Andy Muschietti Confirms THE FLASH As His Next Movie; Calls It A "Beautiful Human Story"

Andy Muschietti Confirms THE FLASH As His Next Movie; Calls It A "Beautiful Human Story"

It director Andy Muschietti had been reluctant to confirm his involvement in Warner Bros.' long-gestating solo outing for The Flash, but he has finally opened up about the project in a new interview...

By MarkCassidy - Aug 30, 2019 04:08 AM EST
Filed Under: The Flash
We recently found out that The Flash movie had lost directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, but gained Andy Muschietti. The It Chapter Two filmmaker seemed reluctant to speak about the project when quizzed about it at SDCC, but has now confirmed his involvement.

While speaking to Fandango, Muschietti revealed that The Flash will indeed be his next movie - but fans of the director's previous work shouldn't expect to see any of his horror sensibilities reflected in the adventures of The Scarlet Speedster.

“An element of horror? I don’t think so. What captivated me about the Flash is the human drama in it,” he said. “The human feelings and emotions that play in the drama [of it]. It’s going to be fun, too. I can’t promise that there will be any horror [elements in it], really, but it’s a beautiful human story.”

Ezra Miller (who is still on board to reprise the role of Barry Allen) had been co-writing the latest draft of the script with comics author Grant Morrison. However, we now know that WB has decided not to move forward with their version and instead hired Christina Hodson (Bumblebee, Birds of Prey) to pen a brand new screenplay.

Previous reports indicated that Miller wanted a darker take on the character, which led to conflict with Daley and Goldstein who were dead set on a lighter tone. It sounds like all parties have found a compromise with the creative team of Muschietti and Hodson, so hopefully the movie actually gets off the ground this time.

Prep on The Flash expected to begin in January of next year
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tmp3
tmp3 - 8/30/2019, 4:29 AM
Humperdink
Humperdink - 8/30/2019, 7:22 AM
@tmp3 -



Dat Ezra-Flash stride is tight.
NathimusPrime
NathimusPrime - 8/30/2019, 4:32 AM
Well, it's something. Since wb doesnt care about continuity anymore maybe they can can give him a better speed effect. It might be a small thing but i hated the blue lightning. A new costume is an absolute must as well.
Battabing
Battabing - 8/30/2019, 7:23 AM
@NathimusPrime -
I'm pretty sure they care about continuity.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 8/30/2019, 12:47 PM
@Battabing - They don't. It seems like every upcoming film is ignoring Suicide Squad, MOS, & BVS.
Battabing
Battabing - 8/30/2019, 9:02 PM
@mastakilla39 -

What? Aquaman referenced JL, Shazam referenced the events of MOS and BvS, and Suicide Squad is bringing back characters from the first film.

So....

Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/30/2019, 4:32 AM
...
Until we get another director, you mean...
tmp3
tmp3 - 8/30/2019, 4:33 AM
It Chapter 2 is meant to be pretty bad, and won't even match the first one at the box-office, and Ezra Miller is a bad actor. They should have stuck with the Game Night guys.
Battabing
Battabing - 8/30/2019, 7:24 AM
@tmp3 -
If you're gonna hold anyone to standards, it's the Game Night guys. Remember Family Vacation?
Origame
Origame - 8/30/2019, 4:37 AM
@fettastic well, you see, it doesn't matter if he's entertaining. Its kinda different from classic flash. And being kinda different is absolutely unforgiveable...unless its mcu spiderman.
RolandD
RolandD - 8/30/2019, 4:37 AM
Lighter tone but no awkward Barry/Flash please. He should also be much more graceful with his running. His reflexes should be such that he is not crashing and burning like he did in JL a couple of times.
Whaley87
Whaley87 - 8/30/2019, 4:46 AM
@Origame Very blind fanboy thing of you to say when there are plenty of people who voice their dislike of the MCU Spider-man. You included. And yet you accept Miller's version of Flash.
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 8/30/2019, 4:48 AM
manofillintent1
manofillintent1 - 8/30/2019, 4:50 AM
Other flash directors - “you’ll float too”
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 8/30/2019, 4:50 AM
Remember when Lord & Miller were writing this film back in 2015?
Kyos
Kyos - 8/30/2019, 4:53 AM
It's genuinely hard to imagine by now that this movie is ever actually going to be made/released, and even if so what form it might've taken by then, and in what place the "DCEU" is by then.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 8/30/2019, 4:54 AM
I think Andy Muschietti is a very talented filmmaker so I hope this project actually gets off the ground this time. But I'm not getting my hopes up until the cameras start rolling
Kyos
Kyos - 8/30/2019, 5:09 AM
@ALegendaryPanda - I wouldn't get my hopes up anymore until the [frick]ing end credits are rolling in front of me.
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 8/30/2019, 4:56 AM
As long as it's a "Beautiful human story" without this guy..
KWilly
KWilly - 8/30/2019, 4:57 AM
Should've had a Flash film by 2017.
tmp3
tmp3 - 8/30/2019, 4:57 AM
@WakandanQueen - They left it to do Solo... lose/lose for everyone
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/30/2019, 5:01 AM
Is Ezra out though...

Roodi
Roodi - 8/30/2019, 5:03 AM
Several months later...




...annnnnd it's gone.
LordHarryLatts
LordHarryLatts - 8/30/2019, 5:10 AM
Does anything about Ezra's portrayal of Barry even hint at the character being an almost Batman-level detective ? It's just depressing to see how wrong they got the Flash so far...let's hope they pretty much start over.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 8/30/2019, 8:57 AM
@LordHarryLatts - well to be fair he isn’t that guy yet, he just started his career as a crime scene investigator at the end of Justice League
Tasmaniac
Tasmaniac - 8/31/2019, 11:38 PM
@LordHarryLatts - Does anything about Batman’s portrayal in any DCEU movie (or Nolan one for that matter) even hint at Batman being an almost Batman-level detective?

No.

So Ezra’s pretty bang on then...
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 8/30/2019, 5:39 AM
But we can get a recast though? That’d be great, thanks.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 8/30/2019, 5:52 AM
@Origame

Holland's Spider-man/Peter Parer is far closer to his comic counterpart than Ezra's Flash/Barry Allen. The sad thing is deep down inside the depths of your fanboy heart you know it's true, yet you suppress your true feelings and basic logic.
GarthRanzz
GarthRanzz - 8/30/2019, 6:06 AM
@LongMayHeReign - Haha you just put your Robosuit into kill mode against Origame. Nice!
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 8/30/2019, 5:56 AM
I’ll believe it when I see a trailer and even then it’s WB so there might be reshoots that change the whole thing
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 8/30/2019, 5:58 AM
It seems horror filmmaker's make some of the best comic book movies. Sam Raimi, PonySmasher (who's real name escapes me), heck, even Richard Donner made the Omen before he made the greatest comic book movie of all time. We'll see what happens. I'll believe a Flash movie when I see a trailer. Also recast Ezra with Billy Magnussen.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 8/30/2019, 6:00 AM
Although Miller is a good actor, I really think he is a miscast for Flash. So instead I opt for Billy Magnussen as Barry Allen
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