Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal Return For The Accountant 2

One of the most underrated action films from nearly a decade ago is finally getting its long awaited sequel, as Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal reprise their roles as Christian Wolff and Braxton in “The Accountant 2” - which is once again directed by Gavin O’ Connor and will be hitting cinemas this April!

Check out the trailer c/o Warner Bros. PH!

The Flash Earns $139 Million In The Global Box Office, Hits #1 in The PH

 

Worlds Collided and the Scarlet Speedster ran through the Box Office totals, as Warner Bros' newest superhero flick "The Flash" earns its winnings in the global box office race - taking a total of $139 Million globally while also becoming #1 in the Philippines during its opening week.

The film has taken in an 85% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and sees the DC Extended Universe open up to the wider reaches of the DC Multiverse as Ezra Miller returns as Barry Allen/ The Flash, with both Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton reprising their respective versions of Bruce Wayne/ Batman and Sasha Calle playing Kara Zor-El/ Supergirl.

Here's the press release straight from Warner Bros. Philippines, and you can also read my review on the film here.

MANILA, June 19, 2023 -- Eager to see the first standalone movie about the DCEU’s fastest man alive, moviegoers from all over the world flocked to theaters to watch “The Flash” on its opening weekend, leading to a huge US$ 139-million global box office take. 

In the Philippines, the film debuted at No.1 with a smash P45-million gross on its five-day opening weekend June 14 - 18, which marks Warner Bros.’ biggest opening for 2023, after another superhero blockbuster, “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” last March. 

“The Flash,” starring Ezra Miller as the titular superhero, Sasha Calle as Supergirl, and Michael Keaton as Batman, has scored well with audiences, and it currently holds an 85% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Flash - Final Trailer

The Flash is now showing in theaters and IMAX. Catch it and see

The Flash DC Multiverse 7" Figures and Vehicles Revealed By Amazon

 

McFarlane Toys' upcoming DC Multivese 7" figures and vehicles based off "The Flash" movie have been revealed online via Amazon Canada (and Toynewsi), giving collectors and fans a glimpse at the upcoming superhero film that's set to reboot the DC Films universe and gather all kinds of variants and versions of the Scarlet Speedster and Dark Knight - with the latter versions played once again by Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton!

As seen in these promotional images, we have a good look at Batman (Keaton), Batman (Affleck), the two versions of Ezra Miller's Flash (with one making his suit out of a spare Batcostume of Keaton's Batman), Supergirl, and even Dark Flash. Also there'll be vehicles from the film that are used by each Batmen - namely the iconic 1989 Batmobile and Batfleck's Batcycle!

The Flash will be released in theaters this June!

Michael Keaton’s Batman Highlights the Trio of New The Flash Character Posters

 

Yes. Literally “Batman Returns” and showed the world he’s been dearly missed to boot!

Hours after the release of the long awaited trailer of Andy Muschietti’s “The Flash”, Warner Bros. Discovery has released three new character posters for the film - which highlights the main heroes that will be the focus of the film including Michael Keaton’s Batman, Supergirl, and of course The Flash himself.

Of course, Ben Affleck’s version of the Caped Crusader will also be in the film - as well as another version of The Flash and the return of General Zod. The movie is expected to mess around with the timeline and the multiverse - and hit the big ol’ reset button that will help usher in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios which will shape a new and connected universe in the next couple of years.

The Flash will be released in theaters this coming June.

Super Bowl 2023: Barry Allen Meets the 1989 Batman in The Flash Trailer

 

As promised during the day of the Big Game in the United States, Warner Bros. Discovery has released the long awaited trailer for "The Flash" - which sees Barry Allen playing with the DCEU timeline and changing things to as they weren't. Soon he meets new heroes he hasn't interacted with before - including Supergirl and an older and more experienced Michael Keaton Batman!

The Flash – Official Trailer

The Flash, directed by Andy Muschietti, speeds its way into theaters this coming June!

The Flash Movie Promo Art Features Supergirl, Michael Keaton Batman, and Two Flashes

 

2023 has a full slate of blockbuster movies coming up - and one of them is expected to help “reboot” the very troubled DC Films slate of movies and presumably end the DC Extended Universe as we know it. That movie of course is “The Flash” - which will feature controversial star Ezra Miller in the titular role as well as Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck returning as their respective versions of Batman.

Now a new promo image has been released featuring Supergirl, Batman, and two Flashes - which is making the rounds online and hopefully helps build up momentum for the movie. The first trailer is expected to debut during this year’s Super Bowl this February, and that’s a long time coming for a film that’s supposed to debut in the middle of this year.

The Flash hits theaters this June.

Happy 50th Birthday, Ben Affleck!

