The Flash introducing Super Girl
7Here's a Firstlook at Super Girl suit, daughter of Kal-El aka Superman in the upcoming The Flash live action movie.
The Flash is an upcoming American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Produced by DC Films, The Disco Factory, and Double Dream, and set for distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is intended to be the twelfth film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film is directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Christina Hodson, and stars Ezra Miller as Barry Allen / The Flash alongside Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Kiersey Clemons, Maribel Verdú, and Ron Livingston. In The Flash, Allen travels back in time to prevent his mother's murder, which brings unintentional consequences.
Development of a film based on the Flash began by 2004, with multiple writers and directors attached to the project through 2014. The film was then redeveloped as a part of the DCEU, with Miller cast as the title character. Multiple directors were attached to the film over the following years, with Seth Grahame-Smith, Rick Famuyiwa, and the duo of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein each departing the project due to creative differences. Muschietti and Hodson joined the film in July 2019, and pre-production began in January 2020. The film is influenced by the comic book storyline Flashpoint, featuring multiple DC Comics characters including Affleck and Keaton as different versions of Batman. Filming began in April 2021 at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, in England.
The Flash is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 4, 2022. Andy Muschietti said in January 2020 that the film would still adapt elements of the Flashpoint comic book storyline, but the film would be telling a different version of that story. In April, the film's release was moved forward to June 3, 2022, when Warner Bros. shifted their schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That June, Michael Keaton entered early negotiations to reprise his role as Bruce Wayne / Batman from Tim Burton's Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). Fisher discussed his role as Cyborg in the film with Muschietti that month, before Warner Bros. set a two-week shoot for Fisher to film what was referred to as a cameo appearance alongside other Justice League actors. Fisher said the studio only offered to pay him a fraction of his traditional salary for reprising the role. In August, Keaton was confirmed to be appearing in the film, and Ben Affleck agreed to reprise his version of Bruce Wayne / Batman from previous DCEU films. Muschietti explained that the film would be introducing the idea of the multiverse to general audiences by including multiple versions of characters, and acknowledging past film franchises based on DC Comics as alternate universes from the DCEU. It was important for Muschietti to include Affleck in the film since his version of Batman is the "baseline" for the DCEU, and he felt the introduction of Keaton's Batman would not work as well without first seeing the Flash's relationship with Affleck's Batman. Affleck chose to return, after saying he had retired from the character, because he would have a smaller role in the film.
During the virtual DC FanDome event "Explore the Multiverse" in September 2020, Barbara Muschietti said the film would feature many characters from the DC Universe and the Flash would serve as the bridge between them and their different timelines. She added that the film would be used to restart the continuity of the DCEU without disregarding the events of the prior films. A month later, Crudup entered early negotiations to rejoin the project under a new deal, having left during the shifts in writers and directors. Clemons' involvement with the film at that point was uncertain. The film's release was pushed back to November 4, 2022, due to further pandemic-related delays, and filming was set to begin in March 2021 in London. Warner Bros. had written Cyborg out of the film by January 2021 after Fisher refused to work on any project involving DC Films president Walter Hamada, citing his handling of an investigation into the on-set behavior of Justice League's replacement director Joss Whedon. The role of Cyborg was not expected to be recast. Andy and Barbara Muschietti arrived in the United Kingdom that month to prepare for production, with filming set to begin in April at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, after Miller completed his work on the Fantastic Beasts film. In February, construction for sets at Leavesden Studios had begun, Crudup was confirmed to be returning as Henry Allen,[9] and Sasha Calle was set to portray Supergirl. Calle was chosen from a group of more than 425 actresses, and is the first Latina actress to portray the character. All auditions for the part, as well as chemistry tests with Miller, took place over Zoom.