We're sure quite a few of you have either seen The Flash or have read through the leaks at this stage, but just in case, be warned of major spoilers from this point on.
The Scarlet Speedster's first solo movie features several major cameos, most of which occur when Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) re-enters the Speed-Force in an attempt to alter the events that lead to the deaths of Batman and Supergirl and the destruction of their reality.
We see Christopher Reeve's Superman, Helen Slater's Supergirl, Nicolas Cage as the version of the Man of Steel who would have appeared in Tim Burton's Superman Lives, and more. At one point, a character who looks a lot like Earth-2 Flash/Jay Garrick (who turned out to be the villainous Hunter Zolomon/Zoom) from The CW's The Flash races towards the screen, but actor Teddy Sears has now denied his involvement.
"I mean… that looks like my likeness. People kept telling me that I was in the new Flash movie," he tells TV Line. "I mean, I’m sleep-deprived with a newborn at home, so my memory is a little foggy, but I’m pretty sure I would have remembered shooting a major DC Studios film. Sadly, I’m not in this."
It seems the character was simply supposed to represent a generic Golden Age Flash, and they used Sears' likeness, evidently without seeking the actor's permission first.
This sequence was originally going to include even more cameos (Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman, Marlon Brando's Jor-El, Burgess Meredith's Penguin and Cesar Romero's Joker among them), but given the reaction to the VFX used to bring these characters to the screen and the controversy brought on by "resurrecting" dead actors, we should probably be grateful that they decided against it.
"Directed by Andy Muschietti, The Flash features Barry Allen traveling back in time in order to change events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to help. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian…albeit not the one he’s looking for.
Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?"
The Flash is produced by Barbara Muschietti and Michael Disco, with a screenplay by Christina Hodson, and a screen story by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein and Joby Harold, based on characters from DC. Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Double Dream/a Disco Factory production of an Andy Muschietti film.