{"id":40372,"date":"2017-04-28T00:49:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T04:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=40372"},"modified":"2017-04-28T08:31:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T12:31:30","slug":"big-names-floated-director-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/28\/big-names-floated-director-flash\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Names Floated For Director Of THE FLASH"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The last thing The Flash <\/strong>film needs is problems. It already has an uphill battle competing with the excellent TV series of the same name. So the turmoil\u00a0the film is undergoing in finding a director certainly has a lot of people worried.\u00a0Taking that into consideration,\u00a0it’s not surprising that Warner Brothers is trying to get a big and flashy (no pun intended)\u00a0name to direct.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t get much bigger or flashier than the latest candidate that is rumored to be in talks to take over the job. Screen Junkies <\/a>is quoting sources that say none other than Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis is in talks to helm the feature.<\/p>\n

Zemeckis won his Oscar for Forrest Gump <\/strong>and his last film was last year’s World War II espionage thriller, Allied<\/strong>, but he has been no stranger to genre films.\u00a0You might remember his resume includes Romancing the Stone<\/strong>,\u00a0Back to the Future<\/strong>, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit<\/strong>. He definitely be a step up over Rick Famuyiwa\u00a0or Seth Grahame-Smith.<\/p>\n

But, not so fast, states our old friend Umberto Gonzalez, a.k.a. El Mayimbe, who apparently now writes for\u00a0 The Wrap. He took to Twitter to dispel this rumor…kind of:<\/p>\n

Not true. NOT in talks. He took a meeting and that is it. They’re still meeting with other directors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Eh, this might be splitting hairs. Was the meeting Zemeckis had about directing\u00a0The Flash<\/strong>? Wouldn’t that count as being\u00a0“in talks?”\u00a0Or do we need more than one meeting\u00a0to be in talks according to some kind of arcane Hollywood syntax rule. Regardless, the fact that El Mayimbe said that he’s not in talks means that Zemeckis is likely to sign a contract any day now.<\/p>\n

It does appear that fans and journalists really want\u00a0the film to get a director. Deadpool<\/strong> director Tim Miller’s name was bandied about purely\u00a0because Kevin Smith said he would be a good choice. Since Smith is\u00a0not producing the film and his sway goes only as far as being able to direct episodes of DC’s television shows, Miller’s name should be taken with a grain\u00a0of salt.<\/p>\n

Another name with a little more heat behind it is Jordan Peele. Rumor has it <\/a>that Warners\u00a0has approached him\u00a0to gauge his interest.\u00a0After the success of Get Out<\/strong>, Peele has been getting a lot of buzz for his directing skills.<\/p>\n

Likely none of these names will sign on to direct the film, but it does show the wide net that Warners is casting to get a director. Instead of a novice with no experience or with one well received indie film to the name, the studio is looking at proven commodities or novices that scored big at the box office and with critics. That’s not a bad thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE FLASH might be the sophomore effort of two directors whose debuts made a splash, or an Oscar-winning veteran might take the helm. <\/div>\n

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