Frequent Zack Snyder collaborator and storyboard artist Jay Oliva believes Ben Affleck’s never-made Batman movie would have “made fans proud” with the actor and director’s version of the Dark Knight. Oliva, the storyboard artist behind the Snyder-directed Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, worked with Affleck on his planned standalone Batman movie until the Argo filmmaker exited the project — and the DC Extended Universe. When Affleck confirmed his retirement from the cape and cowl in 2019, he said he “couldn’t crack” his version of The Batman scripted with co-writer Geoff Johns. According to Oliva, the fandom would have embraced Affleck’s abandoned Batman movie:
I’m curious where you got this info from Scott? Did Ben tell you this because I was working with him personally just prior to him leaving the project and not once did he seem like he didn’t want to be Batman. His version of Batman in his solo movie would have mad fans proud.
