Robert Richardson discusses Ben Affleck's unproduced Batman script

[The Laughing Fish]

I found this awesome mock-up teaser poster of the Batfleck film, if it were to be produced on HBO Max.



Source: https://twitter.com/Bosslogic/status/1284131880044879872

I like how Deathstroke's mask has scratches that represent the other villains: Riddler, Joker and Harley Quinn. Sigh...

[The Laughing Fish]

Here is another version of that poster.



https://twitter.com/Bosslogic/status/1284344404539400193

[The Joker]

Edit: Video was reposted.

[The Dark Knight]

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."

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Zack Snyder was interviewed by the LightCast YouTube channel over the weekend, and expressed his surprise that Affleck's movie didn't get made, and Affleck was/is keen to do it.

Well, the truth is, I just assumed that was going to get made. That wasn't even like a ... that was just the thing we were working on. It wasn't even a scenario where I didn't think it would happen, I just felt like it would, you know? It just felt to me like it was inevitable because when you're in production on something, you just think ... there's a great script, Ben wants to do it, he's got a great bad guy ... what? I don't understand, why are we talking about this? Why aren't cameras rolling?

https://theculturednerd.org/2021/05/zack-snyder-discusses-army-of-the-dead-batman-and-more-on-lightcast-podcast/

Well, here's hoping the rumours of his script getting adapted are true. But I don't want to get my hopes up too high.

[thecolorsblend]

#MakeTheBatfleckMovie is trending on Twitter. As part of it, someone shared this:



I wouldn't have predicted Affleck would come out on top. Then again, IMDB is not the most scientific polling method in the world. Some of those results are a little hard to believe too. Conroy has a massive fanbase and I'm a little surprised that Keaton come out on top. Anyway...

[The Dark Knight]

People can find any statistic to suit their argument but I don't find this particular poll surprising. Affleck is genuinely great in both personas, Bruce and Batman, and the ZSJL situation supercharges fan feeling - which leads to a more devoted following. I'm glad he's beating out Bale in these things, though. I can enjoy his films but he himself isn't the strongest point for a number of reasons. Keaton and Affleck, especially now with The Flash, are cementing themselves among the fandom in a strong way.

[thecolorsblend]

People can find any statistic to suit their argument but I don't find this particular poll surprising. Affleck is genuinely great in both personas, Bruce and Batman, and the ZSJL situation supercharges fan feeling - which leads to a more devoted following. I'm glad he's beating out Bale in these things, though. I can enjoy his films but he himself isn't the strongest point for a number of reasons. Keaton and Affleck, especially now with The Flash, are cementing themselves among the fandom in a strong way.

In retrospect, my reluctance with Bale is that he was basically 100% engaged with the character in BB. But with TDK and TDKRises, he seemed... hard to say. He didn't phone it in. But he doesn't come off as invested in the character in those movies as before.

I understand that he had to share the screen with Ledger in TDK. Which couldn't have been easy. But still...

Anyway, Affleck is finally getting the respect he deserved five years ago and I value that.

[The Laughing Fish]

#MakeTheBatfleckMovie is trending on Twitter.

On Batfleck's birthday. That hashtag was accompanied with #HappyBirthdayBenAffleck.

As part of it, someone shared this:



I wouldn't have predicted Affleck would come out on top. Then again, IMDB is not the most scientific polling method in the world. Some of those results are a little hard to believe too. Conroy has a massive fanbase and I'm a little surprised that Keaton come out on top. Anyway...

This poll was posted on IMDB's Twitter page last year. I remember Snyder taking the opportunity on Vero to urge the fandom to vote by saying "You know what to do".

Speaking of Snyder, he paid tribute to Affleck by posting this test image of him in the Batsuit on Vero:

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I saw this online. It allegedly came from Reddit, but I can't find the subrebbit anywhere.



Normally, I'd dismiss all of this unsubstantiated gossip, but I then remember that shill John Campea suggested Affleck and Johns didn't get along.

I still don't buy Affleck had pushed Bruce Timm and Paul Dini to replace Johns, but with the way Warner has operated in the last several years, I believe everything else is possible. Johns was in charge of DC Films, overseeing and enabled Whedon's abuse and sabotage of JL. He may not be in charge of DC Films anymore, but he is still protected by WarnerMedia as you can see with the TV shows and comics he produces. It wouldn't surprise if he were to get residuals from that Batman reboot should have similarities with Earth One, which is another reason why I say that movie can f*** right off.