‘'Let Ben Affleck direct a Deathstroke movie’': Fans Implore James Gunn Let Joe Manganiello Star in Affleck’s DCU Directorial Debut

Ben Affleck who has performed the roles of Batman on screen, has impressed fans with his brilliant acting. Affleck will be seen reprising his role of Batman in the upcoming DCEU movie The Flash. (Comment from SnyderVerse Archive: I see different articles saying different things about Batfleck's cameo, some say it will happen, some say it won't so...) Along with his marvelous acting skills, Affleck is also a well-proven filmmaker and director and has directed movies like Gone Baby Gone, Argo, The Town, and many more. In recent updates, it has been revealed that James Gunn is in talks with Ben Affleck to direct an upcoming DC movie.

Ben Affleck’s Incomplete DC Project

It is not a hidden fact that Affleck was directing a Batman movie that would involve Joseph Manganiello reprising his role of Deathstroke to play a major antagonist. The story would involve Deathstroke getting to know Batman’s true identity and blaming Batman for the death of his son. Manganiello in an interview spilled a lot on the canceled movie and talked about his character – Deathstroke.

“It was a really dark story in which Deathstroke was like a shark or a horror movie villain that was dismantling Bruce’s life from the inside out. It was this systemic thing: He killed everyone close to Bruce and destroyed his life to try and make him suffer because he felt that Bruce was responsible for something that happened to him. It was really cool, really dark, and really hard. I was very excited about it.”

Yet due to some differences, Affleck’s project was halted in between leaving the promising project incomplete. After Affleck’s departure, Matt Reeves was hired to recreate a different storyline for the upcoming Batman movie. Reeves decided to remove Deathstroke altogether from the movie and created an entirely different plot along with Peter Craig and released a movie titled ''The Batman'' starring Robert Pattinson as a new face for Batman. Many fans believed that the movie would have been much better if only the makers would have adopted the former Batman’s plot.

James Gunn and Ben Affleck

In a series of tweet revelations, James Gunn mentioned being in touch with Affleck as a potential director for an upcoming DC movie. Fans however seek and demand to see Affleck’s work on Deathstroke movie. Though all fans can do is pray to bring back Affleck to save the drowning DCEU. Till then fans can be happy to see Ben Affleck once again reprising Batman in the upcoming movie The Flash, which will be released on June 16, 2023.

Sources: Fandomwire , James Gunn, Twitter, SnyderVerse Archive.