8 Promising Things Ben Affleck Will Bring To A Batman Film

8. A Competent Script

It’s easy to forget that Affleck won his first Oscar for writing Good Will Hunting and has since penned the scripts for his own Gone Baby Gone and The Town. In other words, he has yet to write a bad movie, even though he's never tackled something this big before.

Even more promising is that he's been teamed up with DC Comics stalwart Geoff Johns, who is presumably there to help him with the more 'comic-booky' elements of the story and to ensure that Affleck's work stays true to the character.

After the notably poor characterization of Lex Luthor in Batman V Superman and a failure to really understand Superman's motivations, it's a welcome sign that someone with a little more intimate knowledge of the comic universe has been brought in to help.

Affleck’s writing has always been grounded and believable, so coupling that steady hand with a dose of comic book faithfulness and excitement appears to be a winning combination. At the very least, Affleck should be able to produce a halfway decent script, which would still be better than what the DCEU has churned out so far.