The Flash is actually the second superhero movie he’s working on for Warner Bros. – he’s also writing the Lego Batman movie.
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After years of waiting, the DC Cinematic Universe is finally starting to take shape.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has landed on author Seth Grahame-Smith to both write and direct the big screen version of Barry Allen’s adventures.
Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Perks of Being a Wallflower) will star as the titular hero in the upcoming film, which is set for release on March 3, 2018. If the rumors are true, The Flash will be Grahame-Smith’s first foray into directing: while Grahame-Smith has worked as an author and screenwriter for years, he’s never directed a major motion picture.
Warner Bros. already has a successful The Flash TV series, but they’re also going to be releasing a Flash movie that’s completely separate from The CW show.
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the duo behind The Lego Movie and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, have provided a treatment for the film. He’ll first pop up in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which opens March 25, 2016, and then have a more prominent role in Justice League: Part One, which opens November 17, 2017. He adapted his novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter into a film, wrote Dark Shadows for Tim Burton and has written and is producing a multitude of other projects, including a Gremlins reboot, a Beetlejuice sequel and a new Looney Toons film.
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So what are your thoughts on Grahame-Smith netting the gig?
