Affleck’s Batman suit is a total reinvention

Ben Affleck’s wife Jennifer Garner has called the new Batman suit a “total reinvention”.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, the Dallas Buyers Club actor said costume designers on the forthcoming Batman v Superman movie had radically revised the togs worn by the caped crusader. “I’ve seen the suit,” she said. “[It’s] unbelievably cool. It’s a total reinvention, it looks great.”

Director Kevin Smith, who is one of Affleck’s closest friends, has previously revealed the new Batsuit marks a sea change from previous big screen iterations. He said on his podcast, Hollywood Babble-On: “You have not seen this costume in film before. Because every other movie has done this Matrix, X-Men black armour thing. There wasn’t a single nipple on this fricking suit.”

Man of Steel 2, the followup to last summer’s Superman reboot Man of Steel, was pushed back by nine months to May 2016 over the weekend. Reports suggest the delay may be for financial reasons, with the US blog ComicBookMovie.com hinting at concern over the depiction of Wonder Woman’s home, Paradise Island (aka Themyscira). “Executives are debating whether to feature the island, which would require massive VFX, or merely referencing it,” the blog reported.

ComicBookMovie.com also added its voice to a growing chorus in the blogosphere suggesting that Joaquin Phoenix will portray villain Lex Luthor in the new film. Studio Warner Bros has made no official announcement on the casting rumour, and the film still does not even have an official title. It has, however, been established that Zach Snyder’s movie will see Henry Cavill’s man of steel take on Affleck’s dark knight, with Wonder Woman also due to make her debut big screen appearance.

Warner Bros hints at titles Peter Bradshaw’s take on Affleck’s casting.