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The actress spoke to Bleeding Cool about her latest project in Ketchup Entertainment's Hypnotic, working with director Robert Rodriguez and opposite stars Ben Affleck and William Fichtner The film follows Danny Rourke (Affleck), a detective investigating a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program. Bonnie Discepolo in "Hypnotic" (2023) Image screen-capped courtesy of[...]

Just a few years ago, we were gearing up for a Ben Affleck-led Batman film, where the actor and director was poised to take on the classic DC comics villain known as Deathstroke. While the popular villain wasn't fully involved in any of the DC films that have actually been released yet (other than a brief[...]

Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, and Viola Davis all are fantastic, and Affleck makes an even more welcome return behind the camera This is one you should seek out. Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro and Viola Davis as Deloris Jordan in Air Courtesy of Amazon Studios. Air Is Exactly The Film Affleck Needed To Make Smartly, Affleck[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board for today? Amazon's Carnival Row, a look at annoying anime characters, William Shatner/Star Trek, HBO's The Last of Us, BBC's Doctor Who, CBC's Essex County, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, TNT's AEW Rampage, AMC's The Walking Dead Rick Grimes/Michonne, Amazon getting Batman, Silk & Spider-Man Noir, Ben Affleck/Justice[...]

In a profile of the actor, writer & director from The Hollywood Reporter, Ben Affleck made it clear that he's not interested in directing anything for DC Studios' James Gunn & Peter Safran's new DCU "I would not direct something for the [James] Gunn DC Absolutely not I have nothing against James Gunn Nice guy,[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board for today? Disney+'s X-Men '97, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard, DCU's James Gunn & Ben Affleck, FOX's Bob's Burgers, HBO's Succession, Shudder's April line-up, CBC's Essex County, Disney+ & Marvel Studios' shifting schedule (Loki, Secret Invasion, etc.), BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, HBO Max's Penguin, The CW's Superman &[...]

In a profile of the actor, writer & director from The Hollywood Reporter that was based on two interviews earlier this month, Ben Affleck was asked if he was planning to direct a project in DC Studios heads James Gunn & Peter Safran's new DCU And based on his response, it was pretty clear that Affleck[...]

Well, if anyone thought that Ben Affleck would be spending some time in DC Studios heads James Gunn & Peter Safran's new DCU? Now would be a good time to put away any plans you had to hold your breath. In a profile of the actor, writer & director from The Hollywood Reporter that was based[...]

No, Ben Affleck didn't decide to ditch Hollywood to live out his dream of working at his beloved Dunkin' Donuts But he did direct a commercial for Dunkin' Donuts (filmed by cinematographer Erik Sohlstrom) where he surprises drive-thru customers at a Massachusetts franchise And before you need to ask? Yes, Jennifer Lopez appears in the[...]

Air is the new drama directed by Ben Affleck, dramatizing the story of how Nike signed Michael Jordan and launched one of the most successful brands of all time The film stars Matt Damon, Affleck, Jason Bateman, Chris Messina, Matthew Maher, Marlon Wayans, Jay Mohr, Julius Tennon, with Chris Tucker and Viola Davis The script[...]

But tomorrow's comic book by Kenny Porter and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz does set up a number of aspects of the movie, including the relationship between Barry Allen, the Flash and… … Batman, as portrayed by Ben Affleck, the kind of Batman who solves problems by being rich and buting banks And in this case creating something[...]

We get a huge swatch of Smith's friends making cameos, including Fred Armisen, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Maya Rudolph, Justin Long, and Ben Affleck The latter already played multiple characters in the View Askewniverse, with Armisen, Gellar, and Affleck quoting Dante's line about "not supposed to be here today" from the 1994 original We also get[...]

But what that cover also did, from the pen of the movie's director, is give us a look at how Ben Affleck's Batman is intended to appear in the Flash movie Not just the cover, but Bleeding Cool has a few previously  unseen preview pages from inside the comic book, from which we can extract[...]

Nike will be the subject of a film for Prime Video from director Ben Affleck, who will also star Joining him will be Matt Damon, Jason Bateman (Ozark), Viola Davis (The Woman King), Chris Tucker (Rush Hour franchise), Marlon Wayans (Respect), Chris Messina (Sharp Objects), Matthew Maher (Our Flag Means Death), Tom Papa (Behind the Candelabra) and Julius Tennon (The Simone Biles Story: Courage to[...]

