The daily gossip: Ben Affleck is coming out of Batman retirement, Zendaya plans Emmys red carpet look at home, and more

Ben Affleck is coming out of Batman retirement, Zendaya plans Emmys red carpet look at home, and more

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1. Ben Affleck is coming out of Batman retirement

Holy un-retirement, Batman! Ben Affleck will star as Batman one more time in the upcoming The Flash movie, Vanity Fair reports. The 2022 Ezra Miller film will reportedly involve parallel dimensions, allowing us to get at least two Batmans (Batmen?) for the price of one, as Michael Keaton is also coming back to play his version of the Caped Crusader. Affleck famously walked away from a planned stand-alone Batman movie, now set to star Robert Pattinson, after all three DC films featuring his version of the character were largely panned by critics. For a while there, it seemed unlikely he'd ever return in the role — but apparently, Batfleck is the hero DC needs right now.

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Taylor Watson is audience engagement editor for TheWeek.com and a former editorial assistant. She graduated from Syracuse University, with a major in magazine journalism and minors in food studies and nutrition. Taylor has previously written for Runner's World, Vice, and more.