{"id":1006,"date":"2012-08-09T00:47:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T04:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2012-08-09T00:47:50","modified_gmt":"2012-08-09T04:47:50","slug":"ben-affleck-on-justice-league-his-camp-says-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2012\/08\/09\/ben-affleck-on-justice-league-his-camp-says-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck On \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcJustice League?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 His Camp Says No"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mike<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been reading a lot of stuff lately that has been of questionable substance, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m calling bullshit on this big Variety scoop today that implies Warner Bros will get Ben Affleck as director of its Justice League<\/em> film. This is a story I checked out days ago, and didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t run when Affleck\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reps stated that it was not<\/em> going to happen with him. Now, it makes sense that Warner Bros would offer<\/em> Affleck the project. Chris Nolan is top man over there, but after three Batfilms and after producing the Superman reboot Man of Steel<\/em>, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gotten spandex-clad protagonists out of his system. After Nolan, the studio then offers everything else to Harry Potter<\/em> director David Yates (who is now keen on Tarzan<\/em>) and Affleck, who has become a major director with Gone Baby Gone<\/em>, The Town<\/em>, and the upcoming Argo<\/em>. Just because the studio wants Affleck doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean he will do the movie, and several sources tell me he might take a meeting, but that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it.<\/p>\n

After putting his acting career in the dumper with questionable choices like Gigli<\/em>, Affleck admirably scripted a second act for himself with his writing and directing skills, and did it by taking on unexpected, thoughtful films. His reps clearly denied he would take this, and why would he want to direct a Justice League<\/em> movie, unless he himself had figured out a way to make one that would compare favorably with Joss Whedon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s billion dollar Marvel smash The Avengers<\/em>? I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see it. As my old agent\/manager pal Michael Black used to say sometimes when I came at him breathlessly with an important but dubious package involving one of his clients, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t dress for that<\/em> premiere, darling.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

via Deadline.com http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2012\/08\/ben-affleck-on-justice-league-his-camp-says-no\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been reading a lot of stuff lately that has been of questionable substance, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m calling bullshit on this big Variety scoop today that implies Warner Bros will get Ben Affleck as director of its Justice League film. This is a story I checked out days ago, and didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t run when Affleck\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reps stated … <\/p>\n

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