Could be nothing but interesting nonetheless

“We pitched this idea of a ground-level superhero where it isn’t entirely end-of-the-world stakes,” Daley says. “He’s just learning his powers and is also somewhat dysfunctional with his life. The more imperfect we can make a superhero, the better, because that’s the inherent challenge: How do you give imperfection to someone that is, you know, physically perfect?”

Goldstein and Daley say they met with Miller once over dinner before they began working on a script. “They were intense and very bright,” Goldstein says of the actor. “Later, it became clear that they didn’t want to quite do the same thing as we did.”

Miller reportedly wrote a rival version of the script with Grant Morrison, which the studio ultimately passed on. But by that point, Goldstein and Daley were ready to move on.

“It was a number of creative differences that caused us at a certain point to decide that it was time to go,” Daley says.

Adds Goldstein, “If we feel like the powers-that-be aren’t excited about making the same movie as we are, we’re not going to win that battle. And so it’s better to cut your losses and get out of there.”

Director Andy Muchietti (“It”) and screenwriter Christina Hodson (“Birds of Prey”) took on the project and ultimately got it to a greenlight. Goldstein and Daley, who have a story by credit on the film, recently got to screen it, and they still see their DNA in the movie.

“They took what we had started and really ran with it and made it a very fun and emotional movie,” Goldstein says. “We’re really happy with how it all turned out.”

The fate of “The Flash,” which Warner Bros. is committed to releasing in June, remains unclear in the wake of Miller’s troubling, and headline-grabbing, behavior starting in 2020, including video of Miller choking a woman in Iceland, allegations of abuse and harassment and arrests that led to a no-contest plea for misdemeanor disorderly conduct in Hawaii and a guilty plea to unlawful trespassing in Vermont. (In August, Miller issued a blanket apology for their behavior and said they are in “ongoing treatment” for “complex mental health issues.”)

When asked about Miller’s actions, Goldstein and Daley choose their words carefully.

“All I can say is, having been through the trying process of making a massive film in the best of circumstances, I was very empathetic toward the people that put a loooot of time and then themselves in making the film, like Andy and Christina,” Daley says. “I can only imagine how fraught that must have been for them. But I’m so glad that the finished product is a super fun movie.” He laughs nervously. “Is that diplomatic?”

Goldstein jumps in. “Obviously, you don’t want any headwinds when you’re trying to put a giant, expensive movie out in the world,” he says. “And hopefully, the quality of the film will come through, and people will embrace it.”

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I'm stealing this.

Classic confirmed

@op Maserati Tom co signed

Ok I’m hopping on the bandwagon

We really have a classic on our hands

that trailer sold me but now I am fully onboard

cinema?

kino?

Headline in a couple of years:

“Tom Cruise cast as Jay Garrick/Reverse Flash”

Not that Jay will be Reverse Flash but one of those two roles he’ll do

This will be the best live action comic book movie of the year
Animated will be spider-verse

Listen. Crazy s*** aside, he's my nigga. I'd love to see him as Thawne

"For the last six years Ive only thought of two things. What my son would look like if we're alive today...

The second is what I would do to the man that took him..

You're right, I'm not being set up... I don't have alternate future. I am going to kill this man"

Though I can see current Tom being the fun laid back mentor

I really believe tom cruise because if it weren’t, Warner would’ve never been so stubborn into releasing this on theaters after Ezra’s “fuck the laws” tour from last year

we won

Nah it’s gotta be the actor who plays Homelander

holy f***

Ezra failed to start a cult and Tom might be the defacto leader of the biggest cult they should link up

There’s some immediate positives the premise of The Flash + what we know lends itself to if done right:

• a genuine look at grief and loss
• a meaningful use of nostalgic fan service to show how time affects our growth (ie Now Way Home)
• satisfying fan service moments
• inventive action set pieces
• a statement on accepting the things you can’t change
• being fun as hell with full of surprises

Let’s hope it hits the mark. It’s sounding like it does