UPDATE: Ben Affleck is NOT Batman any more ???
According to a Brazilian journalist in her tweet Ben Affleck is NOT Batman any more.
By diomc -
Jan 26, 2014 11:01 AM EST
According to a Brazilian journalist in her tweet Ben Affleck is NOT Batman any more.
The Brazilian journalist Ana Maria Bahiana, foreign correspondent of entertainment for three decades in Los Angeles (and also a member of the Foreign Press Association of Hollywood), warned on Twitter hours ago that she heard, from reliable sources, that Ben Affleck will not be the Batman.
Translation:
"I just know from a good source - Ben Affleck will not be Batman. Fan reaction was too strong. Official announcement in a few months."
One reason would be the "negative" response from fans of the hero, who was too strong.
Warner is studying for months a way to resolve this, the studio knows perfectly well for those who are making the movie (us) and knows exactly the risk that if not please the crowd.
The announcement of the new release date of the project - 2016 - was part of this strategy, a way of gaining time to choose the new Batman and make the anti-Affleck cool down.
The question is how to make the switch so that it does not look that they are bowing to the likes and dislikes of fans.
In a few months, Snyder and Affleck will have a "creative divergence" and / or Affleck will have a "scheduling conflict" with the new production schedule.
And who assumes the mask now? According to her some names have heard so far: as Josh Brolin and again...Michael Keaton.
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UPDATE 1:
As you know the the Brazilian journalist Ana Maria Bahiana, which covers years ago Hollywood and is one of the "foreign" journalists who vote at the Golden Globes reported that Ben Affleck will not be the new Batman.
It was enough to provoke a heated discussion on Twitter with El Mayimbe, from the site Latino Review, who usually do these things and do not like to see another journalist do the same as he always does.
According to El Mayimbe, the story is a lie. None of his sources confirm the rumor. But Bahiana ensures that in a few months Warner will confirm the news.
UPDATE 2:
And for last a NEW tweet about the OLD Playboy interview:
Translation:
"this decision was made some time ago. I doubt that they change their minds. what is studying now is how to manage this change."