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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[...]

Hot Toys is known for high-grade action figures and this time they bring us the Bat. Justice Leagueisn't the best superhero film out there but Ben Affleck did a perfect job playing Bruce Wayne/Batman His playboy personality made a great Bruce Wayne and his Batman was older and darker then we have seen before[...]

New Previews World Beast Kingdom exclusives are now up for order, including a new Batman figure and Ralph Breaks the Internet D-Stage Statues!

The series also includes Jill Hennessy (Crossing Jordan), Kevin Chapman (Brotherhood), and Jere Shea (Passion), with Kevin Dunn (Veep) set to recur. Showtime MacLean, Fontana, and Cuesta are joined on City on a Hill by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jennifer Todd, James Mangold, and Barry Levinson as executive producers Bacon and Jorge Zamacona serve as co-executive producers. [...]

If you have no idea what we're talking about, perhaps a rewatch of Kevin Smith's Mallrats is in order, where Ben Affleck plays a not-so-nice manager of a store called….The Fashionable Male. Ben AffleckPhoto by Krista Kennell / Shutterstock.com Jay and Silent Bob Reboot has already touted scores of returning View Askew faces from across Smith's filmography, and we're a[...]

Pictures The Batman, it would appear WB decided to announce the official release date for the picture, and update everyone on the Ben Affleck situation. The Batfleck will NOT be a part of The Batman, as Affleck will reportedly be "passing the Bat-torch" to the next generation of caped crusader. The Batman will release on June 25th 2021. [...]

Ben Affleck will direct and Matt Damon will star in an adaptation of Jeff Maysh's How An Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game And Stole Millions, a true crime story about a man who scammed the McDonalds Monopoly game Deadpool writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese will handle the screenplay, according to punctuality-obsessed Hollywood gossip rag Deadline[...]

Written by Chuck MacLean (Boston Strangler) from an original idea by Ben Affleck (Good Will Hunting); and directed by Michael Cuesta (Homeland, American Assassin), the series is set to premiere on the cable giant in 2019. "City On A Hill has the veneer of a classic Boston cops-and-robbers drama, but actually dives head first into challenging[...]

Fox's untitled drama will spotlight private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro: "…who, armed with their wits, street knowledge and undeniable chemistry, right the wrongs that the law can't in a working-class Boston borough of Dorchester." Directed by Ben Affleck (Good Will Hunting) in his directorial debut, the 2007 film starred Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan as[...]

A lot of people have strong opinions on the success of Ben Affleck as Batman in Batman v Superman and Justice League, but the actor who played Batman prior to Affleck hasn't even watched one of the movies Christian Bale recently revealed that he hasn't seen Affleck's portrayal of Batman because his interest waned after[...]

Do we need any more evidence that Marvel is planning a Daredevil reboot than the original Daredevil and Elektra reuniting for the holidays? Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner split up in 2015 and filed for divorce in 2017 Since the split, Affleck and Garner have been famously amicable co-parents of their three children, and a report[...]

As we look back on the past year of stories we've written here at Bleeding Cool, one of the most fascinating and frequent subjects of our journalistic inquiries has been Ben Affleck's on-again/off-again/on-again/off-again/on-again/off-again/on-again/off-again/on-again/off-again/on-again/off-again/on-again/off-again affair with playing Batman in the DCEU We've written more than 60 articles about Affleck since last November, most of them having[...]

Batman, the Ben Affleck version as he appears in Justice League, is getting a Hot Toys release No official release date yet, but expect him sometime next year This is the one most collectors have been anticipating for a long while now, and it looks like it will have been worth it.  "People said the Age[...]

Or maybe, with Ben Affleck looking for a way to exit the DCEU after the disappointing box office of Justice League, Leto could take over the role officially, leaving the Joker role open for Leonardo DiCaprio, and giving new meaning to the phrase "shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic." Suicide Squad director David Ayer[...]

Executive produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting), the pilot is set to be directed by executive producer Michael Cuesta (Homeland, American Assassin); and written by Chuck MacLean (Boston Strangler), from an original idea by Affleck and MacLean. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0); Alex Black via Wikimedia Commons Here's an overview of the[...]

With Justice League's release behind him, Batman star Ben Affleck faces a serious career crossroads: how can he salvage his reputation as an A-List star when he can't seem to make a truly successful superhero movie? Affleck has been slowly edging toward the exit door of the Batman role for months The rumor mill is already[...]

Ben Affleck is best known to moviegoers as the actor desperately trying to escape the role of Batman in the DC Cinematic Universe But a shocking new report from website ComicBook.com reveals that Affleck has actually been acting in movies for years, right under our noses! In a an in-depth video expose posted to Twitter titled[...]

Now he's a household name and is friends with a big chunk of Hollywood — proof of that came as part of his birthday celebration. Ben Affleck was on to talk about Justice League, and then he brought out director J.J Abrams and they talked about a comic Jimmy had made when he was a kid called[...]

The past year or so of drama surrounding the question of Ben Affleck's future as Batman can best be described by a mental image of a man backing very slowly toward a door, hoping nobody notices he's trying to escape But with Justice League about to hit theaters, we could finally be seeing the finale[...]

Despite the formation of an unprecedented league of heroes — Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and the Flash — it may be too late to save the planet from an assault of catastrophic proportions. Directed by Zack Snyder, Justice League stars Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher and Henry Cavill; and is set for[...]