THE BATMAN: Fans Call On Discovery-Owned WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. To #MakeTheBatfleckMovie

THE BATMAN: Fans Call On Discovery-Owned WarnerMedia And Warner Bros. To #MakeTheBatfleckMovie

Matt Reeves' The Batman will be released next year, but passionate DC fans recently took to social media to get #MakeTheBatfleckMovie trending following Discovery's recent acquisition of WarnerMedia...

By JoshWilding - Jun 29, 2021 04:06 AM EST
Filed Under: The Batman

Like it or not, the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement worked, and while we're not banking on #RestoreTheSnyderVerse yielding the same results, some fans remain hopeful they can bring back the original DCEU.

That's why you'll likely continue to see "#RestoreTheAyerCut" pop up on social media, and while it doesn't sound like there are any plans to share the director's original version of Suicide Squad, what about The Batman? We know that Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson's movie is being released next year, but once upon a time, Ben Affleck was supposed to star in and direct the project. 

In that, his Caped Crusader was going to battle Deathstroke, but the movie wasn't cancelled by Warner Bros.; instead, Affleck walked away from the project, likely because of the negative reception to the DC movies he starred in (which definitely hurt his career) and Joss Whedon's Justice League reshoots.

Discovery recently acquired WarnerMedia from AT&T, and the #MakeTheBatfleckMovie hashtag has returned after originally trending in April. 

Affleck has shown a willingness to return as Batman after taking part in reshoots for Zack Snyder's Justice League and agreeing to reprise the role of the Dark Knight in The Flash. However, it's hard to say what fans are hoping to achieve with this latest campaign, especially as it's unclear whether Affleck has any sort of interest in directing and starring in his own solo outing (we're guessing he doesn't).

Time will tell what this leads to, but for now, be sure to share your #MakeTheBatfleckMovie thoughts below!

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Moriakum
Moriakum - 6/29/2021, 4:21 AM
Goldboink
Goldboink - 6/29/2021, 7:41 AM
@Moriakum -
You bugged Mom to get you the Captain Crunch with Crunchberries and she finally got fed up and did it. You didn't even finish the box and the dog got ahold of it and spread it all over the white carpet.

You will never get crunchberries again no matter what kind of a fit you throw in the store.
dragon316
dragon316 - 7/8/2021, 3:27 AM
@Moriakum - welcome to world when people do RACIST FAN CASTING to movies always tell people hollywood will never RACIST FAN CASTING Hollywood picks people on experiance not who best looks stupid part in comics
BuzzKillington
BuzzKillington - 6/29/2021, 4:24 AM
manofillintent1
manofillintent1 - 6/29/2021, 4:24 AM
To think if Covid never happened we could have all been talking about Matt reaves The Batman this week instead we’re stuck on this nonsense

Something in the way.....

Boooooo Hooooo 😢
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/29/2021, 4:35 AM
@manofillintent1 - really wish it kept the October opening, because I wanna talk about that movie ASAP too
blitzburgh
blitzburgh - 6/29/2021, 8:06 AM
@manofillintent1 - bad part is I'm not looking forward to Pattinson's Twilight Batman
stephhurry
stephhurry - 6/29/2021, 8:30 AM
@blitzburgh - “Twilight Batman”
manofillintent1
manofillintent1 - 6/29/2021, 8:53 AM
@blitzburgh - did people refer to Affleck as pearl harbour batman before release? 🤔
ThorArms
ThorArms - 6/29/2021, 2:09 PM
@blitzburgh - well to be fair I hated Afflecks Gigli Batman
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 6/29/2021, 4:24 AM
Why
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/29/2021, 4:25 AM
Origame
Origame - 6/29/2021, 4:29 AM
Yeah, Snyder cut made sense since it's a movie mostly finished. But nothing about Affleck batman is done at all except for a few drafts. It's unreasonable for them to essentially drop their new batman in favor of an already unpopular one.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 6/29/2021, 7:43 AM
@Origame -
Let's not forget that Ben is snakebit when it comes to superheros. No way he is ever going to touch that stuff again.
Origame
Origame - 6/29/2021, 9:04 AM
@Goldboink - yeah. He's got no passion in returning.
Kurne
Kurne - 6/29/2021, 4:30 AM
I feel like we're just so... past this now? Like, I don't even feel bothered to argue about this stuff anymore, because the right time to do this (and then some) has come and gone.

Maybe I don't keep up with the fandom enough, but I don't even feel any energy for the Snyder Cut anymore either -- or at least the energy you'd expect considering the hype going into it.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/29/2021, 4:34 AM
Is Affleck only willing to return for giving this Bruce Wayne an ending in The Flash, or also beyond that? Because if it's the former, I'm fine with it too.

Once he says he's returning, the only thing he's gonna get questions about is Batman. And if he doesn't say so, all he is gonna get asked about is if and when he's returning. My guess he wants to leave that behind him ASAP, and so should the fans.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 6/29/2021, 4:38 AM
While I think many people here have unjustified and illogical levels Snyder hate, talking with some of these RestoretheSnyderverse campaigners shows some of them are really mental. They believe Snyder show automatically be entitled to millions of dollars because he "has a vision". Crazy stuff when you actually talk to them.
KWilly
KWilly - 6/29/2021, 4:48 AM
inkniron
inkniron - 6/29/2021, 4:59 AM
It's a sad state when a social media hash tag, by a bunch of basement dwellers, about an actor that quit, is actually "news".
bcom
bcom - 6/29/2021, 5:00 AM
Oh for God’s sake! Do these morons even realise that Affleck never even finished a draft for the script?! There’s no Batfleck movie to make because it barely got started.
Starlord7597
Starlord7597 - 6/29/2021, 5:06 AM
Kyos
Kyos - 6/29/2021, 5:15 AM
I feel for the Discovery social media team.

"Here's a pretty picture of an interesting animal for you to enjoy."

"Nice. You know what I'd enjoy even more? If you'd #RestoreTheSnyderVerse."
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 6/29/2021, 5:23 AM
I'd hoped we'd be done with this so we can move on to a real Batman, but I guess the man babies will cry about anything
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 6/29/2021, 5:26 AM
Look with how good of a resume Ben Affleck has as a director and writer I want this sort of thing just as much as these people with this hashtag, if WB and Affleck came out tomorrow and said "Were gonna finish Affleck's version of The Batman on HBO Max and he will have complete control" Then I would be excited.

However the people doing this are only remembering the bad and frustrating part s of the release the Snyder cut movement. I was actually in support of what they were doing cause they weren't just tweeting a hashtag, they were doing something good, raising money for suicide prevention, that alone made me happy for that movement cause at least some of that work was going towards a good cause.

But now this is just dumb people who think "DUR repeating a hashtag worked last time" there has to be a point where you realize it's time to move on. And that time is now. Battinson is here, accept it.

vegetaray
vegetaray - 6/29/2021, 5:30 AM
Wilding at it again…Next up will be Ruby’s -147 Reasons Affleck Needs to Continue Playing Batman- “article” 🙄…

Need that penny per click to keep the lights on right Josh? No better way than to write for this site under 18 different aliases…
JohnnyTBP
JohnnyTBP - 6/29/2021, 5:40 AM
Ben already said he doesn’t want to do it. I can’t believe the fan boys don’t understand that
TheRidd1er
TheRidd1er - 6/29/2021, 7:24 AM
@JohnnyTBP - When did he say this? Recently?
JohnnyTBP
JohnnyTBP - 6/29/2021, 11:27 AM
@TheRidd1er - When he stopped trying to direct Batman 2 years ago
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