Last year, Matt Reeves’ The Batman was released and introduced the world to Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne, but there was a time when this project was supposed to give Ben Affleck’s Batman his own platform. Ahead of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’s release in 2016, Affleck team with then-DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns to work on the DC movie’s script, but it was ultimately decided to scrap this angle in favor of going the reboot route. Now a veteran from the DC Extended Universe has opened up about how deeply Affleck’s version of The Batman would have explored the Caped Crusader’s mythos, and he dropped an f-bomb while doing so.
Jay Oliva has been a storyboard artist on numerous DC projects, including DCEU entries Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman and Justice League (both versions). He also served in a consultant-like during the DCEU era, and as such was eventually looped into the development of Ben Affleck’s The Batman. In an interview with Inverse, Oliva noted that while he couldn’t “say much about this project,” he first described it as “fucking awesome” and “amazing,” then added the following:
