Deathstroke Actor Joe Manganiello Reveals Ben Affleck's Canceled Batman Movie Would Have Featured Arkham Asylum-Inspired Fight, DCEU Batgirl
Manganiello says the film would have centered on Deathstroke's vendetta against Batman and included Alfred hostage scenes, a killed commissioner and a new Batgirl.
- In his new memoir Bloodlines, actor Joe Manganiello revealed detailed plot points for Ben Affleck's canceled Batman film, which centered on a conflict between Batman and the assassin Deathstroke.
- Manganiello questioned whether Affleck could handle writing, directing, and starring in the blockbuster; Affleck later acknowledged struggling with alcohol during the project's development.
- Describing the narrative as "a superhero version of David Fincher's The Game," Manganiello noted Slade Wilson planned to "dismantle Batman's entire life" by killing Commissioner Gordon and kidnapping Alfred Pennyworth.
- The film's climax featured a "showdown through the streets of Gotham," where Batgirl joined Batman against Slade, with the pair nearly killed before they "escape via an aboveground train."
- DCU bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran are developing new Batman iterations including The Batman Part 2, though the DCEU project was ultimately scrapped.
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Joe Manganiello Says Ben Affleck’s Scrapped Batman Film Would Have Seen Deathstroke ‘Dismantle Batman’s Entire Life’ and Kill Commissioner Gordon
Joe Manganiello, who was set to reprise the role of Deathstroke in Ben Affleck’s scrapped Batman film, is telling all about what would have happened had the superhero film made it to theaters. In his new memoir “Bloodlines,” published on Tuesday, the actor wrote that Affleck, who was attached as the writer, director, producer and star, planned to make the film “a superhero version of David Fincher’s ‘The Game’” in which Deathstroke would “disma…
Joe Manganiello Reveals Ben Affleck’s Scrapped ‘Batman’ Movie Would Have Killed Commissioner Gordon & Nearly Killed Batgirl
Ben Affleck’s abandoned solo “Batman” movie remains one of the more intriguing casualties of Warner Bros.’ old DC universe, and Joe Manganiello has now revealed just how dark the project would have been. According to the actor, the film would have featured the murder of Commissioner Gordon, Alfred being taken hostage, and a brutal confrontation involving Batman and Batgirl, all orchestrated by Manganiello’s Deathstroke. Continue reading Joe Mang…
Joe Manganiello Confirms Ben Affleck’s Canceled Batman Movie Was Inspired by David Fincher
Joe Manganiello, who briefly appeared as Deathstroke in Justice League, has released a memoir titled Bloodlines (via Entertainment Weekly), and the actor has revealed several key details about the unmade Ben-Affleck Batman movie that never saw the light of day. The Justice League actor revealed that it was Affleck’s plan to make the film “a […] This post belongs to FandomWire and first appeared on FandomWire
Joe Manganiello just goes ahead and says all the cool bad guy stuff he would have done in Ben Affleck's Batman movie
You have to feel for Joe Manganiello, a victim of what we’ve come to think of as “Whoops, the people who made our after-credits stinger for this superhero movie sure got a little too excited, huh?” syndrome. (Other recent sufferers include Harry “I played Thanos’ brother for 60 seconds” Styles and Mahershala “Really, you can’t do better than a voice cameo in six years?” Ali, both courtesy of Marvel’s Eternals.) Manganiello, for his part, was all…
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