Gabe Kaplan has also been cast as James Gordon.
Dang it,G! For a moment there you got my hopes up.
Pow! Ben Affleck Is Out As Movie Batman And Jon Hamm Takes The Cape- In a surprising development, Jon Hamm has been signed to replace Ben Affleck in the upcoming Batman vs Superman movie and all subsequent episodes.
Warner Bros. issued a statement saying the decision not to cast Affleck, who played the dark hero in the two previous movies, was a "mutual agreement" and that the company "looks forward to making many more films with Ben."
Affleck indicated he wanted to get on to other things.
Stressing his good relationship with the studio, where he's also shot Reindeer Games and Pearl Harbor, he said: "I look forward to having the opportunity to play a wide variety of roles of many genres."
Reports circulated that Affleck, an acclaimed director in his own right, wasn't getting on with director Zach Snyder.
Hamm is most famous as Don Draper in Mad Men. He also worked with Affleck in the Town.
Affleck had been a controversial choice among fans since his casting was initially announced, with many suggesting Hamm or Josh Brolin would be a better fit for the role.
Well, at least Hamm will have something to do when "Mad Men" ends.
Does anyone actually like Ben Affleck?
As Mallrats was the first movie I ever saw him in, he will always to me be "the asshole guy from Fashionable Male". That works on a lot of levels...
He was the bomb in Phantoms, yo.
As in, he bombed in Phantoms?
I haven't seen it. I like him better as a screenwriter than as an actor. The closest I've come to enjoying Affleck is The Town.
For all its awards, I thought Argo was overrated and rather unspectactular.
I like him best in Mallrats and Chasing Amy.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was pretty good too, particularly the scene where he and Matt Damon are talking to the camera. When Dogma came out, I think the Kevin Smith "view-askew-niverse" had grown stale, but even that had some funny lines.
I guess I like him in the Smith movies because they're funny and less intense than anything else I've seen him in.
If you saw Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back you ought to get that reference, WB.
Again, does anyone actually like Ben Affleck?
I've never never heard anyone express either disappointment or enthusiasm that he is or isn't in a movie. He's just kind of there.