Oscar winner Ben Affleck has reportedly been approached by Warner Bros. about directing their long-gestating Justice League of America movie and might even play a role in it.
According to Variety, "Affleck is the only candidate who’s been sent Will Beall’s Justice League script, which the Gangster Squad scribe was hired to write last summer. ... Affleck has made it clear that he’s only interested in directing films in which he also stars — The Town and Argo are proof of that — so its likely that if this pairing ever came to fruition, he would don a suit of his own. One possible hesitation on Affleck’s part is that any involvement with Justice League would take him out of circulation as a director for a few years. He could, however, still fit in an acting gig at Warners."
The trade adds that the JLA movie could open summer 2015, which could see it go toe-to-toe against The Avengers 2. Imagine that!
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As you know, Ben Affleck is no stranger to superhero fare having starred as Daredevil and playing Superman TV star George Reeves in Hollywoodland. Affleck's name was also bandied about as a Superman contender way back in the day.
What do you think of Affleck possibly directing JLA? And if he does play a role in the film, who should it be?
UPDATE: Both Deadline and Vulture are downplaying the Affleck/JLA rumors, saying the actor-director is offered every Warners project first, with Deadline adding that Affleck's camp is denying that he'll make the movie.
