Warner Bros Pursuing Ben Affleck to Direct the ‘Justice League’ Movie

I knew we’d hear something about this sometime soon, but I didn’t realize it would be this soon! And this kind of name! Variety is now reporting that Warner Bros has “approached” Ben Affleck to direct their in development Justice League movie, which got kicked into high gear after The Avengers broke box office records. Affleck went from actor to director a few years ago, and is currently finishing up Argo for Warner Bros, where he also made The Town, so they’ve worked with him quite a bit already. He’s not signed on and is “the only candidate who’s been sent Will Beall’s Justice League script”, but he’s the first big name to land. Warner Bros kick started development on Justice League back in early June earlier this summer by hiring Will Beall, of Gangster Squad, to start writing a new script. Variety says that “Justice League is expected to bring …