Justice League SHOCK: Batman WILL be recast BUT Ben Affleck set to star in Flashpoint
JUSTICE LEAGUE star Ben Affleck will see his Batman recast in Matt Reeves’ solo movie, but is set to star in Flashpoint with Ezra Miller.
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Following the critical and financial failure of Justice League last month, the future of Warner Bros’ DC Extended Universe has been looking rather uncertain.
Originally Affleck was set to star in a Batman solo movie, but then rumours emerged he’d had enough of the franchise and wants to hang up his cape.
It was also alleged that the upcoming Batman film’s director, Matt Reeves, had been in talks with Jake Gyllenhaal to replace Affleck.
Now Variety is reporting that Affleck will indeed by recast, but will star in Flashpoint.
Justice League SHOCK: Batman WILL be recast BUT Ben Affleck set to star in Flashpoint
Ben Affleck has starred as Batman in two movies and cameoed in Suicide Squad
According to their sources: “While Ben Affleck is expected to appear as Batman in a standalone Flash movie, it is highly unlikely he will don the cape and cowl in Matt Reeves’ planned standalone Batman movie.
“The director is said to want to cast the role with fresh talent.”
This decision makes a lot of sense because Affleck will only need to play a minor part in Flashpoint, a Flash-focused time travel film set in an alternate reality.
Flash accidentally changes the past when trying to save his mother’s life, resulting in Bruce Wayne being murdered instead of his parents Thomas and Martha Wayne.
The change to the timeline means Thomas becomes Batman and Martha ends up as The Joker.
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan looks set to play Flashpoint Batman aka Thomas Wayne
Thomas was played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, so it’s very likely he will star as Flashpoint Batman.
Assuming Flash puts the future right, it can easily be explained why Bruce Wayne looks different – i.e. another actor like Jake – because of the effects of time travel.