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Zack Snyder would "love to see" Batman (Ben Affleck) versus Deathstroke (Joe Manganiello) after Snyder Cut and would have gone head-to-head in the since-abandoned version of The Batman directed by Affleck, who stepped away from the DC Extended Universe when he retired the cape and cowl in 2019. But now that Batfleck returns in Zack Snyder's Justice League — and again opposite Ezra Miller and Michael Keaton's Batman in The Flash — Snyder wants the Bat-versus-blade promised by Affleck's never-made "I love Joe, he's great. I really would love to see those two go at it, that would be fun...

Batman movie would have "made fans proud" with the actor and director's version of the Dark Knight. Oliva, the storyboard artist behind the Snyder-directed Man of Steel and Batman movie until the Argo filmmaker exited the project — and the DC Extended Universe. When Affleck confirmed his retirement from the cape and cowl in 2019, he said he "couldn't crack" his version of The Batman scripted with co-writer Geoff Johns. According to Oliva, the fandom would have embraced Affleck's abandoned "I was working with [Affleck] personally just prior to him leaving the project and not once did he...