No more debate, conjecture, or rumors: Batfleck has an end date, and we finally know what it is.
In a story dropped on Thursday afternoon, Variety outlined the massive shakeup happening at DC Films and Warner Bros.
In case you missed it, here is the summary: Head of DC Films Jon Berg is leaving, Geoff Johns is taking on a more “advisory role,” and Zach Snyder is not set to direct any future films.
But the most exciting news, for literally no other reason than blissful closure, is the confirmation that Ben Affleck will not be reprising his role as Batman past his appearance in the upcoming Flash movie. The quote for the understandable non-believers:
While Ben Affleck is expected to appear as Batman in a standalone Flash movie, it is highly unlikely he will don the cape and cowl in Matt Reeves’ planned standalone Batman movie. The director is said to want to cast the role with fresh talent, according to sources.
Reeves (War for the Planet of the Apes) is taking things in a new direction. But what would that look like? There’s a couple of options:
The Flash goes back in time, screws some stuff up, and ends up resetting the entire DC universe. It’s like a giant narrative reset button, which was used by the DC Comics line in 2011 for that exact purpose.