Ben Affleck to return as Batman in upcoming ‘Flash’ movie – Deadline

Sources have confirmed Ben Affleck is returning as Batman in the upcoming Shine movie that Warner Bros. goes into production. It must be a cameo role. And, yes, Affleck will be playing The Dark Knight alongside Michael Keaton’s Batman from the 1989 Tim Burton film, in what is presented by Shine director Andy Muscietti as a “substantial” part. Flash is scheduled for June 3, 2022. Ezra Miller, who played Flash in Justice League, plays the title role.

Despite being involved in Matt Reeves’ early development The Batman, Affleck refrained from reprising the role in that film in January 2019, as we first told you.

Affleck reportedly got the script for Flash at the end of last week and agreed to board the project.

“He plays a very important role in the emotional impact of the film. The interaction and relationship between Barry and Wayne d’Affleck will bring an emotional level that we have never seen before, ”says Muschietti Vanity Fair who broke the news. “It’s Barry’s movie, it’s Barry’s story, but their characters are more connected than you think. They both lost their mothers in the murder, and that’s one of the emotional vessels in the movie. This is where the Affleck Batman comes in. ”

Another reason lies in the mythology why Affleck’s Batman returns The flash, and is that Miller’s Flash considers him the original dark knight, the guy he fought with Justice League. Therefore, according to Muschietti, it was necessary to have Affleck’s Batman as a starting point: “He’s the baseline. It’s part of that unchanged state before we embarked on Barry’s adventure… There is familiarity there, ”he says further. Vanity Fair.

Warner Bros. this Saturday is organizing a virtual DC Fandome confab for its superhero movies with panels for the new Shine movie, Wonder Woman 1984, Aquaman, Shazam !, The Batman, Black Adam, Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman 1984.