Ben Affleck Says His Batman Movie Doesn't Actually Have a Title Yet

Last week Ben Affleck spoke about the progress on his standalone Batman movie, and suggested that the working title was The Batman. However, the star has now explained that the DC film doesn't actually have any title yet.

During an Facebook Live Q&A on E! News, the star was asked about the Batman film, which he will also direct and co-write. "There is no Batman movie happening yet," he said, via Screenrant. "We're still trying to figure it out, you know, get the script and budget and all that stuff.

"Someone said, 'What are you calling it?' and I was like, 'We don't have a name for it, we're just going with The Batman or Batman movie.'

"I said that, and everyone was like 'Affleck announces the name of his Batman movie.'"

Last month, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes stated that the Batman film was "a year and a half out." While it was unclear at the time if Bewkes was referring to a release in 18 months time, or whether that would be when production begins, Affleck's new comments suggest the latter.

In August, Affleck released some early test footage of Deathstroke, who is confirmed as the villain in his film. A week later, it was confirmed that Joe Manganiello had been cast in the role.

Affleck has also addressed the criticism of this year's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, in which he made his debut as the Caped Crusader. "It was judged not necessarily on execution so much as on its tone," he told a local Fox affiliate TV station in Washington, D.C., as reported by Entertainment Weekly. "People seemed to want to have a lighter tone to the movie, and I thought that was interesting because it's subjective.

"Tone is not a qualitative thing. It's subjective, right? Some tones resonate with me that might not with you."