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Warner Reveals DC Movie Release Dates, Casts The Flash

Warner Bros. opened the floodgate today on DC Comics movie news. They released dates for nine movies based on DC characters including TWO Justice League movies (both directed by Zack Snyder) and announced the casting of Ezra Miller as The Flash, who will appear in Justice League and his own movie. This puts to rest any rumors that Arrow or The Flash TV series will have anything to do with the DC movie universe.

Justice League will come out in 2017 only one year after Batman v Superman as rumors suggested. Suicide Squad, directed by David Ayer (Fury) is Warner’s second DC movie of 2016 following Batman v Superman. We should hear more about casting for the Squad soon.

There are two DC movies per year starting in 2016 until 2020. Wonder Woman leads the way in 2017 with a June release while Justice League will avoid the summer of 2017 and stake its claim as the biggest movie of the holiday season. The Flash will open in March 2018 which is smart since it is not in the middle of the summer onslaught and should find a good audience. Aquaman with Jason Momoa has a harder task with a July 2018 release especially if audiences aren’t accepting of the character in Justice League.

Shazam starring The Rock as Black Adam starts 2019 with Justice League Part 2 in June. 2020 seems to be the year that has the most questions with a solo Cyborg movie and a rebooted Green Lantern. Hopefully eight years is enough time to get the taste of the first film out of their mouths.

This is certainly a balls out move by Warner, but a necessary one if they are going to compete with Marvel in theaters. They have to stick to their guns, even if some of these movies are only moderate successes.

Check out the schedule below.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – March 25, 2016

Suicide Squad – August 5, 2016

Wonder Woman – June 23, 2017

Justice League Part One – November 17, 2017

The Flash – March 23, 2018

Aquaman – July 27, 2018

Shazam – April 5, 2019

Justice League Part Two – June 14, 2019

Cyborg – April 3, 2020

Green Lantern – June 19, 2020

October 15, 2014
Justice League Is Coming, Zack Snyder To Direct

Warner confirmed what we all suspected, that a Justice League movie is in the works. Not only that, but they announced that Zack Snyder will return to direct the movie.

Snyder is about to begin filming the Man of Steel sequel with Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and the just announced casting of Ray Fisher as Cyborg. All four are returning for Justice League.

After the announcement this past weekend, rumors began circulating that Justice League could be filmed back-to-back after the Man of Steel sequel for a possible 2017 release, only a year between movies. This has not been confirmed and Warner has given no indication of release date.

Now let speculation begin on who will make up the rest of the Justice League. With four members already cast will Warner include Green Lantern, The Flash and Aquaman or any combination of the three? Will the new Flash TV show keep him out of a Justice League movie? These are just a few of the questions that will come up.

I will gladly sacrifice Flash or Green Lantern to finally have a big screen Aquaman.

April 28, 2014
First Look At The CW’s Flash Costume

The first image of a fully-costumed Flash has just been released by The CW. Grant Gustin is playing Barry Allen who was introduced earlier this season on Arrow.

The costume was designed by Oscar winner Colleen Atwood who has worked on Memoirs of a Geisha, Chicago and Alice in Wonderland.

All I can say is that she did a damn fine job and ramps up my excitement for the series.

March 11, 2014
See The First Photo Of CW’s The Flash

Production is about to begin on the CW series, The Flash, who was introduced earlier this season on Arrow. They have just released the first image of Grant Gustin as the titular character and from the neck up…it looks pretty faithful.

The show will premiere this fall on the CW.

What do you think of the first look of The Flash? It can never match the goofy wonderfulness of the John Wesley Shipp version but so far, so good.

February 28, 2014
Season 2 Of Arrow To Introduce The Flash For Spinoff Series

Photo courtesy g4tv.com

The writers of the CW series Arrow have revealed that we will see the introduction of The Flash in the second season of the show and that he will be spun off into his own series. The pilot will be written by series writers Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Mr. DC Geoff Johns.

In a pair of interviews, Berlanti and Kreisberg gave some more insight on exactly what kind of Flash we can expect. Berlanti had this to say in an interview with Deadline:

“Barry Allen’s story always has been a favorite of mine, as well as of Andrew Kreisberg and Geoff Johns. We wanted everyone to know about the show as that process commenced. We think it fits well both in terms of Arrow and as a stand-alone series.”

Kreisberg was asked about how The Flash will fit into the Arrow style in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter:

“When we first meet Barry Allen, he’s just a forensic scientist … an ordinary man. Part of the fun for the audience … is to see how we view our Arrow take on the Flash legacy. Some of it will feel very familiar to DC Comics, some of it hopefully will feel different, fresh and exciting. The same way we approached Arrow is the same way we’re approaching Barry.”

I am more than interested to see what the guys behind Arrow can do for The Flash character. Arrow is one of my favorite shows and if you have not given it a try because it is on the CW then you are missing out. I also would like to know how this affects any plans for the rumored 2016 Flash movie that was talked about at Comic-Con.

Oh, and about the costume. Will it be some kind of Smallville-type crapfest? Kreiberg had an answer for that as well:

“No sweat suits or strange code names; he will be The Flash.”

The series already has a mark in the plus column.

July 31, 2013