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Report: Ben Affleck will write, direct and star in the next 'Batman' film

I hope you like Ben Affleck in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justicebecause Deadline reports that he's about to be a lot more involved in the Caped Crusader's future. According to their sources,  Affleck will not just star in the next Batman solo outing (which wouldn't surprise anyone, really), he's also slated to direct it and co-write it with DC Comics' Geoff Johns.

Deadline's sources say that the film will take place after the events of Dawn of Justice and that it will be Affleck's next project after Live by Night (though they say the Batman script is already in progress and could be turned into Warner Bros. by the end of this summer).

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Warner Bros. and DC have already announced a pretty full schedule of comic book movies between now and 2020, most of which should culminate in the release of  Justice League Part Two in 2019. It's unknown whether WB would try to squeeze a Batman movie in with the others or simply wait until after Justice League.