Robert Richardson discusses Ben Affleck's unproduced Batman script

[The Laughing Fish]

Long time Batman movie producer Michael Uslan posed a picture of himself with the Batfleck Batsignal, and liked the #MakeTheBatfleckMovie hashtag. He seems definitely keen on the idea.







Source: https://twitter.com/BatfleckMovie/status/1510449611747508225/

[The Laughing Fish]

Jay Oliva tweeted this storyboard sketch of Deathstroke, with Batman's face reflecting on the sword. It's definitely from the Affleck script.

@JoeManganiello #DC #Batman #InternetNotReady

https://twitter.com/jayoliva1/status/1520903728571723776

Hmmm. I wonder what he means with that #InternetNotReady hashtag?

[The Dark Knight]

Geekosity is claiming Affleck has signed up for three solo films and other appearances in DCEU films. Sounds too good to be true. But after the recent developments with Cavill and the ten year plan, who really knows? There's still a decent wait to see how things like Man of Steel 2 actually play out given all future plans are in the very early development stage, and films already in the can (The Flash, Aquaman 2, etc) first need to be released in 2023.

Sounds like a brutal movie. Alfred would have made his last appearance in the DCEU with this script. It gives much more weight to the Knightmare timeline as Batfleck's working with Deathstroke after such a thorough attack on his life. As Batfleck says in ZSJL, "I've been dead inside a long time." Which also gives him added incentive to prove the Joker wrong when he says "frankly, you don't have the cojones to die yourself."

Imagine if the Deathstroke movie actually eventuated. It seems to be a powerhouse of a script. If Affleck did indeed start making solo Batman movies, Reeves wouldn't have the floor all to himself. He would have direct competition, and I'd give the edge to Batfleck. If Zaslav is about pleasing the fans, he'll make this happen, and not give much negative thought to having two cinematic Batman franchises running parallel to one another.

[The Laughing Fish]

Marv Wolfman says Ben Affleck's Batman film should get made.

Ben Afleck says he wanted to use Deathstroke in his aborted Batman film. Based on everything I've seen him direct that would have been so incredible. As Deathstroke's writer/co-creator, you gotta make that happen.

https://twitter.com/marvwolfman/status/1653896530376671235

[The Laughing Fish]

Jay Oliva once again went on record giving high praise for Ben Affleck's Batman script:

Ben's story was gonna cover something that had never really been covered in comics but was building off of storylines in the Batman mythos over the last 80 years and approaching it from a new kind of perspective

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/ben-affleck-batman-movie-jay-oliva-interview

Instead of this, we get the same tired reboots over and over again.

[The Joker]

[The Laughing Fish]

A couple of weeks ago, Jay Oliva took the opportunity to celebrate Batman Day by posting this storyboard drawing of Batman fighting Deathstroke.