Zod In The Flash Movie?! Why Man Of Steel's Villain Returns To The DCEU
Michael Shannon's General Zod is confirmed to appear in The Flash, and it actually makes a lot of sense for the Man of Steel villain to return to the DCEU. Despite the recent delay, The Flash was one of the main attractions of Warner Bros.' panel at CinemaCon 2022. Among the film highlights promoted at the event are Sasha Calle's Supergirl, Michael Keaton's Batman, and the surprising return of General Zod.
Despite being the first solo film of the Scarlet Speedster, The Flash is close to being an ensemble-type of the movie event. On top of telling a Flash story, the film will have the mission of reshaping the DCEU and setting up the future of the franchise. Direct consequences of The Flash for the DCEU timeline are already confirmed, as Michael Keaton's Batman will be staying in the franchise and will have a mentoring role in Batgirl.
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The reason why The Flash can have such an impact on the future of the DCEU is that it will deal with the Multiverse and time travel, which helps explain how General Zod will be in the film. The speed force and messing with time-space are common elements in Flash stories, namely in last decade's game-changer comic book Flashpoint. While The Flash is not a direct adaptation of Flashpoint, the film has already been confirmed to deal with alternate realities and changes made to the past, with the main evidence being the Flash going to Michael Keaton's Batman universe and, on a different occasion, revisiting the death of Nora Allen. Likewise, it is possible that Flash will revisit other moments in history, more specifically in the history of the DCEU. Just as the Avengers returned in key moments of their own stories
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