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Robert Zemeckis, Matthew Vaughn and Sam Raimi top shortlist to direct The Flash

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Warner Bros. hasn’t had the best of luck with directors on its Ezra Miller-headline Flash movie, with Seth Grahame-Smith and Rick Famuyiwa both departing the project due to creative differences. However, it looks like the studio may be closing in on another filmmaker to steer the Scarlet Speedster’s solo outing. The Wrap is reporting that Robert Zemeckis […]

The Flash Season 3 Episode 20 Review – ‘I Know Who You Are’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the twentieth episode of The Flash season 3… Debuting this week on Amazon’s Best Sellers: “All’s Wells That Ends Wells” So, the reveal is finally here! And for as much as I’ve been slamming the show for having yet another season long reveal, this one didn’t bother me as much because as […]

John Barrowman won’t be appearing in the Arrowverse shows next season

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John Barrowman has revealed that he’ll be sitting out of the Arrowverse this coming year, with the actor revealing at the Planet Comicon Kansas City that he won’t be reprising the role of Malcolm Merlyn for the next seasons of The CW’s DC shows. Alongside Katie Cassidy (Laurel Lance) and Wentworth Miller (Leonard Snart), Barrowman […]

The Flash Season 3 Episode 19 Review – ‘The Once and Future Flash’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the nineteenth episode of The Flash season 3… Emo Flash is about as much fun as depressed Cisco…. This is one of those episodes that ventures into an alternate timeline, in this case, the same timeline just 8 years in the future. These kinds of episodes are always fun because you see […]

The Flash season 4 villain revealed

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Back in March, The Flash executive producer Andrew Kreisberg revealed that, for the first time, the upcoming fourth season of the DC show would not feature a speedster as its primary antagonist, and now TVLine has revealed just who Barry Allen will be going up against in the new season. The site is reporting that […]

Sam Raimi and Marc Webb reportedly pass on The Flash, Kevin Smith throws his baseball cap into the ring

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Last night it was reported that Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future), Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class) and Sam Raimi (Spider-Man) top Warner Bros.’ shortlist for the director’s chair on the DC solo movie The Flash, but it seems we may be able to scratch one of those names from the list. According to EW, […]

UPDATE: Robert Zemeckis in talks to direct DC’s The Flash

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Having passed through the hands of Seth Grahame-Smith and Rick Famuyiwa, it looks like Warner Bros. may have potentially found its next director for The Flash solo movie, with Screen Junkies reporting that Back to the Future and Forrest Gump helmer Robert Zemeckis is in talks with Warner Bros. about the film. ‘Ace Scooper’ El Mayimbe […]

The Flash Season 3 Episode 17 Review – ‘Duet’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the seventeenth episode of The Flash season 3… Music Meister….or Cupid? Tonight was the “musical” episode and while it had its flashes of pomp, circumstance and oh yes, the stars of our weekly superhero show belting out the tunes, it was more plot than musical. I believe most people thought (like myself) […]

Future DC movies to have both flashbacks and flashforwards

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A DC Films producer has said that future solo movies in the universe will contain both flashforwards and flashbacks. 2017 will be a big year for the DC Extended Universe; with the already troubled development of The Batman staining the first part of their year, the studio has two very important films in their slate incoming in Wonder […]