If you haven’t noticed, there’s been an onslaught of Justice League news as bloggers were invited to the film’s London set, and have been given the go-ahead to publish their stories about what they saw and heard there. One of the biggest stories is that Ben Affleck finally, officially, confirmed that he’s directing a standalone Batman movie. He’s spoken about the solo film (hopefully titled The Batman) before, but always in a “here’s what I would do if I were to direct this” kind of way. Now he’s owning it, and teasing a little of what we can expect the tone to be. Continue reading