Ben Affleck's Batman wields a Green Lantern ring in the Snyderverse's Knightmare timeline in stunning DCEU fan art

Epic DC fan art reveals what Ben Affleck’s Batman is would have looked like he was wearing a Green Lantern ring Snyderverseis the Knightmare timeline as seen in the DCEUs Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Zack Snyder’s Justice League. In Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeBatman has a nightmare in which an evil Superman rules the world with an iron fist. Zack Snyder’s Justice League confirmed that the Knightmare timeline is real and that it can only be avoided by preventing Superman from being corrupted by Darkseid and the Anti-Life Equation.

To Instagramartist Sebastian Escobar shares a piece of fan art centered around Ben Affleck’s Batman, wearing his trench coat and goggles from the Snyderverse’s Knightmare timeline and carrying a Green Lantern ring. Zack Snyder’s Justice League featured two Green Lanterns: the warrior Yalan-Gur in a flashback and the famous Green Lantern Kilowog in a Knightmare scene. Check out the image below:

What Batman’s Green Lantern Ring Fan Art Means for the Snyderverse

Ben Affleck’s Batman could have worn the Green Lantern Ring in the Snyderverse’s Knightmare timeline

Knightmare Batman and Darkseid from Zack Snyder's Justice League

Zack Snyder’s Justice League suggests that the Snyderverse’s Knightmare timeline, while reversible, was inevitable. Powerful heroes like Aquaman and Wonder Woman would die, while characters like Deathstroke, the Joker, and Mera would survive long enough to rebel against Superman and Darkseid. Zack Snyder’s Justice League Originally, it was supposed to star John Stewart, who would arrive on Earth to meet Batman. Therefore, A Justice League The sequel could have seen Ben Affleck’s Batman inherit the Green Lantern ring from a fallen John Stewart to fight Superman in the Knightmare future.

Shared image of DCEU's Batman and Lois Lane staring ahead

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Zack Snyder’s canceled plans for the Snyderverse included Justice League 2 And Justice League 3where Batman and the Justice League would find out that they had only moved and changed Knightmare, requiring different sacrifices this time. So instead of Deathstroke, the Joker, Mera, Flash and Cyborg, Batman’s allies in the new Knightmare timeline could have included characters like John Stewart, Kilowog and Martian Manhunter.

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Zack Snyder’s plans for the DCEU offered a lot of wild possibilities

According to Zack Snyder’s five-film plan, the Snyderverse would have ended with Batman’s sacrifice and Earth’s final escape from the Knightmare timeline. However, Zack Snyder’s plans did not include releasing multiple DCEU films as he did Aquaman, Shazam!, Black AdamAnd The lightningwhich introduced characters who could have survived the Knightmare future and made certain members of the Justice League stronger than their Knightmare counterparts. By the time the Knightmare scenario took place, many unexpected events could have occurred, including Batman being given the Green Lantern ring.

Hal Jordan and John Stewart in DC's Blackest Night

DC Universe Theory: James Gunn is using this Dark Green Lantern story for a crossover event

The DC Universe’s Lanterns show could secretly stage the live-action adaptation of a huge comic event centered around the Green Lanterns.

The DCEU is the first big-screen DC franchise to place different heroes and villains in the same universe, and its cancellation meant that ambitious events like that SnyderverseThe future of Knightmare would not materialize. However, the DCU offers a new chance to see similar events. For example, the upcoming DCU Lanterns Starring John Stewart and Hal Jordan, the series could set up a brand new overarching storyline for the DCU, and The brave and the courageousBatman could encounter the Green Lanterns sooner rather than later.

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Release date

March 24, 2016

Studio(s)

DC, Warner Bros. Pictures

writer

Chris Terrio, David S. Goyer

Duration

152 minutes

budget

250 million dollars
Release date

March 18, 2021

Studio(s)

Warner Bros. Pictures, Access Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, DC Films, Atlas Entertainment, The Stone Quarry

writer

Chris Terrio

Pour

Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, JK Simmons, Willem Dafoe

Duration

242 minutes

budget

70 million dollars