
Really | The Batman | Movies (function(w,d,s,l,i). Now, hes headed back to that world and taking it to the far-flung future of the DC Comics universe. After he retreated to his own batcave, that made the way for Robert Pattinson–and a revival of Nirvana’s “Something in the Way.” Thankfully for those that enjoyed Affleck’s take on the Caped Crusader, he will be reprising it after all in this year’s The Flash, an experience he said was far better than that of Justice League’s: “It was a really nice way to revisit that as the prior experience had been difficult. As the architect of two of the most acclaimed Batman miniseries in recent memory, writer/artist Sean Murphy ( The Wake, Chrononauts, Tokyo Ghost) has injected new life into the Dark Knight for a new generation. Sean Murphy’s beautifully designed Batcycle in Batman: White Knight comics features a large front section fairing. Even before this, the studio announced that he would be getting the aforementioned standalone movie, with additional directing and screenwriting duties. The alternate take on the DC Universe has focused exclusively on Gotham City, but it will expand in the future. I felt like if you have a character like this, and you kind of take that on, you want to go forward, you better really be sure and understand it and be confident.” While Affleck is dancing around the topic here, he has also previously been open about his alcohol abuse during that time, another factor that halted his standalone movie.īen Affleck first played Batman in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It has been revealed that writer and artist Sean Murphy plans to introduce the Justice League in the Batman: White Knight series. My plan for continuing on in this character, a certain point I got to and kind of found that I thought I wasn’t really…I just felt like I wasn’t quite sure if it worked or jived.

I always liked that character, and talked to Zack about that. After breaking into the comics industry at a young age, Sean Murphy made a name for himself in the world of indie comics before joining up with DC Comics for such titles as Punk Rock Jesus, Batman/Scarecrow: Year One, Teen Titans, Hellblazer, Joe the Barbarian (with Grant Morrison), and the miniseries American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest.


He said, in part, “There was a whole elaborate plan, which would take up too much time now, and some of which I may have forgotten.

At SnyderCon this past weekend, Ben Affleck partook in a post-screening Q&A following Zack Snyder’s Justice League, letting the audience in on why he stepped away from his solo project.
