Ben Affleck will not Star in the Batman film Directed by Matt Reeves

The actor Ben Affleck will not star in the new Batman film, directed by Matt Reeves, after several years of speculation and uncertainty about whether or not he will be at the forefront of this film.A specialized media reported Thursday that Affleck will not head the cast as this film, which will be called The Batman and will be released on June 25, 2021, will focus on a Bruce Wayne younger than the previous installments.

The American interpreter confirmed this news in his official Twitter account . "Excited by The Batman in the summer of 2021 and seeing the vision of Matt Reeves come true" he wrote in this social network. Affleck played the superhero in the films Batman and Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad (both 2016), and Justice League (2017), all of them belonging to the Warner Bros. film universe about DC Comics stories .

The double winner of the Oscar (best screenplay for The Indomitable Will Hunting and best film by Argo ) is thus left out of a project that, initially, was to direct and star.While waiting to confirm who will be the star of this new feature film, it is known that in the director's chair will sit Matt Reeves, whose filmography includes films like Monstruoso (2008), Let me enter (2010), The dawn of the planet of the Apes (2014) and War of the Planet of the Apes (2017).