What Could Have Been: Ben Affleck's The Batman 

No one considered that Ben Affleck was in a dark place in his life. It must have been hard to deal with while shooting a movie.

Imagine how good the hand to hand combat in the movie would be. The warehouse scene blew my mind when I saw it for the first time.

Ben Affleck deserved so much more he had so much potential with a solo batman film

Ben Affleck’s Batman movie and Michael Keaton’s third Batman movie are tied as the cancelled Batman movies I would love to see the most. I truly feel bad for Ben Affleck for his alcoholism, rehab, and divorce, since that took a heavy toll on the making of this movie

While I'm extremely happy with the Matt Reeves film, a Ben Affleck solo Batfilm would have been interesting, to me his performance as Batman was the strongest part of BVS

I would love to see an animated adaptation of the Affleck script, with Affleck and some of the other intended stars voicing those roles.

Ben Affleck’s Batman was my favorite part of the DCEU. His Gotham was so strong with so many characters running around. Deadshot, Joker and Harley, Deathsroke, Riddler. Not to mention the knightmare timeline! This Batman has so much more story they could tell.

If I'm being honest, Affleck might be my favorite live-action Batman. He nailed both personas and had the best batsuit. Even though I'm sure his movie would've been excellent, I'm grateful that we at least got what we did.

Remember seeing Affleck’s Batman the first time in theaters. The moment he appeared holding on to the ceiling then crawling so fast away from those cops shooting. Not to mention the fact that the women he saved were still afraid of him. I kept thinking THIS is the Batman we needed. Then came the warehouse scene. 🤯 Feel like WB and Joss Whedon really robbed us of what could have been an amazing DC Universe and stand-alone Batman film.

It is really heartbreaking to listen to the entire Batfleck movie from numerous channels, and not be able to watch the actual movie on the screen.

I hope we get to see Ben Affleck back as Batman in the future. He was one of the best parts of the DCEU.

We have missed so much with Ben Affleck's Batman and Henry Cavil's Superman.

I get what they were going for with the Martha scene, but it was executed so poorly from a writing standpoint. They wanted to make Batman find his humanity again, and to see Superman as a man not an alien, but they wrote it in a way that opened the door for people to interpret it as "oh their mothers have the same name" instead of "oh Superman begging to save his mothers life not only made batman see his humanity, but helped him find his own."

Man, I REALLY wanted a solo Batfleck movie. Very disappointed it didn’t happen

The Batman with Pattinson and Reeves was a breath of fresh air though...maybe they could turn this concept with Affleck into a comic

It would have been so awesome to have seen Ben Affleck's Batman fight Joe Manganello's Deathstroke this was one of the things I was most hyped to have seen in the DCEU 😔, hopefully we will see Batman fight Deathstroke at some point in James Gunn's new DCU.

It’s a damn tragedy we never got to see a solo Affleck Batman film. Everything we’ve heard about what this film would have centered on, the characters, action pieces, etc. sounded awesome. With the multiverse now being a thing in both DC & Marvel films, I hope down the line WB considers doing a one-off BatFleck movie or miniseries. At the very least maybe even an animated film

I still would've loved to see Ben Affleck's Batman movie happen.

This could have been a phenomenal Batman film that fans would have loved. #MakeTheBatfleckMovie

I liken Ben Affleck as Batman to Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. Both were well suited for the role, clearly passionate about it and did a good job. The writing and direction however never measured up to the effort they were putting in so they both unfairly are remembered as lesser tenure's for their respective characters.

I wanted this movie to happen so badly...or even better a HBO MAX series...or have the movie then follow it up with the HBO Max series, either way this movie would have been incredible I enjoyed Affleck's Batman and was so looking foward to a full length movie in this style , who knows what could have been

In the concept art for Zack Snyder's Justice League 2 and 3, dated back to like 2016 - were designs for the injustice league. Each villain's character design had the title of the movie they were supposed to come from. Black Manta (Aquaman.) Captain Cold (The Flash.) The Riddler design said (The Batman) in parenthesis. So The Riddler would've been a massive baddie in Ben Affleck's film.

