Ben Affleck Teases Potential Batman Movie Villain

Deathstroke (Slade Joseph Wilson), created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez is a mercenary and assassin who first appeared in The New Teen Titans (vol. 1) #2 in 1980. The solo Batman film, which Affleck is scheduled to direct, has not been given a public release date.

The Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice star and new face/director of the big screen's Caped Crusader tweeted out a video featuring an orange-and-black-armored warrior-type. As one of the most popular DC villains, his appearance was widely celebrated, but earlier this year, DC announced that Deathstroke wouldn't return to the TV series. DC Entertainment didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. He's a character with a long and storied history in DC comics, but the one moment we need to see actually stems from the world of video games.

But will the character appear in Justice League or the standalone Bat film? Affleck is now in London filming Justice League, which has caused some speculation that the villain will appear in the superhero team-up.

Springsteen breaks his record for longest US show
The concert, which kicked off the Springsteen's latest tour, was the first of three the band will play at MetLife Stadium. He did play a handful of songs off that album in his 35-song, four-hour set, but mostly offered up a good mix of classics.

It's reasonable to assume that the character will make his debut in next year's Justice League, since that's the only film in DC's slate that's now filming.

It has been rumored that Joe Manganiello will be playing Deathstroke, but that has yet to be confirmed.


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