Is this ironic or what: the fastest guy in the whole comic book universe is the slowest one getting to the box office.
Screen Rant has been keeping careful tabs on the (lack of) progress concerning The Flash movie. For those with long memories, the blink-and-you-miss-it exploits of Wally West (aka The Flash) were supposedly going to be freeze-framed on the big screen following the release of the fabled Justice League movie. This would’ve served as the well from which spin-off films like The Flash, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman would be drawn.
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Well, unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last six months, you know that Justice League is currently D.O.A.–so where does that leave the projects that were supposed to be its by-products?
In the case of Green Lantern, it seems things are moving forward even faster than planned: the movie has (what insiders are already calling) a kick-ass script, is pretty epic in scope, and DC/Warner Bros. seems to be fully committed to getting the film up and out for a 2010 release.
In the case of The Flash, however, things are looking… not so great. Producer of The Dark Knight and Warner Bros. insider Charles Roven has been the primary source of Flash movie news thus far. After letting the blogoshpere know some months ago that Flash was stuck in development limbo, Roven was recently sighted at this year’s Spike TV Scream Awards and was kind enough to let Flash fans know how far the project has progressed since his initial report: not one step.
Pretty ironic for comic books’ fastest hero, no?
No word yet on where this non-development leaves David Dobkin (Fred Clause) who was initially tapped to helm The Flash. No word yet on anything else surrounding this project (if it can still be called a “project” at all). Seriously though, I don’t see what the hold up is: maybe if Green Lantern performs well, DC/Warner will finally get off their duffs. In the meantime, give’em hell Marvel Studios!
We’ll let you know if any other news lands in our lap. Be prepared for a long wait, though. For now, sound off and tell us how you feel about DC/Warner Bros. denying you The Flash movie you’ve been waiting for.
Source: Super Hero Hype
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11 Comments
Sucks
Ironic that a movie about The Fastest Man Alive would be the slowest in development.
LOL!
I didnt read the full article before I posted Kofi,
We agree on the irony!
This project needs a big name Director and Star.
People who are PASSIONATE about the project .
This is depressing that a posibly good movie like this is takeing forever!!!! Lets hope they make up their minds if they do this movie or not or we might not hear bout this for a while.
Sad news for sure. But the saddest news for Flash fans? The saddest news is that Ryan Reynolds passed on Flash to become Marvel’s favorite smart a** Deadpool. I remember he used to publicly lobby for the role of the Flash. Dont you think a little A list talent publicly lobbying for the film would speed up development right about now? And aside from that, he wouldve been great as the Flash. He’s already proven he can bulk up and play a hero in Blade. And he has the perfect sense of humor for the role.
I must admit Im glad though. Reynolds is equally perfect for the role of Deadpool, and Im glad Marvel realized that and locked him down before DC could. But I am just a little partial to the Merc with da mouth!
That is even more sad but I bet the reason he did not do it was because that he fears like us it wont ever get out of development
in was hoping matthew mconihay would play the part
Well he has his chance now to do it
well if the first movie was good enough then there shouldnt have to be another one, cuz thefirst one back in 1990 and the tv series was awsome i watch’d it alot when i was a child so let there not be another movie
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