So all of us DC fans can feel fine now that they're not just going to wing it like we feared they would. Snyder also confirmed Batman was responsible for putting all of the villains behind bars before the events of the Suicide Squad movie.
We've known for a while now that Batman would be older in this film, but director Zack Snyder has confirmed how old, and how long the Dark Knight has been active: "We are playing him 45 or 46...He has been Batman for 20 years. All the history is there...He has lost those near and dear to him, and not necessarily from old age of disease..." So yeah, this is stuff we've known for a little bit now, but it's nice to hear a more firm timeline. The new Batman himself, Ben Affleck also chimed in on his thoughts and initial reluctance to take on the role:
"Initially I thought, 'I'm older, it
doesn't seem like the right sort of fit for me. Then Zack pitched me his
concept for this older, more broken, kind of f**ked up Batman. It was
something we haven't seen. We have seen that Batman is willing to cross
the line to protect people. That vigilantism has been a part of his
character all along, and we are tapping into that mentality when faced
by something as potentially as deadly a Superman.
"We want to assume that Batman has
reached this point in his life and career as a superhero, and Superman
represents a sort of philiophical change. He is a paradigm shift for
Batman: 'I've been fighting criminals all my life, trying to find
justice, and now I am confronted with a concept that is transcendent to
me.' In the face of Superman, a man robbing a bank doesn't matter."
