We all know him and he has raced through our our hearts not just in his comic series but also in live action and animated series. The ‘Scarlet Speedster’ who was recently seen in the season finale episode of The Flash, is set to (as we all know) charm the audience with his solo movie. In October 2014, Warner Bros. had made the announcement about the movie The Flash.
As opposed to what we saw in The CW’s TV series where Grant Gustin is seen as ‘the fastest man alive’, Ezra Miller (Trainwreck) will be seen taking over that role in the movie universe. And now news has come that Warner Bros. has chosen Rick Famuyiwa to direct The Flash movie.
“Warner Bros is looking for the right chemical mix on its superhero picture line based on the DC Comics heroes, and the feeling internally was that Famuyiwa provided a vision that would resonate with young viewers and that vision was very compatible with the script that the studio is moving toward the start gate with,” reports Deadline. “That vision was executed to strong reviews in Dope, the 2015 film about a young geek trying to survive in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood.”
A story treatment for the film was written by Phil Lord and Chris Miller and on those basis, Seth Grahame-Smith (The Lego Movie) was roped in to write and direct the script. However, in April it was learnt that he dropped out due to creative differences with the studio, and it’s believed that the script by Smith will be used by Famuyiwa.
As far as Famuyiwa is concerned, his earlier works like Talk To Me, The Wood, Brown Sugar have been well received by the audience and the critics equally. Though it will be the first time he will be directing a comic based film, his past records are quite satisfactory. We will find it out on 16 March, 2018.
