DC’s ‘The Flash’ Is Getting A Page-One Rewrite
Last year, Warner Bros.‘The Flashlost not one but two directors, as first Seth Grahame-Smith and then Rick Famuyiwa dropped out. Instead of racing to find a new one, though, the studio is using this as an opportunity to take things in a new direction.Joby Harold, the scribe behind the studio’s upcomingKing Arthur: Legend of the Sword, has been tapped to do a page-one rewrite of the script.
Varietybroke the news of theFlashscript rewrite. Harold wroteKing Arthurfor Warner Bros. andRobin Hoodfor Lionsgate, and he’s also worked onEdge of Tomorrowand the upcomingTwilight Zonemovie. Grahame-Smith and Famuyiwa had both contributed previous drafts of the script forThe Flash.In 2015, Warner Bros. set Grahame-Smith (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) to write and directThe Flash. It would have been his directorial debut. However, he dropped out in April 2016 over “creative differences.” Grahame-Smith wasreplaced several weeks laterbyDopehelmer Rick Famuyiwa — who also dropped out after a few months, again over “creative differences.” At the time, there were whispers that Famuyiwa’s vision had “more edge” than the studio wanted.
So while starEzra Millertakes off to shootFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2, Harold will be prepping a new script forThe Flash. While it’s probably for the best that Warner Bros. is taking its time with the movie, rather than rushing it to theaters just for the sake of hitting a release date, this does mean that at this point, there’s no chance ofThe Flashhitting its originally planned March 2018 debut.
Story details on Harold’sThe Flashscript have not been revealed. Before Famuyiwa left, he’d gotten as far as castingKiersey Clemonsto playIris WestandBilly Crudupto play Barry Allen’s father,Henry Allen.Ray Fisher’s Cyborg was alsoexpected to appear.
