Andrew Kreisberg Reveals Which SUPERMAN Easter Egg They Cut From THE FLASH
If you've already seen the pilot episode of The Flash, you'll know that it's packed full of Easter Eggs which may just give us an idea what to expect from The CW series moving forwards. Now, Andrew Kreisberg reveals what they can and can't use, including a pretty major reference to Superman!
WARNING: Spoilers For The Flash's Pilot Follow. Marvel Studios have mastered the art of the Easter Egg, but The Flash's pilot did a pretty damn good job of teasing a number of future villains and storylines for The CW series. A poster was recently released which actually featured a number of those and more (you can check that out by clicking here), and while the final few moments of the spin-off's first episode revealed that Bruce Wayne does indeed exist in this world, the team working on the series are still having to be careful over what they can and can't include. Talking at The CW's PaleyFest Fall TV Preview, Andrew Kreisberg revealed that there was one reference to Superman's world in the pilot which they were quick to remove! "There was actually a crazy big one where we looked at each other and were like, 'We can’t do that! The feature people will hunt us down.' The Flash was running down the street and he literally ran past Luther Corp. They were all sitting there like, 'Is it okay?,' and we were like, 'No, you can’t do that!'" Of course, Luther Corp was the name of Lex Luthor's company in Smallville, but it's clear that nods to major members of the big screen Justice League are still foff limits for the time being.
However, why then can they mention Ferris Air from Green Lantern? Could that rumoured team-up movie featuring the Emerald Crusader and the Scarlet Speedster be some sort of big screen continuation of The Flash's TV series? Probably not, but it's food for thought! Kreisberg would then add this when asked how they managed to sneak in that reference to Batman's world. "There’s one thing they let us put in there. In the newspaper, it’s so small, but Geoff Johns said it was okay ‘cause the paper is from 10 years in the future, it says, “Queen Consolidated/Wayne Enterprises Merger Completed.” We figured that was the kind of thing where, once people saw it, they would freeze-frame it to look at the rest. As with both Arrow and The Flash, there are all these Easter eggs. Especially in upcoming episodes when The Flash is running through the streets, a lot of the times, the entire environment is digital. It’s not just The Flash, it’s the buildings and everything. It’s just all one big CG image, and the animators have had fun with that. There have been billboards that say, “Palmer Technologies,” which is Brandon Routh’s character on Arrow. And there’s Big Belly Burger, which is now a national chain that existed in Arrow. Part of the fun of reading a comic book is when you’re reading a Batman comic, and then you turn the page and Superman shows up. Both of these shows exist in the same world and they connect to each other." What do you guys think? Sound off with your thoughts on these comments below.
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