Ben Affleck To Team With DC’s Geoff Johns On Stand-Alone ‘Batman’ Film: Comic Con
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s one for the
Comic-Con crowd to gnaw on. I’m told that
Ben Affleck is teaming up with
Geoff Johns to co-write a stand-alone
Batman movie that Affleck will direct and star in after he completes
his longstanding plan to helm his scripted adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel
Live By Night. Johns has about as much comic cred as anybody around. He’s DC Comics’ chief creative officer and has written some of its best remembered comic book series including
Green Lantern, Aquaman, Batman, Justice League Unlimited, The Flash and
Superman. He also has written TV series superhero transfers
Smallville, Arrow and
The Flash, as well as the
Supergirl project with Greg Berlanti for CBS.
My studio sources tell me that Affleck and Johns are well in synch and have more than found their rhythm. In fact, they are likely to turn in a script before the end of the summer, prior to Affleck going off to direct
Live By Night in November. Affleck postponed that pic to star in
Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. The Batman movie would shoot after he finishes
Live By Night, and the plot would reflect the Batman character that emerges after
Batman V Superman and
Justice League, the latter of which comes out November 17, 2017. DC and
Warner Bros have set a long list of superhero movies that take the Marvel formula of interspersing characters from one film to the next, so it’s unclear when Affleck’s Batfilm will be slotted.
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