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14,384Everything You Need To Know Before Watching The Film.
The Flash is only the second DCEU movie set after the events of 2017’s Justice League, following 2018’s Aquaman, another origin film that limited its story to the underwater world of Atlantis. (Even though the Snyder cut released in 2021 was an improvement on Joss Whedon’s zombified version of Justice League, Warners’ stance, according to Snyder, is that the original theatrical release from 2017 is considered canon instead.) As such, The Flash will tie in with a film that came out more than half a decade ago, along with characters and events from movies that stretch back even further still.
Here’s everything else you need to know about The Flash, the inspirations behind it, and what might be in store for the future of the franchise as the controversy caused by Miller persists and the DCEU’s rebirth as the DCU approaches.
In case you’ve forgotten about Barry Allen’s apparently Oscar-worthy ability, the Flash channels the Speed Force, a source of pure energy that allows the hero to run super fast. As the official DC website explains, the Speed Force is also a place: In The Flash, Barry uses the Speed Force to go back in time to undo the life-defining traumatic event of his past, as he seeks to prevent his mother’s death and exonerate his father, who was wrongfully convicted of her passing.
Barry’s manipulation of the past creates a world in which metahumans (people with superpowers) don’t exist. This new Earth is one where Kal-El seemingly never crash-landed as a baby. As a result, he never became Superman, leaving the planet unprotected against apocalyptic threats like General Zod.
In Man of Steel, Zod and his acolytes invaded Earth with the intention of transforming the planet into the new Krypton. To make it habitable for Kryptonians, though, Zod needed to terraform the planet using a device called the World Engine, which would essentially wipe out all existing life on Earth. These colossal machines can be seen in The Flash’s trailers, as well. As Barry tries to undo the damage he’s caused to the universe, he recruits both a younger version of himself and this timeline’s Batman—an older Bruce Wayne played by Michael Keaton, more than 30 years after the actor first donned the cowl in Tim Burton’s Batman in 1989. And though Superman won’t be around this time to break any necks, Barry’s superteam will also include the Kryptonian that this version of Earth received in Superman’s stead: Kara Zor-El (Sasha Calle), otherwise known as Supergirl.
The other major DCEU film that The Flash will connect to is Justice League, which ended with Barry paying his father a visit in prison to let him know that he finally got a job at a crime lab in Central City. (Although Billy Crudup portrayed Henry Allen in Justice League, Ron Livingston plays the part in the new movie.) In The Flash, Barry will occupy this new position as a forensic scientist, and trailers have already revealed a reunion between Barry and Ben Affleck’s Batman. Considering the boundary-breaking possibilities of the multiverse, there’s no telling how many other familiar faces may appear.
The Flash is the first (and also the last) multiversal story in the DCEU, as director Andy Muschietti’s film capitalizes on the latest trend in the superhero genre to tie together films that span decades of DC’s cinematic history. The Flash adds to the already excessive supply of superhero and multiverse movies, but at least it will also offer one more chance to hear Danny Elfman’s iconic Batman theme, thanks to Keaton’s comeback as the Caped Crusader.
Barry’s timeline tampering resulted in a world where metahumans were nonexistent, and even the Batman Barry knows and forms a bond with has been altered completely. In the alternate timeline, the jaded, aged Batman, played by Ben Affleck, is replaced by an even more jaded, aged version of the Caped Crusader, played by Michael Keaton. Fans of the character will easily recognize the iconic version of Batman who made his appearance in Tim Burton’s much-celebrated duology, Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). The first entry showcases the origin of the Caped Crusader and how, in this iteration, it is entangled with his arch-nemesis, the Joker, while the second one sees Batman tackling the dual threat of Catwoman and Penguin. In the alternate timeline, this version of Batman is present, but three decades have passed since the events of Batman Returns, and the protector of Gotham has retired.
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