During the holidays last year,
Warner Bros. Pictures premiered the DC Extended Universe film “Aquaman”
starring Jason Momoa. It would go on to surpass 2017’s DCEU installment “Wonder
Woman” as the highest-earning part of the franchise in the global box office
thanks to its awesome action scenes that sold a half-Atlantean hybrid that can
talk to fish as a powerful hero and member of the Justice League. The
incredible part is that the director for “Aquaman,” James Wan, is well known as
a horror filmmaker, from the first “Saw” to two “Conjuring” films. But
Warner-DC thinks a veteran of the genre might be the right fit for the DCEU, so
they hired another horror director.
The Hollywood Reporter tells us that Warner Bros. and DC is in
discussion with Andy Muschietti to have him direct the solo film of “The Flash”
starring Ezra Miller, who originated the role via cameo in 2016’s “Batman v
Superman: Dawn of Justice”. Muschietti would be familiar to fans of Stephen
King films because he was at the helm of the 2017 remake of “It” along with the
immediate sequel “It Chapter Two” scheduled to release this September. It helps
that this franchise remake was under Warner Bros. as well.
In addition to Muschietti,
possible directorial slot on “The Flash,” his sister and production partner
Barbara Muschietti is also being considered as a producer alongside Michael
Disco. Following the departure of no less than two earlier writing teams for
the project, including one co-developed by comic book writer Grant Morrison,
the studio is now relying on Christina Hodson to finish the script. Hodson
wrote last year’s “Transformers” spinoff prequel “Bumblebee,” credited with
potentially reviving the toy-based robot sci-fi film series. She is also
already assigned to script “Birds of Prey,” another DCEU film that is still in
the planning stages.
Ezra Miller is set to reprise his
role as the DCEU version of Barry Allen (separate from Grant Gustin’s “Arrow-verse”
iteration on The CW), initially portrayed since “Justice League” in 2017 as a
slacker and hacker looking to find work in the police to prove the innocence of
his incarcerated father. While characterized as somewhat humorous in that
movie, Miller has proposed taking Barry/Flash in a more serious direction for
his standalone DCEU film. He actually collaborated with Morrison on an earlier
script that the studio rejected. It is possible he might get still his wish with
Andy Muschietti directing.
In addition to Muschietti and
James Wan, “Annabelle: Creation” director David Sandberg was the one behind the
most recent DC Extended Universe film, April’s “Shazam!” starring Zachary Levi.
He and Wan, both horror specialists, took different paths in making their
respective DC superhero movies. Time will tell how Muschietti will handle “The
Flash,” which has yet to be given a filming schedule or release date.
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