Ben Affleck Would “Completely Not” Direct A New DC Film Underneath James Gunn – Gaming Reviews

Oscar-winning director and screenwriter Ben Affleck is lastly turning off the Bat sign as soon as and for all. After years of Zack Snyder followers hoping and hashtagging for a Batman function starring and directed by Affleck, the star of the upcoming Nike biopic, Air, has formally dominated out returning to the DC Universe.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the previous Batman says he has no downside with James Gunn and Peter Saffran’s DC Universe plans however does not need any a part of these films and is shifting on.

“I might not direct one thing for the [James] Gunn DC. Completely not,” Affleck mentioned. “I’ve nothing in opposition to James Gunn. Good man, positive he will do an ideal job. I simply would not wish to go in and direct in the best way they’re doing that. I am not desirous about that.”

He continued by saying that making Justice League burned him out from working in that world. He has beforehand said that he was going via a private bout with alcoholism, which ultimately led to his Batman departure on the time and his eventual divorce from Jennifer Garner.

“I used to be going to direct a Batman, and [Justice League] made me go, ‘I am out. I by no means wish to do any of this once more. I am not suited.’ That was the worst expertise I’ve ever seen in a enterprise which is stuffed with some sh***y experiences,” he added. “It broke my coronary heart. There was an concept of somebody [Joss Whedon] coming in, like, ‘I am going to rescue you and we’ll do 60 days of capturing and I am going to write an entire factor round what you’ve. I’ve acquired the key.’ And it wasn’t the key. That was arduous. And I began to drink an excessive amount of. I used to be again on the lodge in London, it was both that or bounce out the window. And I simply thought, ‘This is not the life I need. My children aren’t right here. I am depressing.'”

The star additionally expressed he is grateful to have moved on after feeling stifled for therefore lengthy. “You wish to go to work and discover one thing attention-grabbing to hold onto, quite than simply carrying a rubber swimsuit…I do not condescend to that or put it down, however I acquired to some extent the place I discovered it creatively not satisfying.”

Affleck was solid in the summertime of 2013 together with Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and Jeremy Irons as Bat-butler Alfred, the place he starred alongside Henry Cavill’s Superman and Gal Gadot’s Surprise Girl to offer followers the primary live-action model of DC’s “trinity.” He then made different appearances in Suicide Squad and Justice League. His remaining outing as Bruce Wayne and Batman will likely be alongside former Justice League co-star Ezra Miller within the upcoming Flash film.