In June 2016, it was announced that Dope director Rick Famuyiwa had been hired to direct the film, replacing Seth Grahame-Smith. The project would reportedly retain Grahame-Smith's script, which he wrote working off of a treatment from Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. However, on April 29, 2016, it was announced that Grahame-Smith had exited the project due to creative differences. On October 5, 2015, it was reported that Seth Grahame-Smith was in negotiations to direct the film. In June 2014, it was rumored that the film would release Christmas 2017 following Justice League and Wonder Woman, and that it would be a team-up film uniting Flash with Green Lantern, the later character not being portrayed by Ryan Reynolds. The script for The Flash would be based on the recent run by DC's Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns, and would feature Barry Allen as the first film incarnation of the Flash. hired Green Lantern and Arrow writers Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, and Marc Guggenheim to pen a treatment of the film. Goyer selected The Flash and began to attempt writing a version for the screen. Goyer to write for a DC film based on a character of his choice. Ezra Miller as Barry Allen/Flash and Barry Allen.īarry Allen travels back in time to prevent his mother's murder, which brings unintentional consequences to his timeline. It's unknown whether the project is currently moving forward. Additionally, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Rudy Mancuso, Luke Brandon Field, Antje Traue, and Temuera Morrison have been cast in undisclosed roles.Ī sequel was written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick. ĭirected by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Christina Hodson and screen story by John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, and Joby Harold, the film will star Ezra Miller as Barry Allen / Flash, alongside Kiersey Clemons as Iris West, Michael Keaton as Batman from Earth-89, Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne / Batman, Sasha Calle as Supergirl, Maribel Verdú as Nora Allen, Ron Livingston as Henry Allen and Michael Shannon as General Dru-Zod. Pictures, it will be the thirteenth installment in the DC Extended Universe, and is scheduled to be released on June 23, 2023. Co-produced by DC Films, Double Dream, and The Disco Factory and distributed by Warner Bros. The Flash is an upcoming superhero film based on the DC Comics superhero of the same name. You can go anywhere you want, right? Any timeline? Any universe? Why do you wanna stay and fight to save this one?" ― Batman to Barry Allen