Ben Affleck has pulled out of directing the upcoming standalone Batman film.<\/p>\n
The A-lister will still produce and star in the as yet unnamed film but said in a statement he and Warner Bros were looking for a new director.<\/p>\n
“It has become clear that I cannot do both jobs to the level they require.<\/p>\n
“There are certain characters who hold a special place in the hearts of millions. Performing this role demands focus, passion and the very best performance I can give,” he said.<\/p>\n
‘Critical mauling’<\/strong><\/p>\n Affleck made his debut as the superhero for Warner Bros last summer in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which received mixed reviews from critics.<\/p>\n His statement continued: “I am still in this, and we are making it.<\/p>\n “I remain extremely committed to this project, and look forward to bringing this to life for fans around the world.”<\/p>\n The studio said in a statement said that it “fully supports” Affleck’s decision and “remains committed to working with him to bring a standalone Batman picture to life”.<\/p>\n The standalone Batman film has no official release date yet but is thought to be scheduled for 2018.<\/p>\n Affleck recently made a cameo as Batman\/Bruce Wayne in Warner Bros’ Suicide Squad which fared well at the box office but was savaged by the critics.<\/p>\n The Oscar-winner will next appear as Batman in Justice League, which will be released on 17 November.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ben Affleck has pulled out of directing the upcoming standalone Batman film. The A-lister will still produce and star in the as yet unnamed film but said in a statement he and Warner Bros were looking for a new director. “It has become clear that I cannot do both jobs to the level they require. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-showbiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=290169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=290169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=290169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=290169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}