Will Ben Affleck's The Batman Bring in Catwoman?

We don’t know a ton about who is going to appear inThe Batman, the upcomingBen Affleckdirected soloBatmanmovie for Warner Bros. At the moment, outside of the Dark Knight himself, the movie has its main villain in Deathstroke and it is a safe betJ.K. Simmonswill appear as Jim Gordon andJeremy Ironswill appear as Alfred. We may not be able to add anyone else to that list at the moment, but we can probably cross one off. Sorry, Catwoman.

A new, somewhat strange report from movie reporterErik Daviscourtesy of his personalTwitteraccount pretty much confirms that, at least for now, Catwoman won’t be inBen Affleck’s Batman movie. The way it was revealed is where it gets a bit strange.Erik Davisposted an update to his Twitter after talking to actressSienna Millerthat stated the actress wants to play Catwoman, but that the character isn’t currently in the script. Here is what the tweet said.

“Sienna Miller told me tonight that she wants to play Catwoman in Affleck’s Batman movie. ‘She’s not in the script but I wanna write her in!'”

Erik Davisfairly quickly posted a follow-up tweet saying that “she is not writing the script, so don’t take her word as bond.” This is a pretty strange way for this information to make its way out into the world, butSienna Millermay actually know a little something. She is starring inLive By Night,Ben Affleck’s latest directorial effort. So, it is certainly possible the two talked aboutThe Batmanduring filming and she may very well know that Catwoman is not in the script. It is pretty difficult to say, but she at least has some connection to it and may not be pulling this out of nowhere. The fact that this news is coming out in a bit of a weird way actually seems fitting, considering howThe Batmanhas been shaping up, at least in the news so far.

There has been seemingly equal partsexcitementand confusion aboutBen Affleck’sThe Batmanrecently. While doing press for his latest movieThe Accountant, the actor/director was pestered quite a bit about his upcoming Batman movie for theDC Extended Universe. At one point, he seemingly revealed that the title of the movie would beThe Batman. However, shortly after that, he seemed to take a step back and make it seem as thoughThe Batmanwasn’t totally, one-hundred percent happening at the moment. All the whileJoe Manganiello, who has been cast as thevillainDeathstroke, has been giving interviews making it seem like the movie is full-steam ahead with a separate report making it seem as though the script for the movie is a complete mess.

The only thing that is certain is that this movie is being developed by Warner Bros. as part of the DC Extended Universe and thatBen Affleckis attached to direct, even if he isn’t sure the movie is happening right now. As forSienna Miller? She qualifies for the part of Catwoman in that she probably wouldn’t look terrible in tight leather and she has been in several action movies before, likeG.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. So maybe she could play Catwoman and we knowBen Affleckliked her enough to put her in one of his movies already. That said, it doesn’t seem like the character is set to appear inThe Batman, so that doesn’t really matter at the present time.

The Batmandoes not have a release date yet, but according toJoe Manganiello, it could be shooting as early as March of 2017. That means we could see the movie as early as 2018, and Warner Bros. currently has a release date pegged for August 11, 2025, which could be a prime spot forThe Batman. We’ll have to wait until an official announcement is made, but don’t expect to see Catwoman in the movie, no matter when in it comes out.