Did Ben Affleck just reveal the next major villain Deathstroke in the DC movie universe?

Deathstroke is a heavy hitter when it comes to DC bad guys, but does Batman really need Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, the Flash to take him on? Photo / Ben Affleck Twitter

Live-action footage of DC Comics villain Deathstroke on the Internet is nothing new - we've seen the character on the CW show Arrow, portrayed by actor Manu Bennett. Live-action Deathstroke footage being tweeted out by Batman himself, Ben Affleck, well, that's something else entirely.

In Batman-like stealth fashion, Affleck dropped a tweet with what looks to be test footage of an unidentified actor suited up as Slade Wilson, aka one of the most lethal killers in the DC Comics universe: Deathstroke.

https://t.co/0NsNzCtGip

— Ben Affleck (@BenAffleck) August 29, 2016

The question that has no doubt stopped the presses over at The Daily Planet is just what part, if any, of Warner Bros./DC Entertainment's upcoming movie slate could Deathstroke have. We know that Affleck recently had his utility belt amplified slightly when he was named an executive producer of WB/DC's upcoming Justice League movie.

Deathstroke doesn't seem to be the type of villain who would scare Affleck's Batman into traveling around the world searching for super-powered beings. In Justice League, Affleck/Batman is building a team to go up against an as of right now unknown - and possibly other-worldly - threat.

Deathstroke is a heavy hitter when it comes to DC bad guys, but does Batman really need Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, the Flash (and possibly a back-from-the-dead Superman) to take him on?

Deathstroke could be the next villain about to face off with Batman. Photo/Twitter

What if this footage is instead the beginnings of Affleck's work on a solo Batman project that he and DC Entertainment President Geoff Johns have both confirmed they are working on?

We've already seen Batman's rivalry with another assassin, Will Smith's Deadshot in Suicide Squad. Deathstroke seems like the right type of villain to go up against Affleck's Batman next in future solo-Batman films.

While it might be a while before we know who is under the Deathstroke mask and when and where he'll appear, if there's one thing this reveal does confirm, it's that the DC Comics universe on film is continuing to grow.