Ben Affleck is going to be Batman.

So, Ben Affleck is going to be Batman in the Man of Steel sequel. That's about it. That's all it needs to be, because that's news enough. If this is the first you've heard of it, then either this blog is a lot cooler than I thought, or you need to get out more.

Any doubt that DC's new strain of films is divorced from the continuity of the Dark Knight trilogy should be erased now.

Also, everyone's going to be thinking this, but the last man in tights that Affleck played was in Daredevil in 2003, so...
Here's a link to a copy of the official press release: http://goo.gl/DRnmJx