However, with a premiere confirmed for June 2023, The Flash won a Super Bowl trailer this Sunday (12), so follow The Flash for everything we know about the film.

However, the preview gave the world a taste of the return of Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton as their Batmans, and Sasha Calle's Supergirl.

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Much of what is known about the film, including the comic arc it is based on, was revealed during its long journey to the big screen, which began in 2014.

So check out everything we know about The Flash right now.

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premiere date

Initially at the time the film was announced, it was scheduled for a March 2018 release.

But due to various changes behind the scenes of the production such as the director and screenwriter being changed several times, the release will be delayed for five years.

As if that were not enough, the film had to be postponed once again that shook the world between 2020 and 2022.

Although with everything seemingly resolved, The Flash will finally hit the big screen on June 15, 2023.

Director

Precisely The Flash saw a veritable festival of filmmakers in his director's chair since its formalization.

Seth Graham-Smith, Rick Famuyiva, John Francis Daly and Jonathan Goldstein even signed to Warner, but all retire from production due to "lack of production".

As the famous "constructive difference".

In 2019, Andy Muschietti, who worked with the studio on It: The Thing, acquired The Flash and looked to get the movie back on track for good.

screenwriter

Certainly Warner was in no hurry to take over as screenwriter either. Celebrities such as Phil Lord and Chris Miller provide screenplays for the film.

So Ezra Miller once wrote his own version of the Flash with the legendary Batman and the X-Men comic book artist.

Because anyway, Warner also did the right thing with Birds of Prey author Christina Hodson.

Plot

One of the few things that hasn't changed about the Flash since his conception is the adaptation of the Flashpoint arc, a story in which the Scarlet Speedster travels through time to save his mother.

Muschietti, who is already the official director of the feature, said that the film will not be a literal translation of the event created by Geoff Johns and Andy Cubert in 2011 and will offer something “different from what the public expects”.

By the way, one of the differences is the presence of two Barry's: the one who travels through time to save his mother.

And another version of another timeline. The two must team up with Keaton's Batman to save the planet from a threat familiar to longtime DCEU fans.

At DC FanDome 2020, the director revealed that Batman will not only act as a mentor of sorts to Barry, but will also be an important part of the plot.

The latest trailer released at Super Bowl 2023 also revealed that Michael Shannon's Zod will play a key role in the film.

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The Kryptonian general will revert to earth which, without Superman or other metahumans to save him, will have to rely on the two Flashes.

DC Studios presidents James Gunn and Peter Safran announced in January 2023 that the film will also serve as the end of the DCEU, which began in 2013.

Cast

Even with some confirmed names, the cast of The Flash is impressive and has been praised by fans so far.

In addition to Miller returning as the titular hero, the film will also feature Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton, both returning as their own versions of Bruce Wayne/Batman.

Subsequently Gotham, the film also features a heavy Kryptonian core.

While Sasha Kalle's debut as Supergirl, The Flash also featured Michael Shannon in the role of General Zod.

Kiersey Clemons, who played Iris West in Zack Snyder's Justice League, is also returning.

The same cannot be said for Billy Crudup, who, due to various production setbacks, was unable to reprise the role of Henry Allen due to scheduling conflicts.

In his place, The Conjuring's Ron Livingston will play the Scarlet Speedster's father.

Place in the DCEU

When it was announced, The Flash was one of the central points of the DCEU saga planned by Warner with Zack Snyder.

However, between the announcement and the release in 2014, there were many disputes between the studio and the director who was fired from Elástico da Justiça, and was unable to release his own version of the story until 2021.

With the DC Cinematic Universe under new ownership, The Flash moves from an impasse to a finish line, with Gunn and Safran seeing the film as the perfect opportunity to reboot the DCU in theaters.

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