Having just rewatched the Ultimate cut of BvS as well as Snyder's Justice League, I feel like the whole DCEU could've been saved with one thing. Time. Snyder's justice league is the best movie in the series imo. It's essentially two movies though and even with the near 3 hour runtime of BvS ultimate cut, it still feels like it doesn't fully expand on what it wants to do. If Snyder was given the proper amount of time to flesh out a basic story arc (even if other directors/writers took over later and changed some aspects) that takes place over several different movies I think the reboot would not have happened. The whole thing is really sad. Apparently Gunn is going to release David Ayer's original suicide squad, so maybe will get some more Batfleck moments. Fingers Crossed.

Affleck's The Batman would have been something so different and looks pretty good. Maybe we'll see someone like it later on. Also now I really want to see a David Fincher Batman movie after learning he inspired Affleck and Reeves' versions.

I wish that we could have BOTH Affleck & Reeves' Batman movies. I know it'd confuse a ton of people, but it's be worth it to have 2 different versions and have fans of both celebrating!!

So disappointing that this never got made. To me it had so much potential to be fantastic, and a lot better than the film we got from Matt Reeves.

I have been REALLY enjoying these videos. Keep up the great work!

To be clear, ben hated the experience with reshoots with joss Whedon. He gets along well with zach snyder. The main reason why he accepted the role is because he liked Snyder's take on the character.

Loved Batfleck. He looked the most like BTAS Batman and Bruce Wayne that i grew up with. Really would have loved to see it

I read awhile back that Ben Affleck's Batman movie was supposed to have Batman and Batgirl fighting Deathstroke though the streets of Gotham. That would have been awesome! I don't think it was gonna be Barbara Gordon though. Pretty sure it was gonna be Cassandra Cain. That would have made perfect sense too, because if Joker has already killed Robin, he's already paralyzed Barbara as well. In the comics, the first time we see Barbara in the wheelchair was at Jason Todd's funeral. Affleck's version of Batman picks put at the perfect point in the characters canon to adapt some great stories. New Earth Batman post-The Killing Joke and Death In The Family was some pretty epic shit, man. A Lonely Place of Dying, Knightfall, Knightquest, Knightsend, Zero Hour, New World Order, Cataclysm, No Man's Land, Tower of Babel, Hush, War Games, City of Crime, Under The Red Hood, Son of The Demon, Final Crisis, Battle For The Cowl, Blackest Knight, The Return of Bruce Wayne... So many possibilities. We could have gotten 10 or 15 years worth of great movies just centered around Batman. We can't have nice things though. Let's do some fan casting! Who would you guys cast in the roles of Batfleck's Bat Family? Snyder mentioned he would have cast Carla Gugino as Selina Kyle so Catwoman has "already been cast", lol. Here's my list for the rest. Finn Wittrock as Dick Grayson/Robin/Nightwing Evan Rachel Wood as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl/Oracle Dylan O'Brien as Jason Todd/Robin/Red Hood Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Cassandra Cain/Batgirl/Black Bat Chandler Riggs as Tim Drake/Robin/Red Robin Danika Yarosh as Stephanie Brown/Spoiler/Robin/Batgirl I don't really any child actors for Damian Wayne, so that would be a search.

I’m sure we’ll get a Batman Siege on Arkham movie someday, but Ben Affleck’s direction and fighting style would of made it something special… maybe we’ll see it someday, but at least we got The Batman, that’s good too.

Affleck is the most underrated Batman, for sure and he looked GREAT in the suit. I would’ve loved to have seen his Batman go up against Deathstroke!

I think this would of been the greatest batman ever I hate WB & Gunn not wanting to do this BUT HEY YOU NEVER SAY NEVER ANYTHING POSSIBLE

While I enjoyed Matt Reeves film, I would like to see Ben Affleck's movie

Damn... and I remember how people heard for the first time Affleck was chosen to play Batman in BvS. Everybody was losing theyre minds and it turned out he was the best thing DCU had in their hands.

