Lapho bememezela ukuthi umlingisi uBen Affleck uzothatha indima kaBruce Wayne / Batman emkhathini we-DC oweluliwe, abalandeli bathokozela i-franchise yesikhathi esizayo. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kwamafilimu amabili, wenqaba indima ye-knight emnyama. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi abalandeli kanye nohluzekile badumazeka, basanda kuphangwa ukuthi ubunzima obuhlukahlukene ahlangabezana nabo, bedlala "enhlizweni sobulungiswa", bekulungele ukuhlukunyezwa ngenxa yenjabulo abamyisa ezinganeni.
UBen wavuma ukuthi: "Ngaze ngaba nenkanyezi ku" batman "ngoba ngangifuna ukukwenzela izingane zami," uBen wavuma engxoxweni nentatheli yaseHollywood. "Bengifuna ukwenza noma yini, lapho" engangena khona ngendodana yami. " Ngomqondo wokuthi izingane zami azizange zibone "ukusebenza kwe-argo. "Ngifaka isudi kaBatman ngosuku lokuzalwa lwendodana yami, futhi lwalufanele wonke umzuzu wokuhlupheka" enhlizweni yobulungisa, "umdwebi wengeze.
Ubuye waphawula nokuthi ekuqaleni wajoyina le phrojekthi, ngokususelwa ezinhlelweni lapho i-gron snidder eyayinazo maqondana nomlingiswa. Kodwa-ke, "inani lezinto" elivimbela ukusetshenziswa kwalezi zinhlelo. Njengoba u-Affleck uthe, umqondisi ekuqaleni wayefuna ukususa ifilimu lakhe emoyeni omnyama wama-Frank Miller Graphic Novels mayelana ne-knight emnyama, kodwa ekuqaleni kwahlelwa yisikhathi), wabe esephoqelela le phrojekthi. Ngenxa yalokhu, umdwebo waphela uJoss Genon, futhi umphumela wawungenzeki kangangokuba uNvo Makh wanquma ukudedela inguqulo yomqondisi weBlockbuster, okwadingeka nokuthi alimaze izigcawu eziningana ngokubamba iqhaza kwemithi.