Ben Affleck will direct Batman movie
By Alexandra Heilbron on April 13, 2016 | 2 Comments
Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara made an announcement this week at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, saying that Ben Affleck will direct a stand-alone Batman movie.
Ben Affleck and Amy Adams made an appearance at the event, and confirmed that they will both be playing roles in the upcoming Justice League movie, which is currently filming in London, England and will release to theaters on November 17, 2017.
Affleck, who directed the Oscar-winning picture Argo, recently completed work on the Warner Bros. Picture Live by Night, which he directed, wrote and starred in. The movie is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane and has a release date of October 20, 2017.
Ben’s directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, was also based on a novel by Lehane.
The plot and title of the Batman reboot have not yet been announced, but this will mark the first time that an actor playing Batman will also direct.
Ben and Amy both star in the box office hit Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
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Can he direct an action flick? I just hope it’s good. Please don’t ruin Batman for us. his batman role in Sups v Bats was actually decent. Just keep a commanding presence on the screen. Remember Batman is without powers, yet a founding member of the JL and everyone respects the hell out of him, even the hero’s with amazing powers know not to mess with him.
He blew my away as Batman in B V S, I just hope it’s better then B V S.