Lights and Waves
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Oh lord...damage control incoming...
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Casey Affleck doesnt think his brother Ben will star in The Batman
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Lights and Waves
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...now that's a visual I don't think I've ever imagined before.
If he's not why doesn't DC just come out and say so already. They have a good director in place, so if Ben doesn't play the role who really cares? It's not like audiences aren't used to different actors playing the role. In the last 30 years we've had Keaton, Kilmer, Clooney, Bale, and Affleck, so what's the difference if it's one more?
Are they worried that it will hurt JL to announce it now? I just don't understand why they don't definitively address the rumors one way or the other.
Are they worried that it will hurt JL to announce it now? I just don't understand why they don't definitively address the rumors one way or the other.
MisterHero
Super Member
Obviously it's a prequel starring a young Batfleck look-alike
Sectorseven
Member
Maybe he went to the Daniel Craig school of contract negotiating.
Lights and Waves
Member
I think it detracts from Justice League promo. And it could be a cool surprise for the Flashpoint movie when history is altered and Batman is younger/looks different.
Because you don't announce the change till you have a replacement lined up.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Probably.
Considering everything else surround JL that is more or less instant worry the second it's reported.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Flashpoint is happening so a recast wouldn't surprise me.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Ben got so much shit (deservedly) for swearing he was directing the film, when the reports swore that he wasn't, and then dropping out 2 weeks later. I can't imagine how much worse the backlash would be if he did the exact same thing in the exact same year with even just acting in the film
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
I thought Javier Bardem is already playing Thomas Wayne tho
Ninja Scooter
Member
So Casey Affleck?
If you are going off the rails, lean into it
I would run screaming from the room if that happens.
I would run screaming from the room if that happens.
The Elite
BOSS
Can they say Martha at least? You're taking away all their tools.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
man no
AuthenticM
Member
Poor Ben. I wish he gets better.
Flashpoint is a potentially smart way to course correct on the DCEU by fixing what's wrong (a lot) and keeping what works (Wonder Woman at this point). It's a long ways off, however, and many thought that Batman would come first.
That was Jeffrey Dean Morgan (with Lauren Cohen playing Martha Wayne). Funny to see them as a married couple given their roles on Walking Dead.
What do they have to lose?
PanSexual_Peacock
Member
I doubt Casey even knows what's going on with WB/DC. He even says he just made it up.
Edit:He could actually just be talking about Ben not directing the film instead of not starting in it.
Edit:He could actually just be talking about Ben not directing the film instead of not starting in it.
cr0w
Old Member
Shh, don't ruin their fun. We can't bring sense in here.
torre_avenue
Banned
I'd sure pay $15 to see "Batman: Homecoming."
Bobby Roberts
Banned
He says he just made it up because he accidentally said a thing he realized he probably shouldn't have said into an open mic like that.
How is that "sense" - it's more like "willfully ignoring basic human behavior"
people when they give a simple opinion about things don't respond when checked on it with "How do I know I was just making it up."
"I was just making it up" is a thing a guy might say when they realize they probably slipped up and they want to dismiss whatever was just said entirely.
Bruh, people definitely care. And yeah, they should worry about JL if this happens, it would be wise too. They are just now trying to crawl out of the "shitshow" tier with Wonder Woman, now if the only good thing about BvS bails on them, it will look HORRIBLE.
Im completely okay with them keeping this quiet and trying to keep Affleck on board (I assume they are doing all they can). Any other outcome is going to hurt.
Lights and Waves
Member
Listen to that audio and tell me that he was joking. You can tell from the inflection/tone that he was being serious and just answering the question frankly.
Now we just need Matty in the Morning to break that Robert Downey Jr. is quitting Iron Man
PanSexual_Peacock
Member
Or he could be referring to Ben not directing the film instead of starting in it.
If they think there's a chance to change his mind then I get that, but if they don't think that's possible it just seems like delaying the inevitable. Rumors won't subside, so either way JL will be effected a bit.
Dash_Riprock
Member
Really can't blame Ben at this point, especially if the other recent JL rumors are true.
Yeah that sounds more like Casey is backtracking on some shit Ben told him to keep secret
Nah freeze his age at 40. Grizzled Batman is best Batman.
Get Joe Mango or Alex Skarsgard in there
Thing is, Flashpoint would probably happen after The Batman.
So if a recast is happening, the switch will happen before
This is what I thought as well.