Vi endte med at få Matt Reeves' The Batman med Robert Pattinson i hovedrollen, men inden da lignede det for en stund at Ben Affleck både skulle instruere, producere og agere hovedrolle i en stor Batman-film. Han arbejdede faktisk på manuskriptet i adskillige år, men kastede i sidste ende håndklædet i ringen.
I et nyt interview med The Direct fortæller han lidt mere om hvordan filmen kunne have set ud, inklusiv hans fortolkning af Deathstroke-karakteren spillet af Joe Manganiello:
"It was a really dark story in which Deathstroke was like a shark or a horror movie villain that was dismantling Bruce's life from the inside out. It was this systemic thing: He killed everyone close to Bruce and destroyed his life to try and make him suffer because he felt that Bruce was responsible for something that happened to him."
Han beskriver desuden selve processen, og hvordan han kæmpede med at fokusere virkelig direkte på Deathstroke:
"So I was at the time really trying to hone in and focus on that character and get into depth and detail about it to make him seem as impressive as I felt there was the opportunity to do. That's the only detail I have for you."
Desværre ser filmen aldrig dagens lys.