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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 […]

The Flash Season 3 Episode 16 Review – ‘Into the Speed Force’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the sixteenth episode of The Flash season 3… Will the real Flash please stand up? Last season’s second to last episode “The Runaway Dinosaur” was our first look at being “inside” the Speed Force; it’s a nebulous entity really, it’s not time, or space, or a place, but a familiar setting to […]

The Flash season 4 premiere title revealed, will pick up six months after season 3 finale

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The official Twitter account for The Flash production teamhas revealed that filming on the fourth season of The CW’s DC superhero show is set to get underway today – and to whet our appetites for the Scarlet Speedster’s return, they’ve also unveiled the title of the season four premiere as ‘The Flash Returns’… https://twitter.com/FLASHProdOffice/status/882082536444149760 Meanwhile, TV […]

The Dark Knight and Ant-Man actor to play Abra Kadabra in The Flash

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The official DC Comics website has announced that David Dastmalchian (The Dark Knight, Gotham, Ant-Man) has signed on to play the classic comic book villain Abra Kadabra in an upcoming episode of The Flash season three. The CW version of the character is described as “a criminal from a distant future whose advanced technological powers […]

The Flash Season 3 Episode 14 Review – ‘Attack on Central City’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the fourteenth episode of The Flash season 3… Flash vs. Grodd- Let’s Get Ready to Rummmmmblllleeeeeee! Actually, not really. If I were to say that the four show crossover in the beginning of the year exceeded expectations, by quite a bit actually, with insulated really good stories as well as an epic […]