Ben Affleck's "Batman" Film Was Going To Be Like David Fincher's "The Game"

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Joe Manganiello is opening up in his biography 'Bloodline' about plot details of Ben Affleck's cancelled 'Batman' film that Manganiello was going to star in as Deathstroke, a role he originated in the 'Justice League ' post-credit scene in 2017. And it would be the comic book version of David Fincher's 'The Game' that starred Michael Douglas and Sean Penn.

Such details include Deathstroke holding Alfred hostage, murdering Commissioner Gordon and "Deathstroke would nearly kill both Batman and Batgirl before they would both escape via an aboveground train."

Manganiello concluded that "It sounded good to me. I told Ben how great I thought his films were, especially ‘The Town,’ and how I was really looking forward to seeing his Best Picture version of a Batman movie. Affleck’s roles on set sounded like a lot for a single person, to which Affleck responded yeah, I know…But don’t worry, you’re in good hands. You’re in good hands, man."

Affleck would ultimately leave the production after the toxicity during the production of 'Justice League' when Zack Snyder was replaced with Joss Whedon after the death of his daughter. He explained his reasons on the 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast.

"The experience of ‘Justice League’ was so negative for lots of different reasons, some of which have to do with where I was at personally and some of which had to do with the tragedy that happened at that time. I saw how not to make a movie like that, which is where the studio is at odds with the filmmaker. You are really making a mistake. I was really glad and gratified that Zack got to release [his version via the Snyder Cut]. That was fucking great. I was really happy for him. That was shitty, him being taken off that movie and the reshoots that we did. If you want the low point of my career, it was that."

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