As first reported by Vanity Fair, Ben Affleck is back in the DCEU and will appear in Andy Muschietti’s The Flash. Affleck reportedly received the script last week and agreed to join the movie earlier this week.
Turns out, Andy Muschietti is a big fan of Ben Affleck’s Batman, telling Vanity Fair:
If anything, Muschietti seems quite confident in his ideas for Affleck’s character and his script for The Flash. So, we know Ben Affleck is coming back but, how much of an impact will Affleck’s Batman have on the movie’s narrative?
Finally, the IT director confirmed that Michael Keaton’s Batman from the Tim Burton movies will have a “substantial” part in The Flash. The movie is said to somewhat follow the iconic Flashpoint storyline from the comics that saw Barry Allen travel back in time to save his mother from being murdered. However, with Michael Keaton’s version of Batman involved, it seems that the film will also tackle DC’s multiverse.
The Flash is currently set to hit theaters on June 3rd, 2022.
