The movie linked to the Arkham saga could have been the perfect inspiration for Ben Affleck’s Batman
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Despite being the last Batman that passed through the DCEU, Ben Affleck He never made a movie like Bruce Wayne alone in the DCEU. However, an animated film arkham which premiered in 2014 may be the closest to what could have been planned. After the election of the actor as Bruce Wayne for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justiceeverything seemed to indicate that Ben Affleck It seemed like he was going to be able to star in a production of batman. The details may not be entirely concise, but part of what is known is that was meant to be called The Batman.
The movie linked to the Arkham saga could have been the perfect inspiration for Ben Affleck’s Batman
Besides, Joe Manganiello was going to be the central villain and the main scenario would be the Arkham Asylum. Arkham Asylum has been an essential part of Batman’s history, having a larger presence as part of Matt Reeves’ version of Batman that would replace Ben Affleck. A television spin-off of Arkham Asylumbut until then, this place has always been infrequent in various adaptations associated with the Dark Knightexcept for two very obvious ones.
The first most obvious one is the arkham series of video games and the second was a production based on the animation that derived from these games. Batman: Assault on Arkham It looks like the plan there was to settle the version of Batman played by Ben Affleck in the future of DCEU. In the animated film in question, Amanda Waller brings together the Suicide Squad to break into Arkham Asylum with the aim of stealing information from The Riddler.
With a huge cast of characters, the film was set in the dc animated universe, but it was clearly influenced by the Arkham trilogy video games. This adaptation was selective with respect to to the video game canonwith some voice actors from the games reprising much of their roles.
The execution of such a proposal in an almost perfect way, especially in relation to introducing a cast of characters so broad it felt organicmakes Batman: Assault on Arkham a mold to follow for a renewed DCEU who is taking his first steps on the big screen.
Additionally, the James Gunn-led DCEU appears to be following the pattern established in Assault on Arkham by building a world in which dozens of characters can coexist. Regarding what has been confirmed about Superman so far, it can be said that he has a huge cast full of great characters such as Supergirl, Hawkgirl, Mr Terrific either Green Lantern.
In an exhausting race to follow the wake of the success of Marvel Studioshe DCEU He never knew how to live up to the expectations of a universe that was equally valid for building something great. Now, the viewers of D.C. may have come to understand the size and shape of these universes, especially after the enormous success that the MCU. There will probably never be a movie batman solo of Ben Affleckbut the inspiration behind this can be found in several Batman adaptations in the past.
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