{"id":36002,"date":"2015-05-19T13:17:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T17:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=36002"},"modified":"2015-05-19T13:17:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T17:17:33","slug":"phil-lord-confirms-what-we-already-knew-about-the-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/19\/phil-lord-confirms-what-we-already-knew-about-the-flash\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Lord Confirms What We Already Knew About THE FLASH"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The-Flash\"<\/a>In this days where comic book films are immensely popular and rumors about them fly fast and furious,when real facts come out about them, it’s easy to over look.<\/p>\n

Phil Lord spoke with the Hippojuice Podcast <\/a>and talked about a number of things–23 Jump Street, The Lego Movie, <\/strong>the animated Spider-Man film he’d be making. But he took a fair amount of time talking about his involvement in Warner Brothers’ The Flash <\/strong>film. What he said seemed like scoop, but in reality confirmed rumors that were already circling the project.<\/p>\n

Obviously, the first is his and Chris Miller’s involvement in the project. Next he has confirmed that Ezra Miller is cast in the lead role, and the lead role will be that of Barry Allen. Miller’s casting was announced when the film was announced and it was generally assumed that Barry Allen would be the Flash they used.<\/p>\n

For those of you holding out hope that the film will still be able to tie in to the very popular CW TV series of the same name, this bit of information might put a stake in that dream. Well, Lord was more than happy to put five more stakes in the body and then set it on fire:<\/p>\n

We\u2019re trying to break a story. It\u2019s interesting, because there\u2019s a really popular TV show out there, and we\u2019re trying to carve out space for the movie that\u2019s apart\u00a0from that. I think we\u2019re doing alright. \u2026 I believe [our Flash] is going to be Barry Allen. \u2026 It\u2019s going to be it\u2019s own [thing, apart from the TV show] \u2014 we\u2019re more trying to stick with the cinematic universe\u2026 it really is its own thing, and kind of a stand-alone movie. We\u2019re just trying to think of the best story.\u00a0I think you guys will like it, it\u2019s kind of a different take on superhero stuff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All I can say to him is, good luck. CW’s The Flash <\/strong>is the second highest rated show in the history of the network and is one of the best shows on TV now. It seems to have captured the perfect interpretation of Barry Allen and the Flash, meaning Lord and Miller have their work cut out for them in creating something just as good yet substantially different with the character. Listen, I know that the film has been in the works much longer than the TV show and Warners had no idea the response for the show would be as good as it has been. But having both a TV series and a film with different versions of the character might blow up in their faces.<\/p>\n

\/Film<\/a> seems to think that the “stand-alone film” comment means that it won’t tie in with any other DC movie, when Lord says it will in the very same sentence. I’d expect Miller’s Barry Allen will appear on the big screen far before it appears in his own movie in 2018.<\/p>\n

Here is the podcast, in case you wish to peruse it yourself:<\/p>\n