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There are still a lot of other DC projects that are sitting in limbo and one of them is The Batman as directed by Matt Reeves We haven't heard a lot about the movie in awhile so rumors have started up that Reeves was stepping away He took to twitter today to dissuade those rumors[...]

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Detective Comics #27, featuring the first appearance of some character named The Batman, will see a pretty nice copy go up for auction on February 20th The Hake's Americana & Collectibles auctions will handle the sale, with the auction ending around March 13-15. Yesterday we teased a huge Batman announcement concerning the upcoming Hake's Americana &[...]

Originally, in happier times, Affleck was set to write, direct, and star in The Batman But then he started making a series of increasingly negative comments about it, and then promptly backtracking on them. First, Affleck said that he was going to take his time to get the movie right: He followed that up shortly thereafter with a similar message: And then[...]

They're working on scripts for The Batman and for the next Justice League movie It introduces my incarnation of Commissioner Gordon I don't have a lot to do I feel like I just dipped my toe in the water of who Commissioner Gordon will be. Simmons' comments are interesting for two reasons First, that he mentions[...]

The on-again off-again relationship between Ben Affleck and The Batman has taken a surprising twist today, following a new report claiming that Affleck will not star in the film. The saga of Affleck quitting The Batman has been going on for nearly a year now, with Affleck slowly distancing himself from the role by first quitting[...]

In a statement responding to headlines sparked by his own comments, The Batman director Matt Reeves clarified the film's status as part of the DCEU. In the comments, Reeves originally said: Well I have a vision for a way to do something with that character [Batman] that feels like it resonates with me personally, and a perspective[...]

There are more movies in production that don't have release dates compared to ones that do and one of those movies is The Batman directed by Matt Reeves We don't know a lot about the movie so far because Reeves has opted to throw out the script Ben Affleck had written to start over In[...]

He even said he was just making stuff up, but people ran with the story nevertheless. Casey had said his brother is "not going to do [The Batman], I don't think Sorry to say … Is that breaking news? Because I was just kind of making that up, I don't know." There are some sites that decided[...]

There was a moment in time when we were all really excited about The Batman and while we're probably still looking forward to what Matt Reeves will bring us at some unknown date the production has been a bit of a mess It seems to be on track again now but that does leave a[...]

Bleeding Cool has been covering Ben Affleck's long, drawn out exit from the Batman franchise for months now, and today the story takes another turn with a report from THR that claims Warner Bros is preparing for Affleck's exit after Justice League. Affleck first started acting wishy-washy about his plans to continue under the cowl when he[...]

Reeves has signed on to direct The Batman for Warner Bros now that Ben Affleck decided to just star There were a couple of hurdles to jump along the way but Reeves is ready to sit down and start working on the movie He's spoken about the noir feeling that he's going for but he[...]

War for the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves hasn't said much about The Batman during the press rounds Not for lack of trying on the part of the press but mostly because he hasn't even started on the project However, DC has had a few projects hit with delays and other problems and[...]

I'm just having some fun, putting things out there." Gad said that he's never met Matt Reeves, director of The Batman, where Gad would have been most likely to appear as The Penguin if the rumors were true "He seems like a lovely guy," Gad pointed out, however "I love his work." All of that being said,[...]

Affleck himself gave up directing The Batman as well as writing The Batman, and Affleck's performance as Batman may have even put Affleck off of playing Batman, according to rumors. For Zimmer, just as with Affleck, it all comes down to the script. "Ron Howard actually said something very smart to me," Zimmer revealed[...]

After royally screwing up with The Batman, losing Ben Affleck as a director and a writer, losing his interest as an actor, and then nearly losing new director Matt Reeves so that, ultimately, it needed to be pushed back, followed by screwing up Aquaman so that it too has to be pushed back, Warner Bros[...]

The standalone Batman film known as The Batman has had a long and troubled history Originally, Ben Affleck was supposed to write, direct, and star in The Batman, which was set to follow Justice League with a 2018 release However, Affleck spent months commenting about how he wouldn't direct The Batman unless the script was good, and, in[...]

Back when all of this started, Ben Affleck was supposed to write, direct, and star in The Batman, a standalone Batman film to follow Justice League However, Affleck spent months commenting about how he wouldn't direct The Batman unless the script was good, and, in a suspicious coincidence, ultimately decided not to direct[...]

Bleeding Cool has been reporting on Ben Affleck's wishy washy comments about The Batman for months Affleck was originally supposed to write, direct, and star in the film However, he repeatedly made comments to the effect of saying that he would only direct the movie if the script was going to be good.   At the end of[...]

Warner Bros has learned its lesson from the long and arduous will-he-won't-he saga of Ben Affleck directing The Batman Though Affleck announced last month that he would not direct the project after months of wishy washy comments saying he would only direct it if the script was good, the studio has already reportedly offered the[...]

It's official! It will be official if Matt Reeves agrees that he will officially direct The Batman! According to a report from Deadline, Reeves has been offered the job, and all that's left is for him to accept Ben Affleck was originally set to direct The Batman, but he said he wouldn't do it unless the[...]

A recent report originating from Man of Steel advocate Mark Hughes at Forbes, which we reported on earlier today, claimed that, following Ben Affleck's departure as director of The Batman, Affleck would also no longer be the writer of the film Though Affleck's script has already been rewritten once by Chris Terrio, Hughes claimed the[...]

Earlier this month, we learned that Ben Affleck would step down as director of The Batman, after months of making wishy washy comments about whether or not he would direct the project The crux of Affleck's argument seemed to be that he would direct the project only if the script (which Affleck himself was writing)[...]

A concerned fan writes… On Tuesday, we received the news that Ben Affleck was stepping down as director of The Batman, after months of claiming he would only direct the film if the script was good We won't speculate here on what that says about the script On Thursday, a group of fans, for reasons we may[...]

that Affleck has opted to tap out of directing the upcoming solo-Batman film, currently going be the creative title of The Batman While he will be passing on the directing role, he will continue as the film's star and producer. In a statement released by Affleck and the studio, he said: There are certain characters who hold[...]

So naturally, when Jared Leto, who played Marilyn Manson cosplaying The Joker in DC's two hour and sixteen minute movie trailer Suicide Squad, posted two Joker-related images on d**k-pic streaming service Snapchat, the entertainment media leapt into action, asking what this could mean for the future of the character in upcoming DC films. Could Leto be reprising[...]

Bleeding Cool has long been chronicling Ben Affleck's constant stream of mixed messages regarding the status of the standalone Bat-film he is expected to write, direct, and star in: The Batman. Affleck originally started hedging on the idea back in December, saying that he was going to take his time to get the movie right, and then[...]

Bleeding Cool has been keeping you update on the constantly changing status of Ben Affleck directing the standalone Bat-film, The Batman Affleck originally started hedging on the idea back in December, saying that he was going to take his time to get the movie right, and then saying that if he can't, he might not[...]

Ben Affleck's plans to write and direct a standalone Batman film, purportedly titled "The Batman," have been confusing to follow Back in December, Affleck started making comments that led to speculation he was considering backing out of the project. First, Affleck said that he was going to take his time to get the movie right: He followed that[...]

Trying to figure out what is going on with the Ben Affleck's Batman movie is a rollercoaster these days. He seems hesitant about in some interviews,