Ben Affleck has restated that he will direct upcoming DC solo film, The Batman

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Despite last week saying that "it's not a set thing" , the writer and star appeared to set the record straight on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night:"I'm going to direct the next Batman", he explained. "We're working on it."He went on to say that his relative quietness about the movie was down to his work on current project, Live By Night:"It's one of those things that's really frustrating because, like, Live by Night took me a year-and-a-half to write it and get it ready, and I worked really hard. It's just nobody gave a s**t! No one was like, 'Where's Live by Night?' But with Batman I keep on getting, 'Where's The f**king Batman?!' And I'm like, 'Whoa, I'm working, give me a second!'"So, could anything delay the process now that Live By Night is out? When Kimmel asked what he'd do if brother Casey Affleck asked to join the project as Robin, he joked, "I think we could go back to the table."The Batman is reportedly set to begin shooting this spring , with a view to releasing on an undecided release date in 2018. First up, however, we get Justice League, due for release this November 17. Coincidentally, here's the latest still from the movie , featuring Batman and his crew of evil-battling buds.I guess we'll just chalk this list of 9 directors who could replace Ben Affleck up to experience, eh?

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he fully loves the idea of a mumbling, mundanely depressed Casey Affleck Robin. Follow him on Twitter