Ben Affleck's Batman Movie 'a Year and a Half' Away
Don’t quite light up the Bat-signal just yet, as it turns out we’ve still got a ‘year and a half’ to wait before we see Ben Affleck’s standalone Batman movie.
It wasn’t too long ago that we discovered that Joe Manganiello would be playing Deathstroke in Ben Affleck's solo Batman film, and now, we’ve got a better idea of when the two DC titans will come to blows on the big screen.
During the 25th Annual Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference, Warner Bros. CEO Jeff Bewkes had this to say when asked about the status of Batfleck's solo movie:
"Ben announced a Batman movie [that] he’s going to direct, star, write for – I think it’s a year and a half out. So, the strategy worked".
It’s unclear whether or not Bewkes meant the film would begin production in 18 months’ time or would be released 18 months from now.
If it’s the former, a release date 18 months from now would mean that we can expect Batman's solo outing in March 2018, but The Flash's solo film is already scheduled to be released earlier that month. Meanwhile, there's a March 2019 date that Warner Bros. have already earmarked for a DC movie, and Affleck's film could easily fill it if they begin filming in 18 months.
However, this being DC/WB, nothing is set in stone and, if the Justice League movie falters or Wonder Woman is anything less than wonderful, all these plans could change…
