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This poll is now closed! Fans overwhelmingly voted for Sam to be the next James Bond over the next Batman! Thank you for voting, and stay tuned to Just Jared for more Sam Heughan news.
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Over the past several months, Sam Heughan has won two Just Jared polls: one was “Who Should Play James Bond After Daniel Craig?” and the other was “Who Should Play Batman After Ben Affleck’s Departure?”

Sam‘s fans overwhelmingly voted him to be both the next Batman and the next James Bond!

So, now we want to hear specifically from fans of Sam and the Outlander franchise. Which role would you rather see Sam take on…Batman or James Bond!?

Vote in the poll below and let us know which you’d prefer…Sam as Batman or Sam as James Bond! And…if you want Sam to be BOTH James Bond and Batman, well, you can vote for multiple options!

We’ll close this poll on Thursday (March 14) at 2pm ET.

Ben Affleck is opening up about why he no longer will be playing the role of Batman in the DC Universe.

The 46-year-old actor and filmmaker was originally set to to star in, write, and direct an upcoming Batman standalone movie.

Ben later decided to not write and direct the movie, then eventually dropped out of the role as well. The movie will now focus on a younger version of the caped crusader.

When asked by IGN to describe his plans for the project, Ben said, “That was part of the problem. We worked on the script, I was trying to figure out how to crack it, and I was never happy enough with it where I thought it was worth going out and making it because I just didn’t want to do a version that I wasn’t really excited by, so I still don’t know.”

A rumor spread this week that Armie Hammer was rumored to be in talks to star as Batman in the upcoming standalone film The Batman, taking over the role from Ben Affleck.

Armie himself apparently just told Yahoo UK, “No one who can actually give me the job has asked me if I’m interested. I don’t even know if they’re done – I think they’re still working on a script. I don’t think that they’re close to production but I can conclusively tell you that no one has checked my availability, which is a bummer.”

In addition, two entertainment writers from other mags are now saying that rumor isn’t true.

“I’m not in the business of debunking bunk but considering everyone got in a tizzy over this…there is no truth to the below. Being told there haven’t even been any actor meetings for THE BATMAN. (But that doesn’t mean Reeves and WB don’t have ideas of who they would like),” THR writer Borys Kit tweeted.

Variety writer Justin Kroll also added, “Yeah, that BATMAN rumor is false. That said, potential for this week to be very interesting on a number fronts. Sleep tight.”

If you don’t know, we asked our readers who they wanted to see play Batman and the overwhelming majority voted for Outlander‘s Sam Heughan.

Armie Hammer is reportedly in talks to play the caped crusader in the upcoming movie The Batman.

Though these reports are not confirmed and no official announcement has been made, the 32-year-old actor is said to be the frontrunner for Ben Affleck‘s former role.

Matt Reeves will be directing the film and Affleck will no longer be playing Bruce Wayne after it was decided that the film will focus on a younger Batman.

We previously asked our readers who they wanted to see play Batman and the overwhelming majority voted for Outlander‘s Sam Heughan.

If Armie did land the role, this could explain why he’s spending a lot of time in the gym lately. Make sure to see his big muscles in a hot workout photo!

Outlander star Sam Heughan has been chosen by fans to replace Ben Affleck as the next Batman!

If you don’t know, we ran a poll and asked fans…which star would you like to see portray the caped crusader next?

Well, Sam won in a huge victory with over 90,000 votes! Jensen Ackles came in second place with over 67,000 votes. You can see the full results of the poll right here.

Ben will be stepping away from the role and the superhero will be recast for the 2021 standalone film.

Congrats to Sam on the win and thank you to all of the fans who voted!

It was just announced this week that Ben Affleck would be stepping aside from playing Batman and the new standalone film, The Batman, would feature a different actor as the caped crusader.

Now, one actor is throwing his name into the ring as a potential replacement: Nick Jonas!

Nick left a comment on an Instagram post announcing Ben‘s departure from the role. Check out what he wrote in the gallery…

If you missed it, be sure to check out the Just Jared poll where you can vote for who you want to see replace Ben in the title role! If you want to see Nick as Batman, he’s included in the poll options!

UPDATE: This poll is now closed and Sam Heughan is the official winner!! Sam‘s fans voted so hard and he received over 90,000 votes with over 42% of the actual votes. Supernatural‘s Jensen Ackles came in second place with over 67,000 votes. Thank you for voting!

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News broke on Wednesday (January 30) that Ben Affleck would no longer be playing the role of Batman in the DC Universe films.

Ben played the famous superhero in several films for the DC Universe but will not star in the standalone film, The Batman, which is currently slated for release in 2021.

We want to hear from Just Jared fans – who do you want to take on the famous superhero in the upcoming movies?

Vote for your choice for the next caped crusader in the poll below.

This poll has unlimited voting, so you can vote as much as you want. We will close this poll on Monday (February 11) at 4pm ET and we’ll announce the winner at that time.