I have been smiling for hours over this. I am a bit of a geek. I love sports. I love music. I love Star Wars. I love comic books. Hell, once upon a time, I was attempting to draw them for a living. Batman is my favorite character. He is f'[n cool for a multitude of reasons. Not the least being that he is the smartest man in any room he walks into. I appreciate the 60s version for what it is, but it is not the true essence of the character. The 90s movies were sub par. Michael Keaton was dark and psychotic and really captured a lot of what the character is about. Chrisitan Bale was really strong. The first two movies in that trilogy are among the best. I don’t think you could tell a Batman origin story better that Batman Begins and The Dark Night. I was not a fan of the 3rd one in the Nolan trilogy. People rip on Ben Affleck. He has been a bit of a punching bag, but he is a solid actor. As Batman, I f’ing love him. He looks like the comic book came alive and, as of yesterday, he is back!!
Vanity Fair has revealed that Ben Affleck is set to reprise the role of Batman in The Flash movie that will race into theaters in 2022. With the Fastest Man Alive confirmed to travel between different realities in the DC Multiverse, it’s already been reported that Michael Keaton will be back as the Caped Crusader, but we never expected to see this version of the hero again.
Affleck received the script for the movie last week, and has now agreed to star in the project.
“He’s a very substantial part of the emotional impact of the movie,” director Andy Muschietti explains. “The interaction and relationship between Barry and Affleck’s Wayne will bring an emotional level that we haven’t seen before. It’s Barry’s movie, it’s Barry’s story, but their characters are more related than we think. They both lost their mothers to murder, and that’s one of the emotional vessels of the movie. That’s where the Affleck Batman kicks in.”
The filmmaker later added that Keaton’s Batman will have a “substantial” part, but it wouldn’t work for the Flash to meet another Dark Knight without “the original” being part of the proceedings. “He’s the baseline,” the director notes. “He’s part of that unaltered state before we jump into Barry’s adventure. There’s a familiarity there.”
Batman v Superman had its problems, but this fight scene is pretty bad ass.
Even if it is just a cameo, he is still back!
Recent photos show him being in really good shape so maybe this is something that has been in the works for awhile.
Again, this is news we never saw coming, but Affleck’s Batman will now hopefully get the farewell he deserves, and who knows what else this could lead to down the line.
