As you may have heard last night, Warner Bros. has officially delayed DC Films’ The Flash. The film never had a firm release date, but it has been bounced around over the last few years. Original helmer Seth Grahame-Smith was let go a month after Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice opened to much handwringing. He was replaced by Rick Famuyiwa (Dope) who left the project on Halloween night in 2016. He, in turn, was replaced by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein just before their acclaimed Game Night opened this past February. Ezra Miller is still attached, although it is the Fantastic Beasts 3 shooting schedule (spoiler: Credence Barebone presumably survives Crimes of Grindelwald) that’s causing the delay.
Since the Wizarding World of JK Rowling franchise is a trusted and reliable brand while DC Films is not, that’s the smart play. This delay is both irrelevant and a little poetic. Yesterday marked four years since Warner Bros. held the shareholder meeting during which they announced the slate for what would become DC Films. And it was on that day that Ezra Miller was announced as the big-screen incarnation of The Flash, literally a week after the CW’s TV show variation (starring Grant Gustin as Barry Allen) premiered. Four years later, and we are no closer to a Flash solo movie while the DC Films franchise is almost as theoretical as it was in late 2014.
How DC Films went from Warner Bros.’ greatest hope to their biggest problem
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Make good movies, people will watch.
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How DC Films went from something I was excited about to something I couldn’t care less about.
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This article is just a sad discourse on the way WB will continue to treat every DC brand but Batman. I honestly wish WB would sell the rights at this point. I don’t want to be stuck watching our dear dark brooding dark knight for the rest of my life on the big screen. WB has proven they don’t give a shit about making comic book movies time and time again, they want Oscar bait blockbusters. I honestly believe comic book movies that have succeeded at WB in the past and will succeed in the future do so inspite of them not because of them or not with the help of them anyway.
Meanwhile the Marvel brand both at Sony with Spider-Man 1 and 2 plus some of the X Men films in years past and Marvel Studios continue to put out movies that actually love these characters while keeping in the spirit of the source material even when they change things. They may not be the greatest movies ever made but you know what? They don’t have to be, not every superhero movie needs to be The Dark Knight or an Oscar contender. They should be entertaining watches that we walk away from with a smile on our face and maybe a lesson learnt about how to be a hero or to simply carry on when the world continues to beat you down.
Mark my words if Aquaman doesn’t see the returns WB deems fit they won’t make another comic book movie outside of Batman beyond WW and Shazam for the foreseeable future.
Like the article said WB doesn’t need DC and if that isn’t a red flag for any fan then I don’t know what is. -
This title is such clickbait. Im not even gonna read the article but wtf Warner Bros is THE REASON that DC movies got messed up dont put that shit on DC.
