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In an interview published by The New York Times via Deadline, Ben Affleck has revealed his true reasons on why he decided to leave The Batman and it all came down to alcohol. The two-time Oscar winner admitted that between his struggles with alcohol, his divorce from Jennifer Garner, and all the problems with the shoot on Justice League that he had to abandon the role of Bruce Wayne. “I showed somebody The Batman script,” Affleck told the Times. “They said, ‘I think the script is good. I also think you’ll drink yourself to death if you go through what you just went though again.” Affleck said he “drank relatively normally,” but then things got out-of-control. “I drank relatively normally for a long time. What happened was that I started drinking more and more when my marriage was falling apart,” he explained. “You’re trying to make yourself feel better with eating or drinking or sex or gambling or shopping or whatever,” the actor and director explained. “But that ends up making your life worse. Then you do more of it to make that discomfort go away. Then the real pain starts. It becomes a vicious cycle you can’t break. That’s at least what happened to me.” The 47-year old actor's marriage to Garner ended in 2018 and he played the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League, and a cameo in Suicide Squad. A new movie about the caped crusader, The Batman is being film with Robert Pattinson taking over the title role. Directed and co-written by Matt Reeves, the film co-stars Zoë Kravitz, Colin Farrell, Andy Serkis, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Jayme Lawson and Peter Sarsgaard. The film is set to premiere on June 25th, 2021.

Director Matt Reeves has posted a video showing a camera test for Robert Pattinson as Batman in the upcoming “The Batman” movie. Pattinson steps out to give us a first look at the new suit to an bat like music score.

Sources from within are reporting that Jonah Hill and Westworld star Jeffrey Wright are in in negotiations for Matt Reeves' The Batman. Robert Pattinson is headlining as the Dark Knight with Wright is looking to play Commissioner Gordon. Sources are stating that Hill is being looked over for a villain role but the deal hasn’t closed and sources say it could still fall apart, but both sides are engaging on Hill joining. Pre-production on the Warner Bros.-DC Comics movie is expected to start this summer. No official production start date has been set. Reeves took over the directing duties from Ben Affleck in January 2017 and has been developing the project ever since. He is credited for helming the last two “Planet of the Apes” sequels. Reeves’ “Planet of the Apes” collaborator Dylan Clark is also attached as producer. The Batman is set for a June 25th, 2021, release. Source: Variety / The Hollywood Reporter