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Ben Affleck\u00a0will play Batman in the followup to this summer’s “Man of Steel,” due in 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ever since\u00a0the announcement\u00a0at\u00a0Comic-Con\u00a0that Batman would make an appearance in the sequel to”Man of Steel”\u00a0(and\u00a0Christian Bale’s\u00a0declaration that he wouldn’t be donning the cape\u00a0a fourth time), rumors have been swirling about who would be playing Gotham’s vigilante guardian. In a statement today, director\u00a0Zack Snyder named Affleck\u00a0the next caped crusader, touting his ability to portray a wizened Dark Knight and affirming that the actor can successfully embody the gravitas and wit of the one and only Bruce Wayne. Ben Affleck\u00a0will play Batman in the followup to this summer’s “Man of Steel,” due in 2015. Ever since\u00a0the announcement\u00a0at\u00a0Comic-Con\u00a0that Batman would make an appearance in the sequel to”Man of Steel”\u00a0(and\u00a0Christian Bale’s\u00a0declaration that he wouldn’t be donning the cape\u00a0a fourth time), rumors have been swirling about who would be playing Gotham’s vigilante guardian. In a statement today, director\u00a0Zack Snyder named Affleck\u00a0the next caped crusader, touting his ability to portray a wizened Dark Knight and affirming that the actor can successfully embody the gravitas and wit of the one and only Bruce<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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“Ben provides an interesting counter-balance to Henry’s Superman,” Snyder wrote. “He has the acting chops to create a layered portrayal of a man who is older and wiser than Clark Kent and bears the scars of a seasoned crime fighter, but retain the charm that the world sees in billionaire Bruce Wayne. I can’t wait to work with him.”
\nHenry Cavill, of course, will be returning as Superman in the yet-to-be-named sequel.\u00a0Amy Adams,Laurence Fishburne, and\u00a0Diane Lane\u00a0are also set to reprise their respective roles.
\nYou can catch\u00a0Ben Affleck\u00a0as Batman when “Man of Steel 2” (or whatever it’s called) soars into theaters July 17, 2015.
\n– MovieFone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"