From all appearances, The Flash was meant to be the primary chapter of a completely new section of the DC Comics film universe. It was going to reintroduce Michael Keaton because the traditional film Batman, and seemingly would have reconfigured DC continuity by way of using time journey and alternate timelines. (The movie is predicated on a comics storyline known as “Flashpoint,” the place a personality travels into the previous and completely rewrites DC historical past.) The film would have then led into future DC cinematic installments like a Batgirl film that was additionally to co-star Keaton’s Batman.
However you recognize what they are saying: Man plans, God laughs. Or, on this case, James Gunn. As a result of as soon as Gunn and Peter Safran turned the brand new CEOs of DC Studios, they started reshaping the way forward for DC’s motion pictures, and tossing the earlier regime’s plans out the window. (The Batgirl film was canceled by Warner Bros. earlier than Gunn and Safran even confirmed up.) In the previous couple of weeks, the brand new bosses stopped growth of Surprise Girl 3 and re-retired Henry Cavill’s Superman simply two months after he made his shock return in a post-credits scene in Black Adam.
And the modifications and revisions proceed. A brand new article in The Hollywood Reporter claims Cavill and Gal Gadot cameos in The Flash will now each be faraway from the film, since Cavill’s Man of Metal 2 and Gadot’s Surprise Girl 3 are not transferring ahead.
The piece additionally claims that Cavill was paid $250,000 every for his cameos in Black Adam and The Flash, and quotes one nameless supply who says the actor — who supposedly by no means signed a brand new contract with Warner Bros. — “was a pawn in Dwayne [Johnson]’s failed try to manage a chunk of DC.” That’s a bummer for Cavill, I suppose, however hey: 1 / 4 of 1,000,000 {dollars} for a day or two of labor ain’t too shabby.
The Flash continues to be one of many extra unfortunate — or possibly extra chaotic — Hollywood productions of current years. It has already been delayed quite a few occasions, and its star, Ezra Miller, has been engulfed in so many controversies and scandals that trade figures have brazenly speculated whether or not Warner Bros. must delay the film once more, dump it on HBO Max, or cancel it utterly. So far, they’ve saved transferring ahead and the film stays on track for launch subsequent 12 months — however as this newest information exhibits, The Flash, like its story’s timeline, remains to be in flux.
The Flash is scheduled to open in theaters on June 16, 2023.
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