Sure Ben was not on my radar at all and he beat out a long list of potentials like former Pirates of the Caribbean film series star Orlando Bloom recent Batman trilogy star Christian Bale Wes Bentley, Luke Evans, Jake Gyllenhaal Jensen Ackles and Andrew Lincoln Ryan Gosling Joseph Gordon-Levitt Simon Pegg Daniel Dae Kim. Josh Brolin, Joe Manganiello, Richard Armitage, Matthew Goode, and Max Martini.... Some really talented folks. I am willing to see where this goes. Let's face it unlike his pal Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting not withstanding) Ben can ACT....! Not having seen Affleck in the part--I already am certain that he will do a better job as Bats than George Clooney did in the disastrous Batman & Robin.
While I respect everyone's right of dissent here I would remind folks that people hated the thought of a blonde James Bond in Daniel Craig when he was cast in Casino Royale for the 2006 reboot....
...Or Tim Burton putting Michael Keaton in the Batman cape and cowl for the 1989 film franchise launcher...
...Or Heath Ledger as the The Joker in The Dark Knight--skepticism I shared...
...Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch's baddie "John Harrison" in J.J. Abrams’ sequel "Star Trek Into Darkness" is really Khan Noonien Singh....
All of these examples proved that the worry was for naught. I doubt anyone at Warner Bros. will fold under the pressure and cast another actor from the list.
Amid all the hallaballoo U.S. Magazine reports that Affleck has already begun an intense two hours a day training regime over the next few months to beef up his physique for the upcoming film.
MOS 2 will see the return of Henry Cavill as Superman/Clark Kent, while Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane are set to reprise their roles as Lois Lane, Perry White and Martha Kent. There is also chatter about who is gonna play Lex Luthor in the film
"Man Of Steel" director Zack Snyder and writer David S. Goyer will also be back--as will Christopher Nolan to executive produce the film,
Sources say the new movie is going for the tone of the relationship and fight seen in Frank Miller’s 1980s ground-breaking mini-series The Dark Knight Returns.
The studio wants to shoot the movie in Toronto come early 2014 for release on July 17, 2015.
As you might imagine Afflecks's casting as Bats has forced him to alter his work schedule
He was slated to direct an adaptation of author Dennis Lehane's latest novel "Live by Night " early next year but that's now been delayed.
The Prohibition era tale centers on gangsters who ran rum from Cuba to Tampa to Boston during Prohibition. Some of the characters also appeared in another Lehane novel - "The Given Day".
Leonardo DiCaprio Rick Yorn and Jennifer Davisson Killoran will produce that pic
Additionally The Wrap reports that he has dropped his intention to direct the remake of Guillaume Canet's 2006 adaptation of author Harlan Coben's novel "Tell No One".
Finally Deadline says that not only has Affleck dropped out of the running to direct the film adaptation of Stephen King's epic novel "The Stand" but also adds that "Crazy Heart" filmmaker Scott Cooper is already set to take the helm.
Cooper will now perform script rewrites of work from "The Invasion" and "Blood Creek" scribe David Kajganich that likely got a new sense of urgency after the success of TV's "Under The Dome".
The novel, first published in 1978 and then revised in 1990, tells a story of good vs. evil after a virus wipes out most of the American population. The survivors end up fighting the Antichrist-like Randall Flagg.
There was that six-hour mini-series adaptation in 1994 while Marvel produced an acclaimed Comic Book adaptation.
Roy Lee will be producing the pic which at one time had David Yates and Steve Kloves, who worked on the Potter series together attached to the project.
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