Rumors Have Hinted As A lot
It is no secret that, within the final month alone, Ben Affleck’s future within the DC Prolonged Universe has turn into rather more unsure. Late final yr, it appeared Affleck was poised for an ideal 2017, kicking off the yr with an awards contender movie (Dwell By Night time), main Justice League to success, and leaping into The Batman.
Nonetheless, Dwell By Night time bombed, Affleck has since walked again from his DCEU commitments to The Batman, and lots of have famous his seeming rising frustration with the fixed questions and hypothesis concerning the position. There’s been rising whisper that the actor could possibly be on the lookout for a approach out of the DCEU.
With the announcement that Nightwing exists within the DCEU, hypothesis is of course turning towards the concept that Affleck has discovered a pathway out. As our personal Lucas Siegel has already identified, Ben Affleck’s title wasn’t even talked about in The Batman director announcement. Is {that a} signal of extra massive information to come back?
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It Makes Sense for the DCEU
Whereas many followers beloved Ben Affleck’s Batma (us included), there have been famous criticisms concerning the character’s darker and extra brutal depiction in Batman v Superman. Director Zack Snyder very purposefully gave the DCEU an older, veteran, Batman who made cynical from age and fatigue; followers have been ready for that Batman to get some sort of redemptive arc, which softens him right into a extra heroic-minded DCEU determine. However perhaps it is higher if the previous canine merely retires.
Ben Affleck’s Batman is an older man now making an attempt to maintain up in a Justice League world, and he is been jaded by all of the years dealing with down evil. It could make whole sense why, after the epic struggle within the Justice League motion pictures, Affleck’s Caped Crusader would move his mantle on to his authentic protegé, Dick Grayson (voluntarily or autopsy). That will give the DCEU a youthful, extra athletic Batman, whose outlook could be extra optimistic and team-oriented than Bruce’s.
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There’s Comedian Guide Precedent For It
The DCEU may legit simply retire Bruce Wayne’s Batman and elicit Dick Grayson’s Nightwing/Batman to fill the void, as there may be a number of comedian e book precedent to assist them do it.
- Dick Grayson turn into Batman within the late 2000s, following the dying of Bruce Wayne.
- Bruce Wayne seemingly died throughout Ultimate Crisis when he was blasted by Darkseid’s Omega Beams; Darkseid is the rumored massive villain of the Justice League movies
- The DCEU backstory of Batman, Robin II (Jason Todd) and The Joker leaves loads of room for comedian e book tales like “Below the Red Hood” to be tailored for The Batman. A narrative about Batman’s sins coming again to hang-out him may additionally finish in his voluntary retirement (fairly than dying).
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A Grand Exit
Let’s simply join a couple of dots right here:
- We all know Superman will return in Justice League.
- These movies will due to this fact want another massive Avengers-style dying to hold drama on.
- Batman has already died within the struggle towards Darkseid within the comics.
- These ominous Knightmares in BvS are foreshadowing to think about.
- Affleck appears uninterested in his DCEU commitments.
- We’re listening to Batman film bulletins with out Affleck’s title talked about.
- Now a DCEU Nightwing is being fast-tracked, together with a serious solo film to determine the character.
Any DC Comics reader would have a look at all this and be completely in the suitable for at the least speculating that the dominoes are being lined up for Ben Affleck’s Batman to have a grand dying or retirement within the DCEU. That Batman and Nightwing motion pictures would then presumably contain Dick Grayson’s battle to take up the Batman mantle.
That is simply guesswork, although. What do you see as the way forward for the Batman franchise within the DCEU? Will Affleck’s Batman die? Retire? Stick round and struggle alongside Nightwing and the remainder of the Batman household? Tell us YOUR theories on Twitter @ComicbookNow!
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