The era of Ben Affleck’s Batman – AKA Batfleck – has brought us the answers to many questions.
Isn’t Batman better when you can barely see him? Why have Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent never talked about the fact that their mums have the same first name? How does Ben Affleck about the mixed critical response to his DC movies?
Now, months of speculation have ended with the news that Batfleck is no more.
Deadline reports that The Batman, DC’s next movie focused on the Caped Crusader, will star a younger Bruce, and Affleck is out.
The news comes after he denied the rumours flying at Comic-Con last year that he was out of the project
He co-wrote the script with DC writer Geoff Johns, though, and he’s still totally, definitely excited about it and stuff.
Excited for #TheBatman in Summer 2021 and to see @MattReevesLA vision come to life. https://t.co/GNgyJroMIO
— Ben Affleck (@BenAffleck) January 31, 2019
See? So excited.
So who can strap on the cape for this noir, mystery-focused take on a younger Bruce Wayne?
Alden Ehrenreich may have been a less than convincing Han Solo, but that perfect bum-chin would look extra crisp below the mask. Would DC take a chance on him after Solo‘s underwhelming box office performance?
Could Timothee Chalamet step away from the arthouse world for long enough to become the most emo, least ripped Bruce ever?
“I just miss my dead parents so much.”
Henry Golding has been floated as a potential Bond – but hey, Bruce wears a lot of dinner suits, too. And can you imagine the fanboy freakouts if they cast a British-Malaysian guy as Batman? (Show me where it says both of Bruce’s parents HAVE to be white, lads.)
Need a more "brooding" pic? Here we go. #Batman #TheBatman pic.twitter.com/NpxuxAohqy
— 24panelspersecond (@24panels) January 31, 2019
Or, hey, hear me out:
Congrats to the new Batman pic.twitter.com/09lgtk7hPa
— Chris Evangelista (@cevangelista413) January 31, 2019
It’ll probably be Ansel Elgort or someone like that, but we can dream.
Is everyone ready for another Batman casting meltdown cycle? You know, when they announce the new Batman and the entire internet freaks out and screams how wrong the casting is and then two years later praises the actor as Batman.
— Jeremy Conrad (@ManaByte) January 31, 2019