It's been pretty much agreed for a long time now that Ben Affleck would make a stand-alone Batman film in which he stars as the version of the Caped Crusader introduced in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. Now Warner Bros. has made it officially official, announcing the film at its CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas.
Talk of Affleck working on a Batman film has been going on for a while; at least since last year's San Diego Comic-Con, where reports surfaced that the actor/director was writing a version of the script with DC's Geoff Johns. What could the film cover? No one outside of the core creative team knows for now, though it could involve a match-up between Affleck's Batman and Jared Leto's Joker, or dig into someone else from the hero's sprawling rogue's gallery. And might we see something from before the time of Batman V Superman?
It's all just speculation until the announcements start to happen, and we still don't know when the film might arrive in cinemas. Though the studio did recent plant a flag in October 5, 2018 and November 1, 2019, so there's a chance it could fill one of those slots. Affleck, meanwhile, will be back on Bat-duty for Zack Snyder's first Justice League film, which has now started shooting and will arrive on November 17 next year.