Ben Affleck is going to get so much money. He’s going to be Batman. In public. In the movies. Someone is paying him to be Batman. This is all legal. This is happening. This makes a lot of sense because we’ve been needing a Batman who is over 40 and Ben Affleck blew us all away as Daredevil.
If they’re going for the cheesy George Clooney/Val Kilmer Batman years, then this is a great choice. If not…I stand by my WTF.
Here’s some of the official release, from Warner Brothers Facebook page:
BEN AFFLECK REVEALED AS BATMAN IN WARNER BROS. PICTURES’ NEW SUPER HERO FEATURE FILM, NOW SLATED TO OPEN JULY 17, 2015
The Oscar®-winning star joins Henry Cavill in the first ever onscreen match-up of DC Comics’ most iconic characters.
BURBANK, CA, August 22, 2013 – Ending weeks of speculation, Ben Affleck has been set to star as Batman, a.k.a. Bruce Wayne. Affleck and filmmaker Zack Snyder will create an entirely new incarnation of the character in Snyder’s as-yet-untitled project—bringing Batman and Superman together for the first time on the big screen and continuing the director’s vision of their universe, which he established in “Man of Steel.”
[…] Silverman stated, “We knew we needed an extraordinary actor to take on one of DC Comics’ most enduringly popular Super Heroes, and Ben Affleck certainly fits that bill, and then some. His outstanding career is a testament to his talent and we know he and Zack will bring new dimension to the duality of this character.”
I’m just going to leave this LOL right here.
What do you think of this choice? And if not Affleck, who would you have chosen?
Hang on… haven’t we just had ALL the Batman? How is there more Batman still to do?
Affleck already tried to be a super hero. Remember Daredevil? Yeah, neither does anyone else.
casting couch, guys! BA suckin’ dick finally paid off. good job, dude, welcome to the club.
That man already KILLED daredevil, which was by the way utterly terrible. If they couldn’t get Christian Bale to do it, why not Josh Brolin? Or if you want cute Ryan Gosling? I really don’t get it. Affleck isn’t that great of an actor and I always get him and Paul Russ confused…
So many other actors would have been so much better: Ryan Gosling, like Elaine said, Will Smith, Idris Elba, Chris Hemsworth (although I guess he is already Thor)…
idris elba would make a GREAT batman because of his voice
affleck is just not a great actor for a super hero role…he sells “normal guy” pretty well though