Ben Affleck Is the New Batman; ‘Superman vs. Batman’
Friday, August 23, 2013Omoba
There has been a long
and furious debate about the next stage in Batman movie development. There have
been many fans holding out hope that the world of Chris Nolan’s Dark
Knight Trilogy would be incorporated into Warner Bros. and DC Comics’
larger shared movie universe – including the return of Christian Bale as Bruce
Wayne/Batman. But Nolan and Bale have made it increasingly clear that their
time in the DC Universe is done, leaving the world in need of a new actor to
step into the iconic cape and cowl.
Now the world has the
actor who will be the next Batman… and it’s Ben Affleck. Affleck will stand
alongside (and presumably against) Man of Steel star Henry Cavill in
the Superman sequel film, which is tentatively being referred to as Batman
vs. Superman.
Variety confirms
the announcement from Warner Bros. that Affleck – who directed the studio’s
Oscar-winning film, Argo – is indeed the new Dark Knight. In addition
to that information, we now know when the Superman-Batman movie will
hit theaters: July 17, 2015, after Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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