 

Today marks a big occasion for one of Hollywood’s talented actors/ directors, as Ben Affleck turns 50 years old and is celebrating a lot more than just his birthday! Recently getting married for the second time to former fiancee Jennifer Lopez, the “Good Will Hunting” writer and “Argo” director is also going to reprise his role as Bruce Wayne/ Batman once more in not one but two DC Films next year - namely “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” and “The Flash”! Aquaman actor Jason Momoa spilled the beans a couple of weeks back, so fans of Batfleck can look forward to seeing more of the character again - even if it’s just a cameo or short appearance.

Happy Birthday, Ben Affleck!

ICYMI: Ben Affleck Will Return as Bruce Wayne/ Batman in "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom"

 

Secret's out! Looks like a fan-favorite version of the Caped Crusader on film has been confirmed to appear in Jason Momoa's next adventure as the King of the Seven Seas, as Aquaman himself has revealed on his own Instagram post that Ben Affleck will be reprising his role as Bruce Wayne/ Batman in "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" - which is set for release early next year!

As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Affleck will be reprising his role as Wayne/ Batman as additional photography is being done for the sequel in the WB Studios in Burbank, California. This will be the second DC Films appearance for the actor, as he's also set to reprise the role in The Flash - which will be released in 2023 as well.

Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom will be released in theaters on March 2023.

DC FanDome: Check out the first look trailer for The Flash Movie with Ezra Miller and Michael Keaton's Batman

 

Premiering at DC FanDome and introduced by star Ezra Miller himself, the very first teaser trailer and first look at the upcoming The Flash Movie has officially arrived - and here's the entire video to watch and see!

The Flash - Teaser Trailer HD | DC FanDome 2021

Here's more screenshots from the trailer, which includes a look at the shadow of the bat returning... Michael Keaton's Batman! Plus two Barry Allens and Supergirl!

The Flash Movie is directed by Andy Muschietti and will be released on November 4, 2022 in the US!

Happy Birthday Ben Affleck! Zack Snyder shares photo of Batfleck trying out the Batsuit!

 

Taking to his social media to celebrate the birthday of actor and director Ben Affleck, director Zack Snyder has shared a never before seen behind the scenes photo of the star trying out his Batsuit for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice!

Happy 49th Birthday Ben Affleck!

The Flash movie director Andy Muschietti teases Michael Keaton's Batman with bloody Batsuit

 

It movies director Andy Muschietti is pretty busy directing Ezra Miller's solo superhero film "The Flash" -- which will feature the return of Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/ Batman from the 1989 movie of the same name, and to tease that return we get an image from his Instagram that sees the familiar classic Batsuit looking very much like how The Comedian's badge was splashed with blood. The film will also see Ben Affleck's Batman return as well, though how he fits is still a mystery.

What the bloody '89 batsuit means we won't know until the film comes out, but it might be a sign of bad things... Maybe a Crisis among other things.

The Flash is scheduled to be released on November 4, 2022.

Zack Snyder's Justice League: Batman Teaser released

 

Alongside a batch of new posters and the titles of six chapters confirmed for the four hour plus film coming this month, Zack Snyder has released a new teaser/ spot for his "Snyder Cut" of Justice League - which puts the spotlight on Batman and has Ben Affleck's Dark Knight utter these very words towards the end with a shot of all six members of the team together.

Batman Teaser - Snyder Cut - Zack Snyder's Justice League

“I spent a lot of time trying to divide us. I need to bring us together... And make this right.”🦇

No true words have been spoken clearer than what the Caped Crusader's mission is in the film. 

Zack Snyder's Justice League will premiere in selected theaters and HBO Max on March 18.

Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton return as their respective Batmans for “Flashpoint”

Batfans who have been looking for a sign or miracle that two former Batman actors would officially reprise their roles have gotten their prayers answered, as Variety reports that Ben Affleck AND Michael Keaton are returning as their respective versions of Batman for director Andy Muschietti’s “Flashpoint”! An adaptation of the 2011 alternate timeline Flash centered storyline that set up the DC Universe reboot initiative in “The New 52”, the film will see The Flash - once again played by Ezra Miller - making a time travel decision using the Speed Force which will seemingly impact the DC Films universe... And in some way traveling the DC Multiverse (as seen in the Arrowverse) where he’ll be encountering these two Batmen.

Affleck, who last played Batman/ Bruce Wayne in “Justice League”, will be returning the role for the first time since stepping away from starring and directing “The Batman” - which went on to Robert Pattinson and Matt Reeves respectively. Michael Keaton has been heavily rumored to reprise his role as Bruce Wayne/ Batman from “Batman” and “Batman Returns”, & now that’s officially confirmed too.

