Seth Grahame-Smith has left the director’s chair for the upcoming Flash movie in the DC Extended Universe, which includes Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and the upcoming Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, and Justice League. Earning his stripes as a screenwriter on such pictures as Pride & Prejudice & Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, this was to be his first directing gig. Perhaps, he got cold feet. The only reason we know yet, is that it was over “creative differences.”
He will remain as a screenwriter of the superhero flick starring Ezra Miller, which includes writers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the pens behind The Lego Movie. Grahame-Smith is also still set to write Lego Batman Movie and Beetlejuice 2 for Warner Brothers, the home studio for DC.
Hopefully this setback won’t pit the picture into development hell. The TV show in the Arrowverse is great (and I do mean great), but I’m one of those who enjoy seeing multiple versions, like the Quicksilvers of two worlds. When Edgar Wright left Ant-Man, the project was far enough along, that it dusted itself off, snagged Peyton Reed, and kept moving as scheduled. And just like Grahame-Smith will, Wright was still credited as a screenwriter. But when the Channing Tatum-starring Gambit X-Men spin-off lost its director, it was eventually pit into development hell. So lets cross our fingers that The Flash will be more like Ant-Man than Gambit.
With Miller’s Flash making a cameo in Batman v Superman, and having a spot on the Justice League roster next year, I’m sure Warner Brothers will be on the fast track (no pun intended) to find a new captain.
In the case that The Flash stays on schedule, and not removed completely like Inhumans was, we’ll be able to see Barry Allen’s big-screen alter-ego, along with a rumored Black Canary, on March 3, 2018. In the meantime, we can wet our whistle with his appearance in Justice League Part One on November 17, 2017.
Source: THR
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