Love your videos! This film would've been great!

Next vid should be- What Could have Been:Man of Steel 2

Still no one perfected Bruce Wayne and Batman the way Affleck did. The costume design is epic. Acting is epic. HE AS BATMAN is PERFECTION ITSELF.

Ben Affleck has been in the worst batman related movies but has the best action scenes and was an awesome batman.

Batfleck in BvS is a jaded Batman “how many good guys are left, how many stayed that way?” He stopped killing after BvS

On the one hand this is one of the saddest cancelled films of the last few years for me, I like Ben Affleck as Batman and I think this concept sounds amazing. But on the other hand, It may have been for the best, Warner Bros and DC were not doing so well at the time and it may have been botched by interference. Also The Batman is a fantastic film and great iteration of the character, so I’m glad we still got something good., Great job on the videos, you’re quickly becoming one of my favorite channels on here!

Would have been awesome! Can’t get enough of Batman! Great work on your video, keep it up!👍🏼

I’ll die on this hill when I say that Ben Affleck embodied everything Batman/Bruce Wayne should have been…Just look at him, the suit in BVS is to this day the best there’s ever been, When he is Bruce Wayne he feels like Bruce Wayne, When he’s batman he feels like batman…But unfortunately events and circumstances prevented us from seeing what he could’ve been in his own movie.

While the Snyderverse was problematic, this script layout was pretty good & deserved a chance

Great video! Thank you for explaining a lot of what’s already been reported, it was done well 👏🏾

Probably my favorite scene in any live action Batman movie was from Batman vs. Superman when he rescued Superman's mom from the warehouse. That was the kind of fight scene I had been waiting to see since the very first Batman movie back in 1989. So I was really stoked for a solo Bat-Fleck movie that featured more of that kind of action. It's a real bummer it never happened. The Nolan/Snyder DCEU just never seemed to click with the public. Hopefully James Gunn can rescue the brand and finally bring fans the kind of DC movies they're hoping for. We'll see.

I wish we got that Batfleck movie. Apart from the killing and the having been on the verge of losing to Deathstroke and Batgirl comes in to save him, it sounded epic.

Great stuff man. I love how much research you obviously put into your work. A lot of integrity and always entertaining.

Ben Affleck had so much wasted potential

Keep up the great work Brodie! Love watching your content and how well put together they are you really deserve a lot more subs! 🙏🏻

The rate of quality content this channel is uploading every week deserves attention. Hope you hit 100k very soon

He was one of the best parts of BvS I actually enjoyed him as Batman. And combined w the cinematography and style of Snyder movies, it could’ve been a crazy movie. Mad disappointed the batfleck movie didn’t go through. Hopefully they reconsider sometime in the future.

This made me really want to play the Arkham games and watch The Flash. Thanks!

I really hope you are getting what you want out of making these videos (money, fame,, purpose) because they are fantastic! Keep up the great work!

Thanks for this in depth video ❤❤ I will always wish to see more of Ben's Batman but I will say his Batman is honestly my favorite live-action one😊🖤

Great video man!! Love watching these!!

He had already played Batman in 2003, in a little film called Daredevil! 😉

the movie would have been a R-rated brutal but at the same time light... who knows... it would be interesting none the less..

One of the saddest things of my life is that I’ll never get to see a stand alone Ben Afleck Batman movie.

I pressed play because I understand & agree with the motivations behind the making of this video. 💯

What could have Ben

Off topic but I never heard of " The Game" but it sounds amazing. Now I need to see it. Also it is a shame we never saw Ben's Batman movie come to fruition

Great video! Love this what Could Have Been series, can't wait for more videos learning about cancelled movies

This sounds amazing

A Batman movie based on a David Fincher classic...not Se7en but The Game. Warner Bros. at least know to take inspiration from good sources.

