Brian Truitt

USA TODAY

We're considering ourselves pretty lucky to be getting at least four movies with Ben Affleck as the newest cinematic Dark Knight. There's of course Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (out March 25), a small part to play in Suicide Squad Aug. 5, and a bigger one in two planned Justice League films.

But Affleck may do more than just wear the cape and cowl, with trades reporting over the summer he planned to co-write, direct and star in a solo Batman film. Which sounds cool to us. YOU GO, #BATFLECK.

When we talked with the star for a recent piece about DC's extended movie universe, bringing it up naturally made him kinda cagey. The only movie Affleck knows he's directing is the one he's doing right now, next year's Live By Night, an adaptation of the Dennis Lehane crime novel. After that, he's not sure. At least officially.

However, we did ask him if one of the reasons why he signed up to play Batman was to perhaps have a chance to tell his own stories in this superhero universe one day. His answer:

"I’ll just say going through the process, I would never have imagined that I could or would direct a movie like this. And in working with (Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder) and seeing what he did and watching him every day, I got really inspired by that and by seeing the scope on which he was telling the story, by seeing what he was able to do with this kind of mythic story on a grand scale."

So... he didn't say no! For now we'll keep our fingers crossed for a full feature with Affleck's Bats vs. Jared Leto's Joker. In the meantime, there'll probably be some fun stuff for Batfleck fans with The CW's The Dawn of the Justice League special on Tuesday with more BvS hype plus a new Suicide Squad trailer.