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Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck are Superman and Batman no more. WB looking for a new Batman.

Bus-TEE

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I love the mass hysteria for news that was abundantly clear months and months ago.

We knew Affleck wouldn't be back when Justice League had a soft opening. Gone.

If WB wanted a Cavill fronted Superman sequel they would have had one in production by now. Gone.

Jared Leto will be replaced too. Gone.

Given that WB are going for more of a 'silo' approach with these characters it doesn't really matter whether there is a mass recasting or not as they won't be dropping in and out of everyone else's film the way they do in the MCU.

WB got a 'AAA' filmmaker in Matt Reeves to soft reboot Batman and Warners will bring in a similarly impressive name/talent to soft reboot Superman too.
 
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Classicrock78 said:
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No way they can make a suit that fits his "needs"
 
hordak

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Ichi said:
Finally people can stop pretending that BvS, Man if Steel or Justice League are masterpieces. Snyder singlehandedly brought DCEU down. Imagine a world where Superman, Batman, Wonderwoman are being beaten by Iron Man, Captain America and Thor.
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what do you mean imagine? we ARE living in the world where 2 Avengers movies made almost as much as 5 DC comic movies. And 12 MCU movies all made more money at the box office than a Justice League movie.

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this is amazinggggg
 
Dr Doom

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Era about go Casting Couch:
Jon Hamm as Superman
Michael Fassbender as Batman
Idris Elba as Cyborg
Ryan Gosling as Flash
Gal still as WW
 
Vault Boy

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Cavill deserves better than Superman, and Batman deserves better than Affleck, so I'm ok with this.
 

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Easily solution for Gunn. Release WW, Aquaman, Shazam and then have a time altering event with a Flash movie in 2020.

Start from scratch.
 
Alienous

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That isn't saying Cavill is gone though, is it? Especially considering that it specifically calls out a Batman recast.

Reading that couldn't it just mean that they aren't planning a solo Superman movie, but Cavill remains in the role?
 
LewieP

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Alienous said:
That isn't saying Cavill is gone though, is it? Especially considering that it specifically calls out a Batman recast.

Reading that couldn't it just mean that they aren't planning a solo Superman movie, but Cavill remains in the role?
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I think more likely is they have no plans for Superman to appear in any movies for the immediate future, so there's no need to recast right now.
 

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The actors were never the issue to be fair, in fact I liked them both in their roles. Since The Flash is having issues, they lost some of their main characters and such, they should probably just reboot this universe thing or start making separate movie universes again. It clearly isn't working out when only Wonder Woman was an effectively competent movie out of the bunch (I personally didn't dislike Man Of Steel for example, but I don't really want to watch it again either). There's things worth saving for sure, but at this point I wouldn't even bother.
 
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Batfleck was good. I would have liked to see the Batman movie he was going to direct and star in.

Regarding Cavill, let's just say I'm glad he's free to move on to other things. He looked the part but the writing, performance, and styling were all wrong for his Superman.
 
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LewieP said:
I think more likely is they have no plans for Superman to appear in any movies for the immediate future, so there's no need to recast right now.
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They'll definitely have a filmmaker in mind to reboot Superman (casting a new Clark and a new Lois) but they aren't moving on it at the moment because they'll let Reeves do his thing with Batman and then plan accordingly.

There's no way WB have a white board somewhere on the studio lot with Superman written on it and a thin layer of dust on it. He's one of the cornerstones of the DCU and he's even front and centre of the animated DC films logo that plays before the films.
 
BrickArts295

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RIP to a great cast, its a damn shame they couldn't each get a film to shine on their own.
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Oh well WB stays loosing...
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Alienous said:
That isn't saying Cavill is gone though, is it? Especially considering that it specifically calls out a Batman recast.

Reading that couldn't it just mean that they aren't planning a solo Superman movie, but Cavill remains in the role?
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And the Batman recasting is only "expected".

There's a reason this was buried in a Flash article, neither are confirmations, if Variety had more solid info they would have lead with that as it's the bigger story.
 

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Changing the actor wont make the films any better.

I loved Batfleck and Man of Steel is one of my favourite Superman films. If they are recasting then I'm not interested in any further DC movie.
 
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Finally! Now they only need to remove Gadot and start fresh from the new Aquaman movie.
 
Frozenprince

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Green Lantern is happening because they gave Geoff Johns UNLIMITED POWAH and GL is his baby.

If they DO reboot and restart, that's where it'd be if it's within the next five years, if not, then yeah this thing is just anthologies for a long, long while.
 
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I doubt it. I think they can go with the anthology aspect for some time but if James Gunn is on fire and in revenge mode, I could see him spearheading the future of DC Films and it'd be glorious.
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This assumption that Guardian of the Galaxy's quality was all Gunn and that he's so talented that he can singlehandedly rescue the DCEU will never stop being amusing.

I'm sooooo looking forward to the meltdowns. In fact, since Gunn is far from stupid, I'm still unsure he'll actually want any part of this.
 
SJRB

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Affleck deserved a proper, good standalone Batman movie.

I really thought he was great, it really sucks that he's gone.
 
Galkinator

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Don't care about Cavill, but Affleck's Batman was cool to see on the film. Oh well, just give everything to Gunn and let the DCU shine for once, damn WB
 
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They are both solid actors and play the roles well. They aren't the reasons why your films are always mediocre.
 
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Damn. Affleck and Cavill got a tough break here. They definitely weren't the problem with those movies. Interested to see who they cast in these roles now though. I remember rumors for both Jon Hamm and Jake Gyllenhaal circulating for Matt Reeve's Batman film. I wonder if either of them is still in serious consideration.
 
Dark Ninja

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The only DC movie im interested in now is a movie about the backstage production stuff. Cavill and Affleck weren't even the problem with these movies.
 
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You will keep fucking this up WB until you keep your dirty money grabbing fingers out of the process.
 
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