--- title: Ben Affleck Teases Appearance of Deathstroke In Batman Movie description: On Monday, the actor shared a cryptic clip of the DC Universe villain Deathstroke on his social media accounts, teasing a showdown to come. canonical: https://time.com/4470963/ben-affleck-deathstroke-batman/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-29T17:11:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:58.816Z og:title: Ben Affleck Teases Appearance of Deathstroke In Batman Movie og:description: The actor and director posted a cryptic tweet featuring a clip of the villain. og:url: https://time.com/4470963/ben-affleck-deathstroke-batman/ 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 Teases Appearance of Deathstroke In Batman Movie twitter:description: The actor and director posted a cryptic tweet featuring a clip of the villain. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ben Affleck Teases Appearance of New Villainous Character Deathstroke  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 29, 2016 5:11 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 29, 2016 5:11 PM UTC In a cryptic, unexplained post on his Twitter on Monday, actor and director Ben Affleck shared a clip of a mysterious, armored-up character approaching the camera menacingly. Comic fans [are saying it’s Deathstroke](http://collider.com/justice-league-deathstroke/), a villain with superhuman strength in the DC Universe that Affleck-as-Batman also inhabits. Affleck is working on both the [next _Justice League_ movie](http://time.com/4420540/justice-league-trailer-footage-comic-con/?iid=sr-link2) (with Superman Henry Cavill) and a [standalone Batman movie](http://time.com/4291678/ben-affleck-batman-2/?iid=sr-link3), which he is also helping to produce. These projects follow [_Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice_](http://time.com/4271943/sad-ben-affleck-batman-v-superman-reviews/?iid=sr-link2), a commercial success with tepid reviews, so this could mean a new dawn for the superhero franchise. It’s still unknown whether this character will turn up in one of Affleck’s announced projects or a future endeavor. Watch the clip below. > [](https://twitter.com/BenAffleck/status/770259217940746245) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4470963/ben-affleck-deathstroke-batman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4470963/ben-affleck-deathstroke-batman/"},"headline":"Ben Affleck Teases Appearance of New Villainous Character Deathstroke","datePublished":"2016-08-29T17:11:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:58.816Z","description":"Another superhero movie, another supervillain to battle","url":"https://time.com/4470963/ben-affleck-deathstroke-batman/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","movies","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"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/4470963/ben-affleck-deathstroke-batman/","name":"Ben Affleck Teases Appearance of New Villainous Character Deathstroke"}}]}] ```