Last week, we announced that Ben Affleck will not direct The Batman, the expected Batman solo flick. New broke out over the weekend that Matt Reeves will replace him in the director’s chair.
Now the latest rumor is that Affleck no longer wants to play the Bat himself. During Collider‘s Movie Talk, host John Campea stated that three different sources have told him that Ben Affleck doesn’t want to be Batman anymore.
“Take this for what it’s worth. This is from a guy who has been burned twice by scoops, so please take this with a massive, massive grain of salt. Over the past four days, I’ve talked to three separate people, who are connected in some way, to what is going on over at Warner Bros. What all three have told me, nothing about whether the script was thrown out or whether they liked the script, nothing about the direction that Matt Reeves is taking it in, nothing about that. What has come out of the conversation with all three was this. They’re telling me that, Ben Affleck, make no mistake, he does want out. He doesn’t want to be Batman anymore. I have been told that Affleck is talking with Warner Bros. in an attempt to get out of being Batman. If they do not let him out of being Batman, that the stand alone Batman film that ultimately happens, will be the last time we see Affleck as Batman, because he apparently wants out.”
