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Ben Affleck’s Batman: The already troubled history of The Batman

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Luke Owen looks at the already troubled history of Ben Affleck’s The Batman…It was news that concerned fans of the faltering DCEU when it was confirmed that Ben Affleck will no longer direct The Batman, which is still supposed to be released next year. This bad news about The Batman follows rumours that Justice League is a […]

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

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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, who […]

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

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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 movie […]

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

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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 Johns […]

Ben Affleck discusses his approach to the solo Batman movie

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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:“I […]

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

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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 studio […]

Ben Affleck will executive produce Justice League

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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 screenwriter […]

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

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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 of […]

Second Opinion – Suicide Squad (2016)

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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 EastwoodSYNOPSIS:A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency.“They’re […]

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

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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 of Justice,” fearing […]