In the story by Variety, Muschietti said about Ben Affleck’s Batman and his relationship with Ezra Miller’s Flash:

“His Batman has a dichotomy that is very strong, which is his masculinity—because of the way he looks, and the imposing figure that he has, and his jawline —but he’s also very vulnerable,” Muschietti said in an interview. “He knows how to deliver from the inside out, that vulnerability. He just needs a story that allows him to bring that contrast, that balance.” Affleck got the script at the end of last week and agreed this week to join the project. 

“He’s a very substantial part of the emotional impact of the movie. The interaction and relationship between Barry and Affleck’s Wayne will bring an emotional level that we haven’t seen before,” the director added. "It’s Barry’s movie, it’s Barry’s story, but their characters are more related than we think. They both lost their mothers to murder, and that’s one of the emotional vessels of the movie. That’s where the Affleck Batman kicks in.” “I’m glad to be collaborating with someone who has been on both sides of the camera, too,” Muschietti said. “He understands.”

With DC FanDome happening this weekend, we can expect more DC Films news and other exciting announcements to happen! Flashpoint is expected to be released on June 2022.

It's official: "Zack Snyder's Justice League" will officially be coming to HBO Max in 2021!

In what was certainly the best news many fans and viewers of the DC Extended Universe have waited and prayed for, director Zack Snyder dropped a bombshell announcement during his "Man Of Steel" Quarantine Watch party and confirmed the longstanding rumors - there will be a Snyder Cut released for "Justice League"!


Zack Snyder OFFICIALLY announces JUSTICE LEAGUE SNYDER CUT FOR HBO MAX 2021!!
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter and shown during the watch party, Snyder acknowledged all the hopes and dreams that came with the "#ReleaseTheSnyderCut" movement - showing those joining the video conference including Superman himself Henry Cavill that the Snyder Cut will be making its debut on HBO 's streaming service, HBO Max, next year!

Originally released in 2017, "Justice League" was met with mixed reviews and looked like a lot of material was missing- but now the Snyder Cut looks to rectify that situation and present us with something completely new and true to the director's original vision. How long and what form that will take is still up in the air, with guesses being it may be as long as a four hour movie or split into a series. Whatever that may be - this will be what Zack Snyder intended before things got in the way in the production phase that forced many changes, as well as the fact the director had to step away due to a family tragedy - leaving fellow superhero movie director Joss Whedon to come in and finish the project.

He's bringing the band back together, and it will be "an entirely new thing". Zack Snyder's Justice League will be premiering on HBO Max on 2021. It will also include the big baddie himself - DARKSEID.

Ben Affleck made the right choice to prioritize himself and rehab over "The Batman"

I made this comment over at several outlets in Facebook sharing the story from The New York Times, where Academy Award winning director, writer, and actor Ben Affleck got candid about his alcoholism and deciding to drop directing AND starring in "The Batman":

“Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.” Cheesy as that line from Batman Begins sounds, it applies to Ben Affleck - and kudos to him for prioritizing himself and rehab. Much as I enjoyed his Bruce Wayne and Batman - the best balanced performance I have seen of both roles, he made the right choice to step away - and now that Robert Pattinson and Matt Reeves are making “The Batman”, no more pressure unto him. I hope he recovers and wish him well.🦇

That certainly applies on this post and my personal thoughts on the man who has starred in three films as The Caped Crusader - namely 2016's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", a short cameo appearance in "Suicide Squad" released the same year, and finally in 2017 "Justice League". Ever since he was cast in 2013 to play the new Gotham vigilante in live action after Christian Bale in "The Dark Knight Trilogy",the casting initially got a lot of flack and criticism. Soon as BvS hit in 2016, that changed and we saw arguably one of the best film Batman actors in the big screen.

Despite giving one of the most impressive performances in recent memory as The Dark Knight - things just took a toll on the man and his personal life was the worse for wear. His struggles with the aforementioned alcoholism problem are well documented, but it's also his divorce to ex-wife Jennifer Garner that he calls "his biggest regret" and something that has plagued the actor through a string of troubles and unwanted attention by the media. The problems were only exacerbated by failures and disappointments - not just with the troubled production and output of "Justice League"  (which saw Zack Snyder drop out due to family tragedy and Joss Whedon taking over to produce a little than mediocre team film), but also his last directorial and starring feature in "Live By Night" - which turned into a box office bomb. As the New York Times article quoted, Affleck's friend read "The Batman" script and said to him: ‘I think the script is good. I also think you’ll drink yourself to death if you go through what you just went through again.’”

