Ben Affleckin piti silloin joskus ohjata ja näytellä pääosaa omassa Batman-elokuvassaan. Moista ei kuitenkaan koskaan tapahtunut. Tarina olisi keskittynyt Joe Manganiellon Deathstrokeen ja siihen, kuinka heppu hyvinkin järjestelmällisesti tuhosi Bruce Waynen elämän.
Nyt sitten DC:n Jay Oliva on paljastanut, että elokuva olisi hakenut materiaalinsa Batmanin 80-vuotisesta historiasta, ja tuonut mukaan kokonaan uudenlaisen näkökulman.
Ben Affleck vilahti viimeksi Batmanina elokuvassa The Flash.
"I've worked on a lot of Batman things and what was really cool about it was, it was tying together a lot of really cool Batman storylines that had never been really explored. Ben's story was gonna cover something that had never really been covered in comics but was building off of storylines in the Batman mythos over the last 80 years and approaching it from a new kind of perspective. It was very clever and there were a lot of things about it that I really loved that I wish that had come to fruition. It was a really great project in the beginning. Ben had to step away for personal reasons, and I totally understood, but the time that I spent with Ben working on the project was fantastic. Maybe someday I can spill the beans, but I still can't talk about it."