...What about Batman, though?

(Sorry, someone had to be the first to ask. I'll take the bullet.)

Good job, hope het gets some solid roles and directs another movie.

Great to hear he's doing better.

Good for him.

Good on him

Happy for him. Alcohol addiction can be a bitch. Glad he's kicking it's ass. And he looks like he's in good shape too.

Hope he starts leading a healthy lifestyle.

Glad to see he's back to a healthier place, hope he stays that way for a long, long time.

In regards to his career - I definitely wanna see him direct more movies like The Town and Argo, so hopefully he'll get to a place where he feels able to do that again.

And as for Batman - I really hope he comes back. I love what he's done with the character, even when he hasn't always had the best material to work with. Having said that, I'm also hoping Batman starts to take a bit of a backseat as the DCEU progresses (if it gets back on track and does go forward).

We've had A LOT of Batman over the last decade or so, certainly more than any other DC character, so making him the face of the franchise again would be overkill. Also considering the fact Batman is an older character in this universe, it makes sense to let the newer heroes take over, plus it's clear (whether or not he still wants to play the character, which I don't think even he knows at this point much less anyone else) Affleck is finding it hard to keep up due to how physically demanding and time consuming the role is, as well as the quality of the material he's been working with clearly having a negative effect on his time as the character.

So yeah, hopefully he'll direct and work on projects he wants to work on, pop up as Batman from time to time as a supporting character when it's relevant (Justice League, movies based on characters like Nightwing/Batgirl/etc.), but first and foremost focus on his health and wellbeing.

Also regarding Batman, I'm kind of open to him staying on as the "older" Batman as a framing device if Matt Reeves' Batman movie is mostly focusing on a younger version of the character, if that movie ever does happen. I just don't wanna see him cast aside, and certainly don't want DC to suddenly make this version of the character younger going forward when the cool thing about him is that we're seeing an experienced, veteran Batman on screen for the first time.

It truly is a never ending battle, and a god-awful miserable one at that.

Please get someone new to play Batman. A younger guy that can act and is in shape and is enthusiastic to play the character.

Can't wait for Zack to claim on Vero that this was part of his plan for the DCEU.

On a serious note, congrats Ben and good luck moving forward.