The Flash Movie May Have a New Director

Posted by on February 26th, 2010   Filed under: Action, Books/Comics, Rumours
Source: IESB

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Now that things are moving forward with Green Lantern, and the next Superman movie is finally showing signs of life, Warner Brothers are also apparently turning their attention to a big screen version of The Flash as well. After previously changing hands from director David Goyer (Blade: Trinity) to Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum) to David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers), The Flash movie seemed to have fizzled out by late last year. This week, however, IESB is reporting that someone new has finally been assigned to the project, and is looking likely to take over directorial duties as well.

According to their sources, Greg Berlanti is currently the frontrunner to helm The Flash — the same guy who co-wrote the Green Lantern script and previously worked on such TV shows as Everwood and Eli Stone. It certainly seems that the WB likes to re-use talent, particularly in the case of filmmakers they have developed a strong working relationship with. Perhaps this will help create some harmony between their superhero franchises, similar to Marvel, although in the case of Berlanti, his directing experience is somewhat limited (his credits include The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy and the upcoming comedy Life As We Know It). It’s interesting that most of the people attached to The Flash up until now have been known primarily for directing comedies. Do you think Berlanti is the right guy to direct The Flash? Is he at least better than Shawn Levy or David Dobkin?



  • 81

    the FLASH is the cool’est comic book hreo of all time & yes he is fastter than Superman.

  • pcch7

    lame

  • reginald von kneeson VI

    It’s ashame that The Flash ushered in the Silver Age of comics, opening the door for superhero books and yet over time deteriorated into a laughable soap opera, which was killed in the late 80s. The sad trajectory is a sign of how DC got lost along the way. And only the recent interest in comic book movies has revivified an interest in relaunching The Flash.

    By now there are so many peculiar origin stories you’d have to be an archivist to keep up. Or an alien from another dimension. Thus, any director is faced with the challenge of knowing where to begin unlike the Spider-Man movies, which mainly followed the storyline chronologically.

    Warner Bros. would be best served by choosing a true visionary capable of handling the concepts of speed, scientific discoveries, and wondrous plots as opposed to someone aiming at the 12-25 group. CGI mastery is obligatory, not ancillary. The closer to James Cameron’s eye the director has, the better off the studio will be in the long run. Instead, if they attempt to merely satiate the whims of the day they won’t have a strong foundation to build on.

    Watching the studio fumble around for the past few years I’d bet on the latter. After all, the DC legacy of the Flash is quite weak. Already the Green Lantern has 2 Chronicles out, a major film, an animated film, and a fair amount of PR. On the other hand, The Flash is getting overlooked and underappreciated. Hey DC, How come your Superman and Batman 1st issue Chronicles had over 200 pgs. and the Flash was only given 160? Why? Because you really haven’t loved him. That’s why. Because he’s got more in common with Rodney Dangerfield than Superman. And that’s just plain sad, especially since he helped build the house of DC for two solid decades.

  • damndirtyape

    >>the FLASH is the cool’est comic book hreo of all time & yes he is fastter than Superman.

    Hey Greg.

  • Damian

    Michael The archangle tops them all and i am going to come out my own comic book its going to top them all suckas

  • David

    Thats how you know the flash is so underrated. I mean he’s the best in DC comic at what he does and he’s fatser than superman. But about the director, i’m all fine with him if he delivers on the movie. I mean if they were to get a director, get on that is an actual fan of the flash. Oh and if they were to get someone to pl;ay the flash, i think bradley cooper is a good choice. Since he lost out to ryan reynolds in the green lantern movie.