Has there ever been a movie as publicly troubled as The Flash? The character is one of DC's biggest heroes. He stands just outside the DC trinity of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, but he's had two live-action shows to his name, and appeared in a number of DCEU films. He's never had a live-action movie, though, until one was announced alongside the other Justice League-connected movies that followed Man of Steel and Batman v Superman. Ezra Miller initially appeared as the character in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, before having a far more prominent role in 2017's Justice League (as well as the 2021 release of Zack Snyder's Justice League).
Once the standalone Flash movie was announced, it went through a veritable crowd of potential directors, including The Lego Movie's Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Seth Grahame Smith (writer of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), writer-director duo John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Game Night), before finally landing on Andy Muschietti (It and It: Chapter Two). Each director (or pair of directors) lasted a while before leaving the movie due to creative differences.
The Flash movie also went through multiple scripts during this time, with Miller even penning one draft along with comic writer Grant Morrison. Then, members of the Justice League cast (among many others) began to speak out about Joss Whedon.
Finally, Miller himself became the source of the drama as they got into fights, had restraining orders filed against them, and other legal issues that forced him to enter treatment. This doesn't cover the multiple delays and casting changes. And somehow, The Flash is actually happening. It's a real movie that has been filmed, and that new DC
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