Batman forever strives for a chance to set things right. That may finally happen with Ben Affleck’s version of the crimefighter.
Ben Affleck first donned the cowl of DC’s caped crusader in Zack Snyder’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. The iteration, an older, more weary version of Batman, was supposed to be the anchor of the DC Extended Universe which is why Ben Affleck was given the top spot in the ensemble list, making him the central leader of the then-planned vision of the franchise but Ben Affleck never fell short of the backlash when his casting in Zack Snyder’s DCEU was first announced. After reprising his role for additional photography on Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Ben Affleck signed up for the forthcoming sequel The Flash, claiming that it would be his last appearance in the cowl. This film is to “rewrite” DCEU and will co-star Affleck’s counterpart from Tim Burton’s films, Michael Keaton’s Batman.
However, Ben Affleck is again set to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in the upcoming Aquaman sequel, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
Affleck was cast as Batman in late August of 2013, and the debate over his presence hasn’t let up even after two movies with Snyder—Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League—and one cameo in Suicide Squad. His take will also get a new approach in the famed “Snyder Cut” of Justice League, which will appear on HBO Max, restoring the original director’s vision before the film was handed off to Joss Whedon to complete—a version of the film that seems to have left no one happy.
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