We’re a little bummed that Affleck never got the chance to follow through on the plans for his Batman movie, and based on leaked information, it sounds like an exciting project to say the least. During Zack Snyder’s Full Circle Justice League which recently took place told the actor opened up a little more about what ideas and thoughts he had, which also confirms that Deathstroke was planned to be Batman’s main enemy throughout the Fincher-inspired film.
“There were a number of them that I was kind of exploring, and, the plans were to make interesting, nuanced, complex characters, in particular to the character you mentioned. I kind of feel like either you do – I’m just going to get into my own preference here – but either you do a kind of massive one villain that is so formidable you just can’t imagine how your protagonist is going to be able to overcome it. Or you have to really sort of populate kind of, you know, Injustice – these big group villains – where you have to get all these different characters.”
Affleck also talked about how he wanted to give Deathstroke time to shine, make him feel like a genuinely dangerous opponent for Batman.
“So I was at the time really trying to hone in and focus on that character and get into depth and detail about it to make him seem as impressive as I felt there was the opportunity to do. That’s the only detail I have for you.”
Joe Manganiello, who was supposed to return in the role of Deathstroke, has also previously given his insights into the film and talked about how he would make Bruce’s life less of a living hell.
“It was a really dark story in which Deathstroke was like a shark or a horror movie villain that was dismantling Bruce’s life from the inside out. It was this systemic thing: He killed everyone close to Bruce and destroyed his life to try and make him suffer because he felt that Bruce was responsible for something that happened to him.”
Let’s hope at least parts of the script or some of its ideas are used in the future because it sounds like a wonderfully dark and exciting Batman movie. Which we will most likely never experience unfortunately.
What do you think about Affleck’s Batman movie being scrapped?
