Not lengthy after Grant Gustin ends his nine-season TV run as The Flash, that different Barry Allen will get a big-screen showcase, within the DC Studios movie starring Ezra Miller.
Set to hit theaters on June 16, The Flash has Miller reprising the speedster function they beforehand performed in Zack Snyder’s Justice League and through cameos for the Arrowverse’s “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover and Peacemaker. The Flashpoint storyline-inspired movie’s solid additionally consists of Ron Livingston as Henry Allen, Kiersey Clemons as Iris West, Sasha Calle making her debut as Supergirl, and Michael Shannon and Antje Traue returning to their Man of Steel roles of General Zod and Faora-Ul. Additionally, Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton will play variations of Batman.
Speaking with TVLine this week, Eric Wallace, showrunner for The CW’s The Flash, stated he had not but been afforded a peek on the film, “but yes, I will be the first person in line. I literally can’t wait to see it.”
Because on the subject of The Flash, the extra the Barry-er, Wallace asserts.
“I do believe there’s a world for all things Flash — Elseworlds, TV, movie… whatever. I just love the character so much,” Wallace opined. “Grant [Gustin] will always be the Flash for a certain generation in the same way that for my generation Christopher Reeve was Superman. That doesn’t mean I’m not excited to see Michael B. Jordan play a Black Superman — I can’t wait for that — or for the other Supermans, like Henry Cavill or Brandon Routh. I love them all, but I grew up with Christopher Reeve. So there’s a whole group of folks who are going to grow up saying, ‘Grant was my Flash.’ But then there’ll be a new generation of folks that say, ‘Ezra Miller, they are my Flash, too.’”
Miller’s The Flash is considered one of a handful of initiatives that predate the brand new DC Universe that will likely be taking form within the coming years. New DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran this week revealed the ten film and TV initiatives that can kick off their plan with a part dubbed “Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.” On the TV entrance, there are Booster Gold, Green Lantern and Amanda Waller collection, plus a Wonder Woman prequel set earlier than Diana was born, whereas the massive display choices embrace new takes on Superman, Batman, Supergirl and Swamp Thing.
So we needed to ask Wallace, who’s written DC comedian books as properly: Which of those new DC initiatives most pique your curiosity?”
“I’m the world’s biggest Swamp Thing fanatic,” he shared, “so without question the fact that they’re going to do another Swamp Thing movie with a big budget. Ohhhh! I was literally like, ‘Please call me. Please call me. I would love to write on that. Let me help you.’ I am not only a Swamp Thing fanatic, but I know a thing or two about character, and writing.”
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