Release Date Delay is Imminent as THE FLASH Movie is Getting a Complete Script Re-Write



The year 2016 was not very nice to THE FLASH movie. At least fans of the speedster have the ongoing series on The CW because Warner Bros. lost not one, but two directors attached to THE FLASH movie last year.

Originally, Phil Lord and Chris Miller were attached to THE FLASH movie and their story treatment was to serve as the basis of the film's story. Unfortunately, the duo could not also direct due to schedule conflicts. Warner Bros. brought on Seth Grahame-Smith, in late 2015, to craft a script on that treatment and to also direct the movie. "Creative differences" rose and Graham-Smith left the movie in April 2016.

A few months later, in June 2016, Rick Famuyiwa came onboard to tweak the script and to direct it. Again, "creative differences" rose between Famuyiwa and the studio and he left the movie in October 2016. At this point it seemed obvious THE FLASH would not be able to meet its production schedule needs in order to release on time on March 23, 2018.

Now, according to Variety, THE FLASH has a new writer and it is getting a Page-1 re-write; meaning the old script is out and a new script is wanted. Warner Bros. has reportedly brought on Joby Harold — most recently he wrote KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD — to start from scratch on a new script for THE FLASH.

While this may sound concerning to fans, this news should be embraced because it has the appearance of the old script having issues and Warner Bros. executives saw this as a problem and needed to start all over again. Although, this also means there is no way fans will see an Ezra Miller-led THE FLASH movie coming out in 2018 and it will be pushed back to a much later release date. Taking a wild guess THE FLASH probably won't be out until 2019, at the earliest.

The Flash was briefly seen in BATMAN V. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE and then he had a cameo in SUICIDE SQUAD. He will be seen later this year in JUSTICE LEAGUE, on November 17.


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