Kevin Smith is giving us our first bit of reassurance about the rebooted Ben Affleck Batman that will be featured in the upcoming Batman Vs Superman film.
Along with telling fans of his Smodcast that it is very comic influenced (though he wouldn’t say which one), he also said the following:
“I saw the costume, more than that I saw him [Ben Affleck] in the costume…I don’t want to give anything away cause that is up to them and stuff, but I am going to say this…I instantly bear hugged him. You have not seen this costume in film before. Because every other movie has done this matrixy black armor thing…There wasn’t a single nipple on this [frick]ing suit man. I think everyone is gonna be like ‘Holy Shit!’ We haven’t been down this path before. Even the Hardest core “[frick] this movie” person will be like ‘alright, I’m ready!”
Interestingly, Zack Snyder held a fan chat about the upcoming film and he revealed this art, which could be a tease about the direction of the costume:
