It looks like things are once again a little uncertain withThe Flash solo movieat Warner Bros. This movie was originally dated for February of this year, but the retooling of the DCEU behind the scenes has led to several delays with the project. However, last year during San Diego Comic-Con the studio revealed that the title of the movie would beFlashpoint, indicating an adaptation of the belovedDC Comics storyline. While this move may very well still be, perhaps loosely, adapting that storyline, it looks like the movie won’t be titledFlashpointanymore.
The news was buried in a report about writer Dan Mazeau being tapped to adaptReady Player Oneauthor Ernest Cline’s novelAramadafor the big screen. In THR’s report, they say “He worked on the Warner Bros.' Flash movie project when it was titled Flashpoint.” So, it seems like the movie, which will seeJustice League star Ezra Millerreprise his role as the speedster, is changing its title. But does that also mean the story is changing as well? Borys Kit, who wrote the article, took to Twitter to clarify that this doesn’t mean theFlashpointadaptation isn’t happening.
“I didn’t say they weren’t adapting Flashpoint. All I said was that it wouldn’t be titled Flashpoint. But maybe I’ve said too much.”
The Flashmovie has been a revolving door of creatives for several years now and has been a tough cookie to crack for the studio. Recently,Game Nightdirectors Jonathan M. Goldstein and John Francis Daley, who are also credited writers onSpider-Man: Homecoming, were hired to helm the movie. Last year, onceDopedirector Rick Famuyiwa bailed on the project, Warner Bros. decided to do a page-one rewrite, later announcing, perhaps prematurely, that the movie would be titledFlashpoint.
The idea of Warner Bros. adaptingFlashpoint, even loosely, is significant. In the comic book storyline, Barry Allen travels back in time using his super speed to try and stop the death of his mother. In doing so, he messes up the timeline, which results in an evilAquaman and Wonder Womanfighting for control of the Earth, and Bruce Wayne being shot instead of his father, leaving Thomas Wayne to become Batman. Eventually, Allen, with the help of Thomas Wayne, fixes the timeline, but it does sort of reset the DC Universe. Given the problems that the DCEU has faced, this has always been an option for something of a soft reset for the DC universe on screen.
Currently, there’s no release date set forThe Flashmovie, whatever it ends up being titled. The only movies firmly dated areAquaman, which arrives in December,Shazam, which is filming and comes out next April, andWonder Woman 2, which will hit theaters in November of 2019. Is Warner Bros. doing yet another heavy rewrite on this thing? Will we see aFlashpointadaptation at all? So many questions. So few answers. This news comes to us courtesy ofThe Hollywood Reporter
