THE FLASH Movie Loses Another Director; IT Helmer Andy Muschietti Set To Take Over With New Writer

The Fastest Man Alive has been given a new blast of life at Warner Bros., as the studio has hired It director Andy Muschietti to helm the long-gestating DC Comics adaptation. More past the jump...

By MarkCassidy - Jul 02, 2019 01:07 PM EST

Filed Under: The Flash

The Flash movie has lost directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, but gained It filmmaker Andy Muschietti.

Warner Bro.' solo outing for The Scarlet Speedster has been in and out of development for years now, with Daley and Goldstein just the latest in a long line of directors to depart the project.

Last we heard, star Ezra Miller (who is still on board to reprise the role of Barry Allen) was co-writing the latest draft of the script with comics author Grant Morrison. However, THR reports 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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knocturnalzen10 - 7/2/2019, 1:53 PM

smh..........

SonOfAGif - 7/2/2019, 2:04 PM

@knocturnalzen10 - Is it Ezra Miller that directors have no confidence in? Is it WB that directors have no confidence? Is it the character that WB has no confidence in? What could it be?

L0RDbuckethead - 7/2/2019, 2:09 PM

@knocturnalzen10 - I'm beginning to think this one ain't happening (at least not with Ezra Miller as Barry).

4 directors in 5 years? Damn.

knocturnalzen10 - 7/2/2019, 2:12 PM

@SonOfAGif - Flash is a great character imo so it's not him ......

sKeemAn - 7/2/2019, 2:29 PM

@knocturnalzen10 - My thoughts exactly.

dracula - 7/2/2019, 2:39 PM

@knocturnalzen10 - Might work, James Wan was great for Aquaman, Patty Jenkins was great for Wonder Woman, David Sandberg was great for Shazam, Matt Reeves is doing Batman, maybe former horror movie directors are the best choice for DC movies. Although I thought this guy would do Superman not Flash

JohnnyStorm - 7/2/2019, 2:41 PM

@SonOfAGif - I think it's WB, and it's sad man. Aside from Aquaman and WW They are the constant in a string of letdowns...and Snyder of course. The DC properties have so much potential to be absolutely amazing, and just as good as anything MCU can offer. But, this hasn't been the case unfortunately. I like to imagine what someone like Feige and his team could do for these franchises.

MCUKnight11 - 7/2/2019, 1:55 PM

Seriously!? What is it about this movie that is so hard to make? How can Marvel have no problem making an Eternals movie of all things yet DC can't even make one Flash movie let alone a consistent cinematic universe? The Flash has been a success on tv for the last 5 years and also in the 90's with John Wesley Shipp.

AquaClunge - 7/2/2019, 2:07 PM

@MCUKnight11 - Because DC aren't running the show WB are.

🚴🏿‍♀️🍃💨🍃💨🍃

MCUKnight11 - 7/2/2019, 2:15 PM

@FarFromClunge - I mean it is the same WB that cancelled Swamp Thing and put HQ in BoP so I can see your point.

Victorg1983 - 7/2/2019, 2:19 PM

@MCUKnight11 - I don't think you can call the flash a success on TV ... the numbers are pretty weak ... and the 90s show did not last very long at all.

dracula - 7/2/2019, 2:40 PM

@MCUKnight11 - Well they cant do the same stories the show did, they need to come up with a good plot, personally hope they use the rogues

Highflyer - 7/2/2019, 1:56 PM

*Reads title*
Me:

SpideyPuffsMJ - 7/2/2019, 1:56 PM

But oh THANK GOD they kept Ezra Miller!

BuzzKillington - 7/2/2019, 2:03 PM

@SpideyPuffsMJ -

Is that sarcasm?

SpideyPuffsMJ - 7/2/2019, 3:01 PM

@BuzzKillington - Man, what a buzz kill!

santoanderson - 7/2/2019, 1:57 PM

Every time a director boards, and subsequently abandons this movie the less interest I have in it. It just makes me think the studio has a whole bunch of contradictory ideas for what a Flash movie should have, and their indecisiveness is turning off every director they interview for the job. I just wish they’d either hire one director, and allow him/her to execute their vision, or just put Flash on the back burner for a few years (at least until the TV series is over) before trying again.

tmp3 - 7/2/2019, 1:57 PM

Ezra Miller is still Flash

tmp3 - 7/2/2019, 1:58 PM

This sucks so [frick]ing much. The Game Night guys doing The Flash was perfect, why did they have to go and do this?
Ezra Miller is a bad actor, and he exclusively wants to do a dark & gritty version of this character, so [frick] this movie. This went from my second most hyped DC film to me now hoping it never, ever gets made.

Highflyer - 7/2/2019, 2:02 PM

@tmp3 - "Ezra is a bad actor."

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