Aronofsky In Talks To Direct SUPERMAN Reboot…

…and Ben Affleck, not so much. Wait. Ben Affleck was in the running? There was one? Apparently so according to THR’s Heat Vision.

Sources are saying that Aronofsky, riding high on buzz generated by his upcoming BLACK SWAN, is still in active talks and until last week, so was Affleck.

The derby to helm the Christopher Nolan-produced Man of Steel pic has become the talk of the town. Nolan is knee-deep in the selection process, and he and producer/wife Emma Thomas will be heavily involved in the movie, so he’s looking for a director who is able to handle the elaborate production and willing to collaborate.

Word began to leak last week of directors who were meeting or will meet with Nolan and Warner brass for the relaunch of one of Hollywood’s biggest franchises. Duncan Jones (MOON), Jonathan Liebesman (BATTLE: LOS ANGELES), Matt Reeves (CLOVERFIELD, this Friday’s LET ME IN), Tony Scott and Zack Snyder are on the list.

Affleck, who is extremely popular at Warners after making THE TOWN, a critical and box-office hit, was also on the list. But according to insiders, the actor-director — who, ironically, once portrayed the actor who played Superman on TV in HOLLYWOODLAND — met about SUPERMAN last week but is no longer pursuing it.