Ironically enough, February 19th is considered Bruce Wayne's birthday is some fictional accounts in DC history and lore. Much as we'd like to think he's infallible, Ben Affleck is definitely human and flawed just like Batman - he made the right call to step away and give Matt Reeves the keys to "The Batman" and subsequently Robert Pattinson to step in and play a younger version of The Dark Knight. We all make mistakes in life and fall on our feet, and it's learning to pick ourselves up and find redemption that'll make us stronger and go back to a better place. The man has a new film called "The Way Back" coming up next month that hits closer to home and follows a basketball coach struggling with the very same inner demons and alcohol troubles. Perhaps someday, the Bat signal will shine again and we'll see Ben put on the cape and cowl once more.

Ben Affleck officially retires as Batman in Jimmy Kimmel Live

Looks like it’s FINALLY official.

Appearing in Jimmy Kimmel Live! and answering the question everyone has been asking since he retweeted support for Matt Reeves’ “The Batman”, Ben Affleck officially retired his cape and cowl for Batman for the forseable future as far as everyone knows. He won’t be appearing in the prequel film since Reeves is going to cast a younger actor in the part of Bruce Wayne/ Batman, & while he was initially set to direct and star before passing it to the Planet of the Apes’ films director, Affleck admitted that he couldn’t “crack the code” and just decided to move on from the role - which he started in 2016’s “Batman v Superman” and last played in 2017’s “Justice League”.


As a farewell to “Batfleck”, Jimmy Kimmel gave quite the ceromony segment in his latest episode with Ben present.

The Batman and James Gunn's The Suicide Squad sequel dated for 2021; Ben Affleck no longer Batman

It's BIG NEWS for the world of DC Films in both good and bad ways, as The Hollywood Reporter reports that both Matt Reeves' "The Batman" and the James Gunn directed "The Suicide Squad" are dated for 2021 by Warner Bros!

The latter film in particular will be directed by the former Guardians of the Galaxy director - who was controversially fired last year from directing "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" and has now moved over to the "Distinguished Competition" - namely DC Films and is writing the screenplay AND directing what is being called "The Suicide Squad" - a relaunch instead of a direct sequel to the 2016 villain's film. Meanwhile, Margot Robbie will be immediately reprising her famous role as Harley Quinn in 2020 in the spin-off "Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)".

Following months of speculation and rumors, it looks like Ben Affleck is out as Batman officially - as Matt Reeves "The Batman" is pushing forward on its summer 2021 release date and fixing on a new Caped Crusader to take on the helm. Affleck tweeted on his official Twitter page: "Excited for #TheBatman in Summer 2021 and to see @MattReevesLA vision come to life.".

The Batman hits on June 25, 2021, while The Suicide Squad arrives on August 6, 2021.

Report: The Batman to start production by November 2019

It looks like Matt Reeves may finally start work proper on that long delayed standalone Batman film he has been tapped to make, as a report by The Hollywood Reporter now states that "The Batman" will be starting production this coming November. Rumors have been swirling that the film will focus on a younger Bruce Wayne/ Batman - with Ben Affleck, the current Dark Knight of the DC Extended Universe and former director attached to the film, reportedly not set to star in the film. That supports some other rumors that Affleck is leaving the role of the Caped Crusader altogether, but take all of that with a grain of salt - as this is not yet set in stone and anything can happen between now and the reported production date.

No release date has been given for "The Batman".

Justice League: deleted scene image of "Bruce Wayne bribing Arthur Curry" surfaces online

With Justice League finishing its theatrical run and preparing to see release in home video early next year, eyes have turned to what will be included in the deleted scenes - and one particular image from Reddit (as reported by Comic Book Movie) sees Bruce Wayne/ Batman making good on his offer to Arthur Curry/ Aquaman early on the film by literally bribing him with money on information on the Mother Boxes when he comes to the King of the Seven Sea's territory. The image is likely from the "Justice League: The Art of the Film" book, which is already out in stores.

Ben Affleck speaks out on his DC Films future: "I want to direct a Batman movie"

It looks like Ben Affleck may not be quite done with his tenure with the Caped Crusader after all, putting a rest to all of those rumors that the Academy Award winning director of "Argo" and "The Town" would be stepping away from his duties as Batman of the DC Extended Universe after this year's Justice League and the rumored Flashpoint movie. In a recent interview with Daily Sabah, the Hollywood star and film director put his future as the current Dark Knight of cinema into question and that anything was possible at this point.

"I want to direct a Batman movie, and I never got a script that I was happy with, so they are starting over and writing another script. And right now, I think a lot of different possibilities I think for the way the DC Universe could go, and I will just follow my interests in pursing that. And I know that I love working with this group of people, and it was a real joy for me to make this movie."

So there it is. Ben's still itching to direct a Batman movie even after stepping away from directing duties for the first solo flick that's now gone to director Matt Reeves. Will he still be in that film or are the rumored replacements like Jake Gyllenhaal and Jon Hamm going to be considered? We can only wait and see for the future of DC Films.