Ben Affleck Comments On Launching The DCEU With BATMAN v SUPERMAN And More
Ben Affleck talks in detail here about the pressures of playing the Dark Knight in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, weighing in on the movie's chances of success, Warner Bros.' plans for their DC Comics properties, and the years he looks set to spend wearing that cape and cowl...
Anticipation for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is at an all-time high, and if it ends up disappointing next year, that could put the future of the DC Extended Universe in doubt. That's something Ben Affleck is well aware of, revealing in a recent interview with Variety that he's definitely feeling the pressure. "I think there is a ton of pressure on it. I mean I would be bulls**ting you to say there isn’t." However, the actor and director remains confident in Warner Bros.' plan for their DC Comics properties and the studio's prospects at the box office after a disappointing 2015 thanks to a fair few flops. "You’ll see next year they are going to have a great year. They are now developing … probably the single greatest under-exploited IP asset in the entertainment business, the DC comic world. And now they have started to exploit that and you are going to see that blossom. And, when it does, it’s going to be massive."
Affleck was also quick to praise Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara, revealing just how useful his insight was when it came to Batman v Superman. "I was really impressed by that and by the intelligence of his notes, and the fact that he cared," he said. "It was not like some guys, especially at that level, where it would be, ‘We need a franchise movie … we just need a movie with the names ‘Batman’ and ‘Superman’ on it and it doesn’t matter what it is. For him, that wasn’t it. He was willing to take longer to make the movie to get it right to make it a movie of higher quality." The trade goes on to mention that the actor is still being lined up to helm what they refer to as The Batman after Justice League, and asked how he feels about the next few years playing the Caped Crusader. "We are a very kind of instant gratification culture when it comes to analyzing the film business. And there is a lot of hyperbole involved. Nonetheless, there’s a lot of pressure on it. If it doesn’t do well, that will be extremely disappointing. I leave that to the experts to decide." Let us know your thoughts on these comments from Affleck in the usual place.
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