The world really hasn’t been given enough of Ben Affleck’s Batman. Having first appeared in 2016’sBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice(which, admittedly, wasn’t fantastic), he’s popped up in just four films since, with his most recent appearance being inThe Flash(2023).What you may not have known, however, is thatAffleckwas originally supposed to get his own soloBatmanmovie, but it was cancelled before it could ever hit our screens. Now though, speaking to Inverse in a newinterview, DC storyboard artist, Jay Oliva, who also apparently worked on the cancelled film before it was shelved, teased more details about thefilm. Unfortunately, it sounds absolutely brilliant. I’m sad now.Take a look at the trailer forThe Flash (2023)below.“I can’t really say too much other than it was f**king awesome,” Oliva teased. “It was the best. It was amazing.”AdvertHe continued: “From my understanding, there were a couple of drafts of it. When I was brought on, I don’t know whether it was the second draft or something, but it was what Geoff Johns and Ben [Affleck] had shown me.”According to Oliva, the film would have tied together “a lot of really cool Batman storylines that had never been really explored”, not even in thecomics. He explained: “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.”In the end, Affleck “had to step away for personal reasons”, so the film was never completed. What’s more,The Flash (2023)was supposed to be the actor’s final appearance as Batman, so it seems that we’ll never see it come to light in the future, either.Featured Image Credit: Warner Bros. PicturesTopics:Batman,TV And Film,DC
The world really hasn’t been given enough of Ben Affleck’s Batman. Having first appeared in 2016’sBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice(which, admittedly, wasn’t fantastic), he’s popped up in just four films since, with his most recent appearance being inThe Flash(2023).What you may not have known, however, is thatAffleckwas originally supposed to get his own soloBatmanmovie, but it was cancelled before it could ever hit our screens. Now though, speaking to Inverse in a newinterview, DC storyboard artist, Jay Oliva, who also apparently worked on the cancelled film before it was shelved, teased more details about thefilm. Unfortunately, it sounds absolutely brilliant. I’m sad now.Take a look at the trailer forThe Flash (2023)below.“I can’t really say too much other than it was f**king awesome,” Oliva teased. “It was the best. It was amazing.”AdvertHe continued: “From my understanding, there were a couple of drafts of it. When I was brought on, I don’t know whether it was the second draft or something, but it was what Geoff Johns and Ben [Affleck] had shown me.”According to Oliva, the film would have tied together “a lot of really cool Batman storylines that had never been really explored”, not even in thecomics. He explained: “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.”In the end, Affleck “had to step away for personal reasons”, so the film was never completed. What’s more,The Flash (2023)was supposed to be the actor’s final appearance as Batman, so it seems that we’ll never see it come to light in the future, either.Featured Image Credit: Warner Bros. PicturesTopics:Batman,TV And Film,DC
The world really hasn’t been given enough of Ben Affleck’s Batman. Having first appeared in 2016’sBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice(which, admittedly, wasn’t fantastic), he’s popped up in just four films since, with his most recent appearance being inThe Flash(2023).What you may not have known, however, is thatAffleckwas originally supposed to get his own soloBatmanmovie, but it was cancelled before it could ever hit our screens. Now though, speaking to Inverse in a newinterview, DC storyboard artist, Jay Oliva, who also apparently worked on the cancelled film before it was shelved, teased more details about thefilm. Unfortunately, it sounds absolutely brilliant. I’m sad now.Take a look at the trailer forThe Flash (2023)below.“I can’t really say too much other than it was f**king awesome,” Oliva teased. “It was the best. It was amazing.”AdvertHe continued: “From my understanding, there were a couple of drafts of it. When I was brought on, I don’t know whether it was the second draft or something, but it was what Geoff Johns and Ben [Affleck] had shown me.”According to Oliva, the film would have tied together “a lot of really cool Batman storylines that had never been really explored”, not even in thecomics. He explained: “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.”In the end, Affleck “had to step away for personal reasons”, so the film was never completed. What’s more,The Flash (2023)was supposed to be the actor’s final appearance as Batman, so it seems that we’ll never see it come to light in the future, either.
The world really hasn’t been given enough of Ben Affleck’s Batman. Having first appeared in 2016’sBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice(which, admittedly, wasn’t fantastic), he’s popped up in just four films since, with his most recent appearance being inThe Flash(2023).
What you may not have known, however, is thatAffleckwas originally supposed to get his own soloBatmanmovie, but it was cancelled before it could ever hit our screens. Now though, speaking to Inverse in a newinterview, DC storyboard artist, Jay Oliva, who also apparently worked on the cancelled film before it was shelved, teased more details about thefilm. Unfortunately, it sounds absolutely brilliant. I’m sad now.
Take a look at the trailer forThe Flash (2023)below.
“I can’t really say too much other than it was f**king awesome,” Oliva teased. “It was the best. It was amazing.”
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He continued: “From my understanding, there were a couple of drafts of it. When I was brought on, I don’t know whether it was the second draft or something, but it was what Geoff Johns and Ben [Affleck] had shown me.”
According to Oliva, the film would have tied together “a lot of really cool Batman storylines that had never been really explored”, not even in thecomics. He explained: “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.”
In the end, Affleck “had to step away for personal reasons”, so the film was never completed. What’s more,The Flash (2023)was supposed to be the actor’s final appearance as Batman, so it seems that we’ll never see it come to light in the future, either.
Topics:Batman,TV And Film,DC
