The Batman: 8 Reasons You Should Be Concerned Affleck Quit

8. He Said He'd Leave If It Wasn't Good Enough

The single loudest endorsement of the upcoming Batman movie now will be Ben Affleck's own words when he was challenged on his future with the project.

"I’m still working on the script. I’m not going to write and direct anything that I don’t think is good enough to be made," he told EW. "I’m definitely going to make sure I have something that is special  —  there’s not enough money in the world to make a mediocre version of Batman worth it."

Oh dear.

So are we really to take Affleck's statement that he's committed to finding the best director for the job as confirmation that he simply can't juggle the requirements? Or that he's actually delivering on the threat that he's already publicly aired fairly recently? This is not a good moment for the DCEU's publicity machine, given how hard those words are coming back to bite them (at least from the outside).