Ben Affleck is Our New Batman......Wait What?

If you've been living under a rock in the past 12 hours, the big news broke yesterday that Warner Bros has found its Batman for their upcoming Man of Steel sequel, which will feature both the Caped Crusader AND Superman for the first time on the big screen. And it's none other than.......Ben Affleck!

 

 

.....Wait huh?

 

 

 

 

My initial reaction to the news.....

 

Ben Affleck is definitely an.....interesting choice to play Bruce Wayne/Batman. I've always considered Bruce Wayne and Batman to be two separate people and for the character of Bruce Wayne, I feel like Affleck could pull it off. He looks the part of a billionaire playboy and definitely can have the charisma to the role. As for donning the costume and becoming Batman....I honestly don't know. I really can not picture him in the actual costume. And yes, I might as well address the fact that the last time he played a superhero....it was Daredevil in 2003, (if you really want to get technical, then it was him portraying George Reeves, the TV Superman in Hollywoodland in 2006).

 

But here's the thing: I didn't think he was that awful in Daredevil (DON"T CRUCIFY ME I said I don't think he was terrible......doesn't mean I thought he was great in the role either). Plus, Affleck has an been on an incredible upswing in his career as of late, knocking it out of the park both acting AND directing wise with The Town and Argo (the latter in which he played a man who came up with a genius strategy to save lives, something that may come in hand when he dons the cowl and cape).

Plus, we had the exact same doubts when Michael Keaton was cast as Batman or when Heath Ledger was cast as the Joker and look how absolutely amazing those performances turned out to be.

 So I'm going to reserve judgment when we see a trailer or some set photos or something like that. So for right now, I'm interested, but also hesitant about it as well. And who knows? Maybe this might lead into Affleck directing the next Batman movie, something I'd be VERY interested in seeing. Just as long as it's not, well, this:

 

Man of Steel 2, or Batman vs. Superman, or Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill Dress Up as Superheroes and Have Adventures: The Movie, or whatever you want to call it, opens in theaters on July 17, 2015.



Also, Snyder, if you're going to cast Lex Luthor as the villain, please cast Bryan Cranston. That is all.