broncobuster
Banned
Wait, if that's meant to be serious, is he also serious about playing Swamp Thing?
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Casey Affleck doesnt think his brother Ben will star in The Batman
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Wait, if that's meant to be serious, is he also serious about playing Swamp Thing?
clay_ghost
Member
I get why they don't announce it if it's true. They finally got good PR with WW, BatMan recasting will be bad news.
I do hope Ben will do whatever makes him happy, he seems so bitter and sad nowadays.
I do hope Ben will do whatever makes him happy, he seems so bitter and sad nowadays.
Alexander DeLarge
Member
This is seriously a running story? Clearly a bit from the store, at least that's the way it reads.
hipsterpants
Member
I'd be disappointed, but does it really matter if The Batman ends up being good?
Lights and Waves
Member
I'm so nervous that JL is going to squander the momentum from WW and they'll be back at square one again. Ugh.
Gordon Shumway
Banned
The fuck?! Why would he do this? Also, you're slacking, Slayven *those that say that said*
Why? DCEU gonna keep going even if JL sucks.
Dash_Riprock
Member
On the plus side, it will probably just make WB fasttrack the Flashpoint movie.
Speaks volumes about the state of the DCEU right now that people are excited for it.
Like me!
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I don't understand that.
1) You're not even gonna be ten films old and already rebooting?
2) An entire film dedicated to justifying "trying again".
Sho_Nuff82
Member
They'll probably make an entire prequel trilogy before they touch anything post-JL. Affleck is a good Batman, but not for an independent bat series that has no supers in it.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
X-Men did it
metalslimer
Member
I'm fine, the more disconnected that movie feels the better.
Lights and Waves
Member
The lashings that the Marvel stans will give me. lol
Spider-Man got rebooted twice in less than 10 years.
Batman however is more complicated since they have an entire universe to manage, and tossing everything out would do more to annoy audiences than course correcting.
This is true. And strangely (to me anyway) people absolutely loved it. Whole fucking movie that just... erased every other movie they sold us tickets to beforehand, and its one of the highest rated films in the xmen series too!
Fucking mindblowing... But whatever... if Fox can pull it off, so can WB.
Extra Sauce
Member
Yes.
clay_ghost
Member
But it's true. WB won't stop making these movies as long as they sell, no matter the quality of the movies.
You act like I don't have a life
Mushroomer25
Member
They don't want to spoil that Justice League ends with Batman getting hit by a train, and needing to get full facial reconstruction surgery.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
I dunno, but if true that would be disappointing since I liked him in the role a lot. I mean Irons was the real mvp, so as long as he sticks around we'll be fine, but it would still be disappointing.
shira
Member
I love it.
Discotheque
Banned
Potentially the best actor working right now.
Also this would suck but as long as somebody like Jon Hamm replaced him I would be fine with it
I would be happy with Armie Hammer too, but that makes the whole age thing a mess. Tbh they should just let Matt Reeves make a standalone series. Cinematic Universes are whatever, man could do great things if left alone like he was with the Apes stuff.
The annoying thing about them having gone with an older grisled Batman means that that cuts down quite a bit on potential up and coming candidates. Hollywood has no shortage of white male actors, but those that can play Batman?
It also means that whoever they choose may not be able to stick around for long.
It also means that whoever they choose may not be able to stick around for long.
Also a bit of a scumbag.
Galactic Specter
Member
Justice League is a disaster
Affleck is out as Batman
Aquaman is hard to film with all the water
The DCEU is dead, bury it
Affleck is out as Batman
Aquaman is hard to film with all the water
The DCEU is dead, bury it
Also very boring.
I read this post in Trump's voice for some reason.
Because the films this time are meant to be joint together. A continuity.
If Ben leaves, I want that continuity to occur. Not have us play pretend it is the same person who appeared first in BvS.
For that continuity to occur if Ben leaves it will need either Bruce Wayne to die or simply hand over the cowl to another Batfamily member.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Consider this a mercy?
Justice League isn't out yet, so your ability to judge its quality seems... questionable.
Affleck isn't confirmed out yet (though it's not like people didn't see this coming)
And Aquaman having difficulties with water while filming doesnt mean shit. Any movie with water is going to have technical problems. It's not like entire sets got swept into the oceans.
moustascheman
Member
I feel kinda bad for Ben. He seemed legitimately excited to play batman before BvS released. Honestly, I think he was the best part of BvS (which to be fair is a low bar considering how terrible everything else was) and that if he had a better script to work with he could've play a really good batman/bruce wayne.
Ben will not be back as Batman after JL, except for maybe a continuity nod cameo in Flashpoint before the reboot happens. It's too bad because he was quite good considering what he had to work with. His scenes with Jeremy Irons were probably the best character bits in a film almost devoid of character development.
Discotheque
Banned
Water shoots are apparently the hardest.
I don't think Affleck is going to sit through another of these movies, in between takes wearing a big dumb Batman suit, if Justice League isn't well received.
It'll just be 'Welp, I have it a shot'. There's only so much of your career that you can dedicate to underwhelming movies.
It'll just be 'Welp, I have it a shot'. There's only so much of your career that you can dedicate to underwhelming movies.
Mushroomer25
Member
Getting Ben Affleck was a master stroke.
Forcing Ben Affleck to make two movies with Zack Snyder before he could do anything on his own with the character was a mistake.
With the pause in his tone before saying Ben was an OK Batman, Casey sounded like he just wanted to say something to get the host to stop bugging him about it. Or just something before saying he made it up. Doesn't matter, I don't see this being the thing that definitively confirms Affleck isn't going to be on The Batman.
Discotheque
Banned
taking the word of casey affleck is hard tbh. dude is so apathetic when he speaks its hard to know if he's joking, sarcastic, serious whatever.
won't get definitive news on this anyways until after JL.
i don't really give a shit. as long as the recasting isn't some wastemans like Skarsgard or whatever. Ben Affleck has me dead set on a Don Draper-esque Bruce Wayne.
won't get definitive news on this anyways until after JL.
i don't really give a shit. as long as the recasting isn't some wastemans like Skarsgard or whatever. Ben Affleck has me dead set on a Don Draper-esque Bruce Wayne.
Which do you think affects him more, being in a bad movie (but which people generally consider him a highlight), or his alcoholism/rehab along with his divorce?
Like... are people really gonna pin this on Snyder while ignoring the very real shit he himself is probably dealing with?
Not confirmed, but almost certainly true.
Yeah, this has nothing to do with Snyder. Hollywood gossip is that WB is very uncomfortable with Affleck's perceived reliability now that his addictions are rearing their heads again.
I'm hoping Whedon can help pull it together, but Affleck describing the movie as "the product of two very different visions" is a kinda worrying statement. When has something like that ever worked out?
broncobuster
Banned
Yeah. By all accounts actors enjoy working with Snyder. And Affleck ain't getting fazed by starring in a poorly received movie. If a film project hurt him, it's definitely Live by Night. It's a bigger reason why he stepped away from directing Batman.