Ben Affleck's Cancelled Batman Movie Had Other Major DC Superheroes

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The cancelled The Batman film starring Ben Affleck was supposed to feature other big DC superheroes. Warner Bros. is launching a brand new version of the Caped Crusader through Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson's upcoming film. Before it became a project separate from the larger DCEU, however, the film was initially conceived as Affleck's solo movie, seeing a considerably older Dark Knight.

Introduced in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, director Zack Snyder wanted to differentiate his iteration of Bruce Wayne by debuting a more hardened version. There was initial skepticism on Affleck's ability to do the role justice, but ultimately, he proved naysayers wrong and became one of the few mostly universally loved aspects of the 2016 blockbuster. Given this, fans were understandably looking forward to seeing him in his own solo film that he was supposed to both direct and star in. But following Affleck's exit from the DCEU, Reeves took over the project and decided to rework its story, focusing it on a much younger Bruce Wayne who's just on his second year as the Gotham vigilante.

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Much has been said about Affleck's scrapped Caped Crusader film, and now Reeves is revealing more details about it while promoting The Batman. In a new interview with EW, the cancelled flick had a script written by Geoff Johns, Chris Terrio, and Affleck and promised an «action-based James Bondian» narrative. It was intrinsically tied to the DCEU, and so«other big superheroes» were lined up to appear. Reeves didn't think the original was bad, but he just didn't have any personal connection to that narrative so he decided to change the narrative's direction. Unfortunately, he didn't name-drop any other franchise