One role did allude him as he revealed telling Happy Sad Confused podcast host Josh Horowitz as the DC Extended Universe's Batman, which went to Ben Affleck for Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016 and its 2017 sequel Justice League. Image courtesy of Warner Bros Josh Brolin on Losing Batman to Ben Affleck "It[...]

So is it any surprise that Cox would be asked about that other Matt Murdock, Ben Affleck's 2003 feature film take on the popular Marvel Comics hero? During a fan Q&A at the Middle East Film & Comic Con 2022 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Cox was asked about Affleck's take on the character[...]

Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck made a film that had some buzz behind it, titled Deep Water, not that long ago Shortly after, it was announced that it had been taken off the release schedule altogether and that Hulu was going to debut it Kinda weird for a film with a rising star like[...]

In this case, this is a metacommentary on the film itself, as director Ridley Scott and Executive Producers, Co-writers, and lead actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck need to simply learn to pass the mic. While they brought in co-writer and co-producer Nicole Holofcener, this film is far too male-driven in its narrative and choices to[...]

While promoting his film, The Tender Bar, star Ben Affleck spoke with Variety reflecting on his time donning the cape and cowl one last time as Bruce Wayne/Batman for director Andy Muschietti comparing his experience for 2017's Justice League Infamous for its behind-the-scenes issues as original director Zack Snyder had to abandon due to a[...]

Actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's Pearl Street Films will be working with Portal A on a scripted sci-fi series that focuses on an insidious alien invasion disguised as an epidemic Portal A, backed by Brent Montgomery's Wheelhouse, has been working on producing digitally native content for over a decade Founded by Nate Houghteling, Zach[...]

Pictures (@wbpictures) April 19, 2021 The Flash Races To The Big Screen…With Batman(s) In Tow? Rumors are flying that the film will also feature The Flash running into both the Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton version of Batman, which Keaton has said…maybe happening? His comments were confusing "I am needing a minute to think about it because[...]

Ben Affleck, whose portrayal of Batman will forever be underrated in my eyes, has played multiple superheroes, of course He also played blind lawyer Matt Murdock in the Daredevil film from 2003 Like his portrayal of Batman, that Daredevil film is not as terrible as people remember, especially the director's cut Anyway, when he made[...]

In terms of news, we didn't see coming; this is probably one of the biggest. Ben Affleck very publicly walked away from the role of Batman several years ago for some very good reasons His heart didn't seem to be in the role anymore, and he was struggling with substance abuse problems However, Affleck seems to[...]

That was Zack's original intent." Ben Affleck in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Image courtesy of Warner Bros It would make sense given the ruthless nature of the message to Batman (Ben Affleck) came from his arch-nemesis, the Joker (Jared Leto Snyder couldn't finish his original cut of Justice League, because he had to attend[...]

Tony Goncalves, the CEO of AT&T's Otter Media division, which oversees HBO Max went on The Verge's podcast series The Vergecast to discuss what went into the decision. Ray Fisher, Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, and Gal Gadot in Justice League Image courtesy of Warner Bros. Goncalves Explains DC's Passionate Fandom for Justice League When asked about[...]

As we all know, the fighting at the end of Man of Steel begins Zack Snyder's BVS film from the perspective of Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) He is also pretty sure someone may have done it already: "I wonder if anyone's ever done a five-hour cut, which would basically just be editing these two parts of[...]

This week, March 6th, sees the release of the newest Pixar film Onward, Ben Affleck's, a new version of the Jane Austen classic Emma Two new releases hit streaming as well, including a new Mark Wahlberg film, Spenser Confidential Let's take a look at this week's highlights. Onward The newest addition to the Pixar cannon follows two[...]

Ben Affleck played Batman in two films, Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League, but you would be forgiven for feeling like it was more It was all mostly just to get him in the director's chair for his own Batman film, especially since when he put on the cowl Ben Affleck was[...]

Ben Affleck's comfortable staying in the indie spotlight in his latest sports drama, The Way Back He plays Jack Cunningham, a one-time basketball prodigy, who loses his love for the game He starts to regain by battling his alcoholism and coaching an underachieving high school team While it may not necessarily exude any major awards[...]

Previous actor and planned director Ben Affleck abandoned the role after Justice League (2017) The character two prior appearances for the DC Extended Universe Affleck's Batman took on Henry Cavill's Superman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. While the film focused primarily on the two subjects, it did introduce the remaining Justice League in Wonder[...]