--- title: Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne in Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice description: The Dark Knight dresses down canonical: https://time.com/3101278/ben-affleck-bruce-wayne/ author: Joseph C. Lin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-11T19:33:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:30.503Z og:title: Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne in Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice og:description: The Dark Knight dresses down og:url: https://time.com/3101278/ben-affleck-bruce-wayne/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne in Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice twitter:description: The Dark Knight dresses down twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's Your First Look at Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne by [Joseph C. Lin](https://time.com/author/joseph-c-lin/) ## Joseph C. Lin Aug 11, 2014 7:33 PM UTC by [Joseph C. Lin](https://time.com/author/joseph-c-lin/) ## Joseph C. Lin Aug 11, 2014 7:33 PM UTC The bat is back. Ben Affleck was photographed filming his role of Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, on the set of _Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice_ over the weekend in Detroit, Mich. The city serves as a backdrop for Metropolis, the fictional home turf of Superman in the DC Comics universe, with filming to eventually proceed to Chicago for scenes involving Batman’s Gotham City. Affleck joins Henry Cavill (Superman) and Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) in this cinematic gathering of superheroes scheduled for release on March 25, 2016. **More:** [**See Every Batman Logo From The Past 75 Years**](http://time.com/41410/batman-logos-gif/)  Ben Affleck films a scene from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in the streets of downtown Detroit. Mark Bialek—ZUMA Press/Corbis  A closer look at Affleck's rendition of Bruce Wayne. Mark Bialek—ZUMA Press/Corbis  Detroit serves as the backdrop for Superman's fictional city of Metropolis. Mark Bialek—ZUMA Press/Corbis  Ben Affleck walks on the set of Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice on August 9, 2014 in Detroit, Michigan. Paul Warner—GC Images/Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3101278/ben-affleck-bruce-wayne/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3101278/ben-affleck-bruce-wayne/"},"headline":"Here's Your First Look at Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne","datePublished":"2014-08-11T19:33:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:30.503Z","description":"The Dark Knight dresses down","url":"https://time.com/3101278/ben-affleck-bruce-wayne/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Ben Affleck","Superman","Batman"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joseph C. Lin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joseph-c-lin/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3101278/ben-affleck-bruce-wayne/","name":"Here's Your First Look at Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne"}}]}] ```