Update On THE FLASH Movie Script; Separate DC Film & TV Universes Confirmed (Again)
It's been stated numerous times of course, but in a new interview producer Charles Roven dashes any hope for some kind of DCEU and television crossover. He also offers a brief update on the status of Seth Grahame-Smith's script for The Flash's big screen outing. More past the jump...
It always seemed fairly obvious that Warner Brothers had no plans to amalgamate their TV and movie universes, but after the popularity of shows' like Arrow and The Flash, many fans hoped they'd reconsider. Well, it still doesn't look very likely according to producer Charles Roven.
Even though The Flash has now introduced the Multiverse (opening up the possibility for both Flashes to exist simultaneously), Roven - who is part of the DCEU "brain trust" - is adamant that Grant Gustin and Ezra Miller iterations of the Scarlet Speedster will remain in their wholly separate worlds.
"Our Flash is gonna be not that guy. [Gustin is] terrific in doing [what he’s doing]. I think that whether it’s The Flash or Arrow, they’re doing a great job with the TV shows they’re doing. Gotham, that show’s really terrific. And we obviously wish them the best. It’s gonna be interesting to see what happens when we have a different Flash in a different universe. We’re gonna try to stay in our universe and they’re gonna be staying, I think, in their universe, and hopefully the audiences will embrace both. I think they can. You know, Supergirl is not in our universe, and that seems to be doing quite well."
As for that solo Flash flick, we recently found out that Seth Grahame-Smith would write and direct it, but haven't had any real updates since. The movie isn't set to hit theaters until March 2018 so we have quite a while to go yet, but Roven has assured fans that the story is coming together, at least. “We are in the script stage," he confirmed. "Early, early, early in the script stage.”
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