Sorry Batfleck fans. It’s been revealed that Ben Affleck’s Batman has been cut fromAquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which is currently set to release on 20 December 2023.
TheDCU, formerly DCEU, is very much in a transitional phase. James Gunn and Peter Safran’s reboot of the franchise will begin withSuperman: Legacy. WithDavid Corenswet set to starin the titular role, the film is nowfilling out its cast. It’ll start ‘Chapter One: Gods and Monsters’ - while the upcoming sequels toThe BatmanandJokerwill exist in the ‘Elseworlds’ timeline. It’s unknown how long current DCU stars will stick around for.The Flashwas set to be a major release for DC but the wayit’s floppedis perhaps simply just evidence of why a reboot is needed. We still have the upcomingAquamansequel set to release before the DCU undergoes its overhaul, but Ben Affleck will no longer appear in the film.
Blue Beetleis set to release on 18 August.
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Originally, Michael Keaton was set to cameo. During a prior round of reshoots though, Keaton was replaced with Affleck’s Batman. It then got complicated whenThe Flashwas released beforeAquaman and the Lost Kingdomas that wasn’t the original plan.The Flashprominently stars Keaton’s Batman so then concerns arose over confusing viewers. Now, it seems as if the film simply won’t star any version of Batman at all.
Safran and Gunn reportedly removed the Batman cameo as they didn’t want to tease a future Batman appearance that they couldn’t commit to. After all,The FlashandAquaman and the Lost Kingdomare the remnants of the old DCEU. It makes sense that Safran and Gunn will tweak what they can to best lead into their rebooted universe. Sources claim the latest cut of the film is much more promising.
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