The Flash failed to clear up DC Studios' DCU plans, especially after Barry Allen found himself in a reality which definitely doesn't appear to be the one projects like Superman: Legacy and Creature Commandos will be set in.
While The Flash was expected to bring an end to the DCEU, August's Blue Beetle is strongly believed to be part of the DCU...even though it wasn't produced by DC Studios and December's Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom likely won't be.
During an interview with Games Radar, Blue Beetle director Angel Manuel Soto attempted to clarify his movie's place in James Gunn's rebooted DC Universe.
"We are part of the universe, we are part of the world, we are part of the plans that they have been creating for the future instalments of the DCU," Soto confirms. "But we are not tied to all the films from the past."
"Yes, our movie lives in the world where superheroes exist. But that doesn't mean that a certain event, or certain alliance, or certain things from the past dictate where our film is going."
It's a little tricky to make sense of these comments and, once again, it feels like a decision about Jaime Reyes' future will only be made once it opens in theaters. Had The Flash been considered "one of the greatest superhero movies ever" by critics and audiences, it may well have been a hit this past weekend and guaranteed Barry a place in the DCU.
As things stand, we don't expect to see that version of the Scarlet Speedster again!
In Blue Beetle, recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.
When the Scarab suddenly chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he is bestowed with an incredible suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero known as Blue Beetle.
Blue Beetle arrives in theaters on August 18.