Meanwhile, the DCU's upcoming The Brave and the Bold movie- an adaptation of the Grant Morrison-penned comic book featuring Bruce's son Damian Wayne as Robin - is yet to pick the actor for the DCU's new Batman. For starters, with James Gunn designating Matt Reeves' The Batman and Todd Phillips' Jokerfranchises under DC Studios' Elseworlds, Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne has the space to thrive in his own universe - which is possibly connected to but still wholly independent of the DCU. Though confusing at first glance, DC Studios' long-term and highly expansive plans for the DCU may actually put to rest some of the main reasons why so many Batman actors quit. However, while Ben Affleck won't be starring in either Matt Reeves Elseworlds and James Gunn's DCU Batman movies, Gunn is reportedly eyeing Affleck for a future directorial role in the DCU. Affleck's Batman will be coming to an end along with the rest of the DCEU, which is being rebooted into the DCU. Why did Ben Affleck quit as Batman - even after everything he went through to get to where he is now? Affleck didn't actually quit, nor was he fired.

Infamously, the 2021 release of the Snyder Cut of Justice League on HBO Max reinvigorated Ben Affleck's role as the DCEU's definitive Dark Knight, who will be making his last appearance in The Flash alongside Michael Keaton. Though The Batman would eventually become its own franchise with Robert Pattinson at the helm, Affleck attended rehab and announced his glorious DCEU return in August 2020. Related: So, Will The DCU Not Have A Justice League Movie? overhauling its DCEU strategy came with its own host of problems, Matt Reeves had his own Batman vision, and Ben Affleck was in an unhealthy place.

Ben Affleck's departure was, therefore, a series of unfortunate circumstances. Matt Reeves was hired several months later, and by January 2019, Affleck confirmed he had departed The Batman as an actor also, later attributing the decision to his struggles with alcohol and not wishing to ' drink self to death' by going through another production like Justice League. In early 2017, Affleck announced his stepping away from the director's chair, citing an inability to 'crack' the script during a Jimmy Kimmel Live! interview.

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