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BatFleck Rises - Ben Affleck cast as Batman

Yes, you read that headline correctly. Ben Affleck has been cast as Batman.

Warner Bros. announced on Thursday that the two-time Oscar winner, former DareDevil, People Magazine's 2002 Sexiest Man Alive, Affleck will don the cape and cowl in 2015's untitled Batman-Superman movie. Greg Silverman, Warner Bros’ President of Creative Development and Worldwide Production, said, "We knew we needed an extraordinary actor to take on one of DC Comics’ most enduringly popular Super Heroes, and Ben Affleck certainly fits that bill, and then some... His outstanding career is a testament to his talent, and we know he and Zack will bring new dimension to the duality of this character."

Zack Snyder went on the record to say this about Affleck: "He has the acting chops to create a layered portrayal of a man who is older and wiser than Clark Kent and bears the scars of a seasoned crime fighter but retain the charm that the world sees in billionaire Bruce Wayne. I can’t wait to work with him."

Ben Affleck will join the cast of returning actors from this Summer's Man Of Steel, which include Henry Cavill, who will reprise the role of Superman/Clark Kent, Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane. David S. Goyer, who scripted the MOS and worked on the Dark Knight trilogy, will write the sequel. Warner Bros has set the film to open worldwide on July 17, 2015.

The WB's President of Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution, Susan Kroll, added, “We are so thrilled that Ben is continuing Warner Bros.’ remarkable legacy with the character of Batman. He is a tremendously gifted actor who will make this role his own in this already much-anticipated pairing of these two beloved heroes.”

Ben Affleck now joins the special fraternity of those who have worn the cape in front of a camera; Christian Bale (3x), George Clooney (once), Val Kilmer (once), Michael Keaton (twice), and Adam West (1 movie + 120 episodes of tv).

(via Variety)

And DareDevil? Yeah he didn't like that movie any more than the fans did. Check out his thoughts on that in Details.
And in an interview with MTV, "We missed a lot in that movie..."

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Dream Casting - Daredevil

By TerrHimself

In case you missed it, this past summer, the movie rights for Daredevil were forfeited by Fox to Marvel. I'll hold off until another post to discuss if I'm worried that a Disney owned Marvel will give us a watered down DD that isn't nearly as dark as fans would like it to be. I’m not going to get into how the 2003 movie failed on various levels. I’m not going to get into how its like the director and execs said, “Let’s make this a Daredevil movie which will essentially be like Batman Forever + The Crow.” I'm not going to do any of that right now.

This is the first of many NGUOnline Dream Castings.
Essentially what I'm putting together here is a cast for a DD movie where we take elements of Frank Miller's DD Born Again story arc and throw in just a little bit of the Elektra Saga which would lead in to DD-2.

Here goes:

DareDevil/Matt Murdock - Matt Bomer

Let's give this guy a shot. If you've seen USA's WHITE COLLAR, you would know that he has acting chops and we've seen him do a bit of physical stuff on NBC's CHUCK. Let's put him on some roof tops doing parkour, in a court room doing lawyer things, and slowly chip away at his sanity.

Foggy Nelson - Mark Webber or Sean Astin

Ok, so we've seen Sean Astin play the chubby best friend and Mark Webber steal scenes in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, but I'm seriously interested in seeing one of these guys work a court room and try to keep the man without fear in line.

Elektra - Odette Annable

Odette Annable as DD's college girlfriend/deadly assassin. How much explaining do I have to do here?

"Battling" Jack Murdock - Kiefer Sutherland or Peter Gallagher

Young Matt is going to need a dad that can give and take a beating and also be a guiding light. You know, until he gets killed for refusing to throw a fight.

Karen Page - Dianna Agron
Yeah, so how about Quinn Fabray from Glee as Matt Murdock's girlfriend, who eventually leaves him, becomes a drugged out porn star that eventually sell's his secret identity for some coke? We all know that's where Quinn will end up anyway.

Ben Urich - Lou Diamond Phillips or Alan Tudyk

Hard nose, chain smoking, investigative reporter that will stand toe-to-toe with cops and gangsters to get a story.

Stick - Manong Dan Inosanto

Someone has to teach Matt Murdoch to fight. Why not bring in the man who brought Filipino Kali/Escrima/Stick Fighting to America and Hollywood? He's had some small roles in various movies and has been a fight choreographer/consultant for nearly 50 years.

Bullseye - Rufus Sewell

Sewell - beautifully menacing. He can go from sympathetic to sociopath at a drop of a dime.

The Kingpin - John Rhys Davies or Philip Seymour Hoffman

Ok. Michael Clarke Duncan was cool, but I still felt he came off as more of a thug than evil billionaire tycoon kingpin of crime. I think one of these guys can do it.

Alright, tell me what you think, who you prefer, or where you think I was off target.

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