, Geoff Johns, Joe Manganiello

Ben Affleck discusses his approach to the solo Batman movie

June 2, 2016 by Gary Collinson

As we all know, Ben Affleck has been writing a solo Batman movie with DC Comics Chief Creative Officer – and DC Films supremo – Geoff Johns, and during an interview with Cines Argentinos from the promotional campaign for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Affleck has offered some insight into how he’ll approach the story: […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Batman, Ben Affleck, DC, DC Extended Universe

Rumour: Ben Affleck “humiliated” over Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice reaction

May 9, 2016 by Luke Owen

More bad news for the rumour pile of the continuing war over at Warner Bros. over the future of the DC Extended Universe. Last week it was reported that Seth Grahame-Smith had left the directing duties of The Flash and there were rumours that Zack Snyder was having arguments with the top brass at the […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Batman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ben Affleck, DC, DC Extended Universe

Ben Affleck will executive produce Justice League

May 6, 2016 by James Garcia

Whether or not those rumoured “fights” behind the scenes of Justice League led to this or not is unclear, but this just in: Ben Affleck has been elevated to an executive producer role on the upcoming DC Extended Universe team-up film. The news comes from Deadline, who state that Affleck will work “with director Zack Snyder and […]

Filed Under: James Garcia, Movies, News Tagged With: Ben Affleck, DC Extended Universe, Justice League, Zack Snyder

The evolution of the Batman suit on screen from 1943 to 2017

September 19, 2016 by Luke Owen

Luke Owen looks back at Batman’s past… As Saturday was Batman Day [you can read two other op-eds here and here] and following on from my look back at the evolution of Spider-Man and Daredevil‘s costumes (and the Batmobile), I thought it would be fun to look back at all the big screen and (some […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Luke Owen, Movies Tagged With: Batman, Ben Affleck, DC, DC Extended Universe, george clooney, Michael Keaton, Robert Lowrey, Val Kilmer

Second Opinion – Suicide Squad (2016)

August 5, 2016 by Luke Owen

Suicide Squad, 2016. Directed by David Ayer. Starring Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Cara Delevingne, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jay Hernandez, Adam Beach, Jim Parrack, Ben Affleck, Karen Fukuhara, Common, Ike Barinholtz and Scott Eastwood SYNOPSIS: A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Adam Beach, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ben Affleck, Cara Delevingne, Common, David Ayer, DC, DC Extended Universe, Ike Barinholtz, Jai Courtney, Jared Leto, Jay Hernandez, Jim Parrack, Joel Kinnaman, Karen Fukuhara, Margot Robbie, Ray Olubowale, Scott Eastwood, Suicide Squad, Viola Davis, Will Smith

Blu-ray Review – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition (2016)

August 1, 2016 by Luke Owen

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition, 2016. Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Gal Gadot, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Scoot McNairy, Tao Okamoto, Lauren Cohan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ray Fisher, Jena Malone, Ezra Miller and Callan Mulvey. SYNOPSIS: In “Batman v Superman: Dawn […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Amy Adams, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition, Ben Affleck, Callan Mulvey, DC, DC Extended Universe, Diane Lane, Ezra Miller, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Holly Hunter, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jena Malone, Jeremy Irons, Jesse Eisenberg, Lauren Cohan, Laurence Fishburne, Ray Fisher, Scoot McNairy, Tao Okamoto, Zack Snyder

9 ways to save the DC Extended Universe

May 2, 2016 by Anghus Houvouras

Anghus Houvouras with 9 ways to save the DC Extended Universe… I don’t require much. Just a producer credit on every Warner Bros. DC movie, a balloon payment of $16 million dollars in gold cougarans, and 8% of the merchandising. Wait. Sorry. Got ahead of myself. Before the fans and Warner Bros. shower me in warm, […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles and Opinions, Movies Tagged With: Aquaman, Batman, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ben Affleck, DC, DC Extended Universe, Iron Man, Justice League, Marvel, Superman, The Avengers, The Flash, Zack Snyder

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