Ben Affleck Is the New Batman

[Pooky]

The actor will replace Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne in the upcoming untitled Batman-Superman feature for Warner Bros., the studio announced Thursday.

Affleck becomes the eighth actor to play the Caped Crusader, following Bale, George Clooney and Michael Keaton.

“We knew we needed an extraordinary actor to take on one of DC Comics’ most enduringly popular Super Heroes, and Ben Affleck certainly fits that bill, and then some,” WB president Greg Silverman said in a statement.

Directed by “Man of Steel” filmmaker Zack Snyder, the Batman-Superman feature will open worldwide on July 17, 2015, with Henry Cavill, Amy Adams and Diane Lane reprising their roles.

“Man of Steel,” released this past June, has earned over $650 million at the global box office.

http://variety.com/2013/film/news/be...an-1200586881/

[Maplassie]

Which in turn means that the role of robin has already been cast :/

[PsychoFish]

"Ben Affleck as Batman, Matt Damon as Robin, J-Lo as Catwoman...and the Oscar goes to Christian Bale as the smartest man in the world"

"Please cast Jennifer Lopez as Catwoman. If it's gonna go down in flames, light it with a blowtorch. #BATFLECK"

Two of my favorite tweets on the subject

[Toxin]

Ben Affleck as Batman....

Yeah cause that worked so well for Daredevil........

[TBlaar]

Double face palm!!!

[Saint_Dee]

To be fair, peeps weren't impressed with Heath Ledger being cast as The Joker... Look how that turned out.

Not that I'm overly optimistic about Affleck being Batman...

[PsychoFish]

To be fair, peeps weren't impressed with Heath Ledger being cast as The Joker... Look how that turned out.

Not that I'm overly optimistic about Affleck being Batman...

I'll wait for Afflek to off himself shortly after filming ends to see if that theory holds

[MetalSoup]

I'll wait for Afflek to off himself shortly after filming ends to see if that theory holds

That's not very nice.

[PsychoFish]

That's not very nice.

Neither was Gigli

[Saint_Dee]

Neither was Gigli

What about Argo?