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I’m told that Ben Affleck is teaming up with Geoff Johns to co-write a standalone Batman movie that Affleck will direct and star in after he completes his longstanding plan to helm his scripted adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel Live By Night.

My studio sources tell me that Affleck and Johns are well in synch and have more than found their rhythm. In fact, they are likely to turn in a script before the end of the summer, prior to Affleck going off to direct Live By Night in November. Affleck postponed that pic to star in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. The Batman movie would shoot after he finishes Live By Night, and the plot would reflect the Batman character that emerges after Batman V Superman and Justice League, the latter of which comes out November 17, 2017. DC and Warner Bros have set a long list of superhero movies that take the Marvel formula of interspersing characters from one film to the next, so it’s unclear when Affleck’s Batfilm will be slotted.

But it will clearly take priority and other movies might have to move to get out of its way. While Marvel’s Kevin Feige has defied the odds and turned one Marvel character after another into hit films, I have been somewhat skeptical about the DC films that Warner Bros has made a top priority. This is a confidence booster. The best Batman blockbusters had a real sense of visual authorship, originated by Tim Burton, with the latest arc by Christopher Nolan. Now it falls to Affleck, who’ll creatively steer the Batman franchise after directing the Best Picture-winner Argo, and co-scripting and directing the gems The Town and Gone Baby Gone. Helped by the collaboration with DC savvy Johns, this might be the most exciting news to hit the Con this weekend.
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Not surprising.

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Geoff Johns could be a good sign. He knows his shit.

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SilverHeart wrote:Geoff Johns could be a good sign. He knows his shit.
And Affleck doesn't?

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DoubleD wrote:
SilverHeart wrote:Geoff Johns could be a good sign. He knows his shit.
And Affleck doesn't?
How are we supposed to know if Affleck knows how to write Batman?

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Sad that this means that Terrio isn't writing though from the sounds of it.

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There is absolutely no way in hell Affleck would have time to direct this before Justice League starts shooting. It would have to be after.

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Good.

Good good good.

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SilverHeart wrote:Sad that this means that Terrio isn't writing though from the sounds of it.
Do we even know Terrio is good?

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Affleck directing isn't surprising

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