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Ben Affleck arrives for the European Premiere of "Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice" in Leicester Square in London, Britain, March 22, 2016. Reuters/Luke MacGregor

The latest string of hero movies have recently paved the way for DC to catch up with Marvel’s cinemaverse. As a result, DC’s timeline is in a lockdown so that their planned release for each project will push through. While this is the case, there will be a few changes to be made to the schedule in order for the franchise to accommodate a movie that was not originally part of the DC timeline.

It was just announced recently that Warner Bros is already developing a solo Batman film. Of course, Batman’s wide fan base immediately began anticipating what a new Batman, which starred Ben Affleck, would have to offer. This is especially with him working on the script along with DC’s Geoff Johns, as well as being the director himself.

Now that it is all set, fans already have an idea what to expect in the upcoming solo Batman film. However, the addition of this project will have to move the timeframe to give way to another scheduled superhero movie -- that will be no other than “Justice League 2.”

Zack Snyder tells The Hollywood Reporter that he is still firm on his plans for the release of “Justice League 2,” but the scheduled date of that project will have to be moved to make way for Ben Affleck’s stand-alone Batman film. This updated timeframe has also vacated the schedule for Snyder’s non-superhero project, titled “The Last Photograph,” which is a movie that will be set in war-torn Afghanistan. This could be called a palate cleanser after directing one massive superhero movie after the other.

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As “Justice League 2” has to be pushed back to make way for “The Batman,” that could mean that “Justice League 2” will arriving on November 2019, as “The Batman” will arrive on June of the same year. The final output, however, remains to be seen. After all, Batman’s character has to be developed well enough before he pools together the Justice League of America for the second time to take down another cosmic bad guy.

However, fans should be careful not to get too excited as Ben Affleck has said that the movie will not actually exist until it does. For the meantime, the best that can be done is to be ready for what DC is about to bring as its cinemaverse unfolds. “Justice League,” which stars Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa and Ezra Miller, hits the theatres in November 2017.

Here are the other DC movies coming, with their planned release dates: "Wonder Woman" (June 2017), "The Flash" (March 2018), "Aquaman" (October 2018), "Shazam" (April 2019), "Cyborg" (April 2020) and "Green Lantern Corps" (July 2020).

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