Matt Reeves Batman did not make one billion at the box office but I will bet that Ben Affleck Batman movie would’ve made one billion at the box office easily

Would have loved to have his solo Batman movie! It sounded amazing! Wish it could have been set before the events of MOS though, because that was the batman I want to see face deathstroke

Excellent work on this

It would have been fun to see foul character that are basically the same. Keep the videos coming, good job 👍🏻

Had it not been for Ben Affleck's alcoholism, his stints in rehab and his divorce from Jennifer Garner, this would have been an awesome film to watch.

Great video! Such a interesting premise for a Batman film. I'm in two minds about if I would actually liked it had it been produced 🤷‍♂️

I actually loved Ben's Batman, he felt very different from others, I would've really loved to see his solo movie.

Ben Affleck’s movie does sound very interesting but I am happy we have Matt Reeves’ version. That is my favorite Batman movie and Ben seems to be in a much better place making acclaimed movies like Air.

While I do think Ben Affleck did deserve a Batman movie of his own, I do ultimately think it was for the best that the project didn't happen, as it was eventually reworked into giving us one of the best live action Batman movies ever made, i.e. Matt Reeves The Batman (2022). Besides Affleck has clearly moved on from playing Batman and will no longer be a part of these movies as the whole DCEU has ended qnd now we look forward to James Gunn's promising DCU reboot

Man this sucked that we never got this movie. Once again WB just had to step in and ruin it for everyone

Great vid would have been cool to see batfleck have his own film.

seems much better than overrated matt reeves' shitshow

I genuinely think that Gunn will bring us something even better. The true problem with the DCEU was it all being based off of a failed film for its base. Compare how people viewed MoS and BvS with how people viewed Iron Man and Captain America. The base didn't work, so the films around it failed. The best DCEU movie is The Suicide Squad. Gunn is the reason for that.

I hope something magical happens and we get to hear that Ben returns as the batman, back with his dedicated script. That would definitely be magical to hear. 🤞

It would be absolute banger

I just can't deal with them small a** Batman ears. Save that s*** for Catman, goddamn. Batfleck would be so much cooler with longer ears.

Too bad, this sounds infinitely better than the trash that was Robert Pattinson's Batman. I honestly don't understand why people like that movie so much.

Never got the Batfleck hate. He's apparently a normal guy. Batman is American James Bond: there's always a backlash to the casting.

I loved and enjoyed the Reeves/Pattinson version, but this would have been the Batman movie that we've all been waiting for!

Things some people STILL wouldn't acknowledge. Ben Affleck The Best Batman. Ruthless Brutal Veteran

Ben Affleck was literally the best part of Batman V Superman and damn near the entire DCEU💯

oh you just dropped it sweet lol

This would have been the BEST Batman movie EVER! Imagine Ben Afflec's Batman vs Deathstroke in a live action! we soooo missed out on what could have been such an amazing film!

A solo affleck bat film would have been so amazing. WB has dropped the ball on a lot of projects. We really missed on what could have been. Plus the knightmare scenes were awesome

2:08 Handsomeness overload in one frame 🥰 I do remember this becoming the Hello Darkness meme though.😆

This movie sounds like the dream movie for Batman fans, if it had worked as well as planned, could’ve been spectacular

This sounds absolutely amazing. Such a shame we never got it.

I really hope we see this one day. I think it would’ve been amazing.

And wow this sounds good

What Ben Affleck calls 'nailing it' in his portrayal of Batman in the Flash (2023) film must've been cut out of the finished product. He's actually a really awesome version of Batman and plays him well when the plot and script allows him to. Sadly, he's yet to be anything but underused.

Great video

I know Ben is done, but damn I’d love to see him get a second chance. I know I Keaton is perfect for Beyond, but I could totally see an old Ben Affleck playing an Old Bruce.

What a good series!! loving this channel Id love to see a "What Could Have Been: Guillermo del toro's Pacific Rim 2", they did him dirty!

I'm sure Affleck's movie would've been really good but if losing it meant that we got Reeves' and Pattinson's version then I'm absolutely cool with it.

I completely avoided all the trailers and spoilers and drama around the flash. I got up from my seat so happy to see Ben as Batman one more time.