Aronofsky's name comes up so much with superhero films around this time. He was pencilled in for at least two X-Men films as well.
Chris Murray
Warner Bros had been looking to reboot Batman since the flop of Batman & Robin in 1997. Daren Aronofsky was attached to direct and was interested in casting Clint Eastwood as an older Batman. WB rejected his pitch though.
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