{"id":87276,"date":"2017-01-30T21:29:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T02:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=87276"},"modified":"2017-01-30T21:29:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T02:29:21","slug":"ben-affleck-is-not-directing-batman-but-will-produce-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/01\/30\/ben-affleck-is-not-directing-batman-but-will-produce-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck is not directing Batman, but will produce, star"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_87279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87279\" style=\"width: 1354px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/12719301_1020109598063467_6175039569733159411_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87279\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/12719301_1020109598063467_6175039569733159411_o.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Affleck is no longer directing the Batman (Pictured) standalone movie for Warner Bros. (Photo: Ben Affleck\/ Facebook)\" width=\"1354\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/12719301_1020109598063467_6175039569733159411_o.jpg 1354w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/12719301_1020109598063467_6175039569733159411_o-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/12719301_1020109598063467_6175039569733159411_o-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/12719301_1020109598063467_6175039569733159411_o-1024x439.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1354px) 100vw, 1354px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Affleck is no longer directing the Batman (Pictured) standalone movie for Warner Bros. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/benaffleck\/\">Ben Affleck\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2013Ben Affleck is no longer directing the Batman standalone movie for Warner Bros.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Monday, Affleck said it \u201chas become clear that I cannot do both jobs to the level they require\u201d and that he and the studio are looking for a new director.<\/p>\n<p>Affleck, who made his debut as the superhero for the studio last summer in \u201cBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.\u201d had been attached to write and direct the Batman standalone movie for over a year.<\/p>\n<p>The studio in a statement said that it \u201cfully supports\u201d his decision and \u201cremains committed to working with him to bring a standalone Batman picture to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros. this past fall lost another director in their DC Universe in Rick Famuyiwa who had been set for \u201cThe Flash.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2013Ben Affleck is no longer directing the Batman standalone movie for Warner Bros. In a statement Monday, Affleck &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":87279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[14435,14436],"class_list":["post-87276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-batman","tag-ben-affleck","mauthors-lindsey-bahr","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}