There’s a new Caped Crusader set to hit the big screen — and there are a couple of actors vying to wear the famous batsuit.
Warner Bros. did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
While it’s unclear who will get to pick up the mantle of Batman,multiple reportssuggest Pattinson, 33, is the frontrunner, while other names have been floated about such as Armie Hammer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Affleck, 46, began discussions to leave the character followingJustice League, according toVariety.
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Besides Affleck, Christian Bale, George Clooney, Adam West and Michael Keaton have been just a few of the actors who have portrayed the iconic superhero.
Pattinson rose to fame with theTwilightseries, and if he plays Batman it will be the biggest studio film he’s signed on to since 2012’sThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.
He and costar Kristen Stewart faced massive media attention over their on-screen and off-screen relationship at the time.
“It’s lovely now that the mania is not so intense,” he said. “People come up [to me] and just have very fond memories of it. It’s a really sweet thing. I think the only scary part was right in the thick of it all when it was very, very intense.”
The actor is also working on another Warner Bros. film, an untitled Christopher Nolan project alongside John David Washington and Elizabeth Debicki.
Meanwhile, Hoult stars as J.R.R. Tolkien in the filmTolkienand will reprise his role as Hank McCoy/Beast inDark Phoenixlater this summer.
source: people.com
