After more than sixty years since his creation, the beloved and popular character of Barry Allen is finally having his solo movie. Directed by Andrés Muschietti (director of It and It Chapter Two), The Flash stars Ezra Miller as the same-name superhero, who gained the power of superhuman speed from a weird accident.
During the DC FanDome event, Warner Bros. showed the very first teaser trailer of The Flash and it definitely won over fans, especially after teasing the return of Michael Keaton as Batman. Back then the movie was initially scheduled for November this year, but the studio recently postponed it to June 23, 2023.
Specifically, insider KC Walsh (who often proves to be truly reliable when talking about test screening) got some interesting preview information: just as many fans expected after the announcement of Michael Keaton's return as Batman, The Flash will be a sort of reboot of the DCEU, which will give life to a new narrative universe and will mark the end of everything we already know, thus opening up to many new creative possibilities.
Also, here's the most exciting part: the film could lay the foundations for an adaptation of Crisis on Infinite Earths, a famous comic book story heavily linked to the Multiverse, which was already adapted as the sixth annual Arrowverse crossover event on The CW.
This perfectly echoes the words of director Andrés Muschietti, who explained that every DC product released in theaters is "valid" somehow.
So, will Snyder have his own universe, disconnected from the main continuity, to manage as he sees fit? Obviously, there is no information about it yet and it is also not certain what Warner Bros. showed at the test screening will eventually arrive at the cinema. After all, these screenings are carried out only to understand the reaction of the public to certain scenes as usual.
During the DC FanDome event, Warner Bros. showed the very first teaser trailer of The Flash and it definitely won over fans, especially after teasing the return of Michael Keaton as Batman. Back then the movie was initially scheduled for November this year, but the studio recently postponed it to June 23, 2023.
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures
Specifically, insider KC Walsh (who often proves to be truly reliable when talking about test screening) got some interesting preview information: just as many fans expected after the announcement of Michael Keaton's return as Batman, The Flash will be a sort of reboot of the DCEU, which will give life to a new narrative universe and will mark the end of everything we already know, thus opening up to many new creative possibilities.
#TheFlash is very much a DCEU reboot, a new universe will be born by its end and the DCEU you knew will be completely different, So while some may rejoice at possibilities for the future, others will face a reality that some characters aren’t long for this world pic.twitter.com/HF5JnqTlPZ
— KC Walsh (@TheComixKid) March 30, 2022
Also, here's the most exciting part: the film could lay the foundations for an adaptation of Crisis on Infinite Earths, a famous comic book story heavily linked to the Multiverse, which was already adapted as the sixth annual Arrowverse crossover event on The CW.
Cough cough pic.twitter.com/etsMTpyqvC
— KC Walsh (@TheComixKid) March 30, 2022
Source: The CW
This perfectly echoes the words of director Andrés Muschietti, who explained that every DC product released in theaters is "valid" somehow.
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures
So, will Snyder have his own universe, disconnected from the main continuity, to manage as he sees fit? Obviously, there is no information about it yet and it is also not certain what Warner Bros. showed at the test screening will eventually arrive at the cinema. After all, these screenings are carried out only to understand the reaction of the public to certain scenes as usual.