Squash Those Petitions! Why Ben Affleck As Batman Is A Good Move For Warner Bros

MIKE FLEMING JR, Deadline.com
Fri, 08/23/2013 - 1:36pm

OPINION: I was as surprised as anyone when Ben Affleck was named the new Batman by Warner Bros. While I know I will be incurring the Wrath of Khan from a certain segment of Deadline readers for saying this, I do not share the alarm expressed by just about all 300 + Deadline commenters who’ve condemned the move and feel it’s awful for Affleck, Warner Bros, and humanity as a whole. This is the biggest Affleck surprise I can recall since I saw Gone Baby Gone and was surprised to see that he was a helluva filmmaker.

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