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[RajWatts]

'The Flash' Movie Loses Its Director

'The Flash' Movie Loses Its Director
The Hollywood Reporter
April 29, 2016

By Borys Kit

The Flash movie has lost its director.

Seth Grahame-Smith is leaving the Warner Bros. project due to “creative differences,” THR has learned.

Grahame-Smith, the author and screenwriter of such works as Pride & Prejudice & Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, was to have made his directorial debut on the project that was based on the iconic DC Entertainment scarlet speedster super hero.

The project will retain Grahame-Smith’s script, which he wrote working off a treatment from Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the Lego Movie duo that were once eyeing it as a possible directing vehicle.

Flash already has a release date – March 3, 2018 – and an actor who portrays the classic hero known as “the fastest man alive” – Ezra Miller, and there is plenty of time for the studio to find a director.

Miller’s Flash, aka. Barry Allen, was introduced in a cameo appearance in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and is now shooting Justice League Part 1, which will be released in the summer of 2017.

Grahame-Smith still remains involved in other Warners project. He is a writer on the studio’s Lego Batman Movie and is working on Beetlejuice 2.

 

[loyola llothta]

"creative differences"

@ Snyder not feeling comics because there wasn't enough sex and murder

Looking forward to Barry's flashback in JL of witnessing his mom getting raped and killed during a home invasion gone wrong

 

[Jello Biafra]

Hopefully they can get Lord and Miller back to direct.

Looking forward to Barry's flashback in JL of witnessing his mom getting raped and killed during a home invasion gone wrong

That is pretty much what happened in the Flash TV show though and everybody considers that to be a shiny and happy fun show.

 

[Bigbigguy]

This movie keeps losing directors

 

[Jello Biafra]

This movie keeps losing directors

When you announce a movie that isn't coming out till 5 years in the future this is the type of shyt that will happen.

 

[Optimus Prime]

they really should just keep this Flash for the JL movies. Don't do the origin story because its being told right now on TV even if it isn't in the same universe. But since they are going to do it, go into with him already being the Flash with all his powers, etc...

 

[Brandeezy]

This movie keeps losing directors

It only had one. Lord and Miller only wrote the story

 

[Bryan Danielson]

So are DC guys gonna "AntMan" this or na?

 

[Brian O'Conner]

get this hack outta here

the author and screenwriter of such works asPride & Prejudice & Zombies andAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

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[Norrin Radd]

Never directed a movie before anyways, if anything this is a good thing

 

[Fillerguy]

not even a hack wants this shyt

 

[Monoblock]

Its not looking good.

Crisis On Finite DC Movieverses

Director Seth Grahame-Smith has left The Flash. The official explanation: "creative differences."

Sources at WB tell me that this is just one part of what's going on behind the scenes at the DC movieverse. Zack Snyder and Geoff Johns were taken aback at critical and audience reaction to Batman v Superman, I'm told, and WB execs have found themselves at odds with Snyder over his vision for Justice League and the DC movieverse going forward. Of course Justice League was scheduled to start shooting mere days after BvS was released, which meant WB couldn't take any definitive action - like removing Snyder or delaying the movie to make changes - without poisoning the box office for BvS. The result? Lots of fights between Snyder and the WB execs, and lots of pressure from Burbank on Snyder, who is shooting in London.

I'm not sure what the exact nature of the creative differences on The Flash are, but I'm being told that this may not be the only movie impacted by the aftermath of BvS. According to multiple, reliable sources James Wan is feeling a tremendous amount of trepidation about Aquaman. It's important to remember two things - Fast 7 was a very difficult process for him, even without Paul Walker's tragic death, and James Wan doesn't really need Aquaman. With The Conjuring 2 and Lights Out (which he produced), Wan will be owning WB's summer slate, bringing in a lot of money with movies that cost a fraction of Aquaman. Aquaman needs Wan, and right now Wan is trying to decide if he needs that hassle.

It will be interesting to see how things shake out. Wan has the upper hand on Aquaman, so maybe he'll be able to make that work in his favor. I keep hearing that it could be delayed in an attempt to get the film right, but who knows. Justice League is going to be Justice League, no matter how hard the studio rides Snyder. As for the rest of the slate - Suicide Squad, the weird side movie, looks like it's the hail mary pass for the DC Movieverse, at least until guaranteed winner The Batman gets here.

 

[Arishok]

So are DC guys gonna "AntMan" this or na?

What does that mean?

 

[RajWatts]

Don't see why dc didn't lock down lord and Miller for whatever price to direct this, especially after they wrote the script. Get them to direct, ditch snyder after justice League and get Wan to do JL2

 

[Brandeezy]

Its not looking good.

Crisis On Finite DC Movieverses

Director Seth Grahame-Smith has left The Flash. The official explanation: "creative differences."

Sources at WB tell me that this is just one part of what's going on behind the scenes at the DC movieverse. Zack Snyder and Geoff Johns were taken aback at critical and audience reaction to Batman v Superman, I'm told, and WB execs have found themselves at odds with Snyder over his vision for Justice League and the DC movieverse going forward. Of course Justice League was scheduled to start shooting mere days after BvS was released, which meant WB couldn't take any definitive action - like removing Snyder or delaying the movie to make changes - without poisoning the box office for BvS. The result? Lots of fights between Snyder and the WB execs, and lots of pressure from Burbank on Snyder, who is shooting in London.

I'm not sure what the exact nature of the creative differences on The Flash are, but I'm being told that this may not be the only movie impacted by the aftermath of BvS. According to multiple, reliable sources James Wan is feeling a tremendous amount of trepidation about Aquaman. It's important to remember two things - Fast 7 was a very difficult process for him, even without Paul Walker's tragic death, and James Wan doesn't really need Aquaman. With The Conjuring 2 and Lights Out (which he produced), Wan will be owning WB's summer slate, bringing in a lot of money with movies that cost a fraction of Aquaman. Aquaman needs Wan, and right now Wan is trying to decide if he needs that hassle.

It will be interesting to see how things shake out. Wan has the upper hand on Aquaman, so maybe he'll be able to make that work in his favor. I keep hearing that it could be delayed in an attempt to get the film right, but who knows. Justice League is going to be Justice League, no matter how hard the studio rides Snyder. As for the rest of the slate - Suicide Squad, the weird side movie, looks like it's the hail mary pass for the DC Movieverse, at least until guaranteed winner The Batman gets here.

Believe Devin Farci brehs. The Hollywood Reporter said that WB is looking for a more experience director and nothing about pressure. Also Wan said a couple days ago that he was excited about Aquaman

Don't see why dc didn't lock down lord and Miller for whatever price to direct this, especially after they wrote the script. Get them to direct, ditch snyder after justice League and get Wan to do JL2

They're going to be shooting Han Solo