IsBen Affleckworking on his soloBatmanmovie or isn’t he? Well, according toJoe Manganiello, who is set to play the villain Deathstroke in the movie,The Batmanis happening and it will be shooting relatively soon. If the actor is to be believed,Ben Affleck’s soloBatmanmovie will be filming early next year.
Joe Manganiellorecently did an interview withET Onlinefollowing a recent health scare. During the interview, he was asked about how he was feeling after being hospitalized in April for undisclosed reasons. Not only did he say he is feeling better, but he also offered a bit of an unprompted update onThe Batman. Here is what he had to say.
“Great, man, just getting ready to go shoot Batman in the spring.”
There has been a whole lot of excitement, and maybe just as much confusion, aboutBen Affleck’sThe Batmanrecently. While doing press for his latest movieThe Accountant, the actor/director was pestered quite a bit about his upcomingBatman moviefor theDC Extended Universe. At one point, he seemingly revealed that the title of the movie would beThe Batman. However, shortly after that, he seemed to take a step back and make it seem as thoughThe Batmanwasn’t totally, one-hundred percent happening at the moment. Here is what he had to say in an interview with E! News a couple of weeks ago.
“I mentioned the other day… it’s been around for a long time, the movie… there is no Batman movie happening yet, we’re still trying to figure it out, you know, get the script and budget and all that stuff. And someone said, ‘what are you calling it?’ and I had said, like, back when we were promoting another movie, I was like ‘we don’t have a name for it, we’re just going with The Batman or Batman movie’, and I said that, and everyone was like ‘Affleck announces the title of his Batman movie.'”
Prior toBen Afflecktempering everyone’s excitement, fans were absolutely thrilled about the prospect of hisBatmanmovie. A few weeks before his statement to E! News, the actor posted a video to his Twitter account showing the villain Slade Wilson, akaDeathstroke, which was eventually revealed to beJoe Manganiello, who was later confirmed to be the primary villain forThe Batman. DespiteBen Affleckseemingly trying to make it seem like the movie isn’t as far along as we may have thought, it appears that things are moving ahead.
There is no doubt thatThe Batman(if that does ultimately wind up being the title of the movie) is going to happen at some point, but it seems like the kind of thing that Warner Bros. will want to prioritize. WithJoe Manganiellocast as Deathstroke, it is clear that preparations are being made and of he is to be believed, the movie could be shooting as early as March of 2017, which means we could possibly seeThe Batmanin2018. As of right now Warner Bros. has not announced a release date but ifJoe Manganiellois right, we’ll probably know more very soon.
