The Flash (DCEU)

**The Flash** is an American superhero film based on the Barry Allen incarnation of the DC character of the same name. It is a spin-off from the movie *Justice League, Part One* (2017), set in the fictional continuity known as the DC Extended Universe, and is part of Wave One of the franchise. The film is directed by Rick Famuyiwa and written Seth Grahame-Smith, who was previously attached to direct the movie before stepping down and being replaced by Famuyiwa.

## Cast

* **The Flash/Barry Allen** (portrayed by Ezra Miller).
* **Iris West** (portrayed by Kiersey Clemons).
* **Cyborg/Victor Stone** (portrayed by Ray Fisher).
* **Henry Allen** (portrayed by Bill Crudup).
* **Captain Cold/Leonard Snart**
* **Golden Glider/Lisa Snart**
* **Wonder Woman/Diana Prince** (portrayed by Gal Gadot).

## Trivia

### Verified

* The movie was originally meant to be released in 2018, but due to multiple factoring reasons, it was delayed several times.
* Multiple directors were attached to the film over the following years, with Seth Grahame-Smith, Rick Famuyiwa, and the duo of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein all departing the project over creative differences.
* Rick Famuyiwa's take on the movie was meant to “resonate with younger audiences”.
* Famuyiwa cast Kiersey Clemons as Iris West, Barry Allen's prominent love interest in the comics; Clemons filmed her scenes for *Zack Snyder's Justice League*, marking the character's first live-action movie appearance.
* Ray Fisher was included as Cyborg in the movie. In 2020, after the announcement of *Zack Snyder's Justice League*, Fisher made accusations against Joss Whedon for “abusive” and “unprofessional” behavior during the reshoots of *~~Justice League~~* and Walter Hamada for being “the most dangerous kind of enabler”. Following the subsequent investigation, Fisher was removed from his role in January 2021.
* The inclusion of Cyborg meant that the movie would have further explored the dynamic between an energetic Barry Allen and a more serious Victor Stone after the events of “Justice League, Part One”.
* Famuyiwa stepping down as the director was considered by DC and SnyderVerse fans as a major loss.
* Famuyiwa would eventually direct and write a handful of episodes for *The Mandalorian* space Western TV series set in the Star Wars fictional franchise.
* ~~*The movie of* *the same name*~~ was eventually released on June 16, 2023, as a title set in the current DC Cinematic Universe; it is based on the “Flashpoint” storyline written by Geoff Johns.

### Unverified

* The script was written in 2016 and was canon to *Zack Snyder’s Justice League*.
* The plot follows Barry Allen’s evolution, both as a hero and as an investigator. At the start, he still fights crime in secret and is only concerned with re-investigating his mother’s case. In the end, he becomes a public hero and proves himself as a forensic scientist.
* The villains are Captain Cold and Golden Glider, who are hired to steal the components of an electromagnetic weapon from S.T.A.R. Labs. Captain Cold has an exoskeleton with cryogenic weapons, and Golden Glider has a device that allows her to glide through solid matter.
* There is a major subplot about Barry trying to prove that a reformed criminal was framed for a murder he didn’t commit, and exposing corrupt cops who have been fabricating evidence for years, including for Henry Allen's case.
* Iris West helps Barry expose the corrupt cops because her brother was also framed and died in prison, and she bonds with Barry over losing people to the corrupt system. She knows about Barry’s powers from the start after he saved her in Justice League and is the one who names him “The Flash”.
* Cyborg helps Barry investigate the Rogues and joins in on the final battle to fight Golden Glider. Barry’s father Henry Allen helps Barry expose the corrupt cops by saving an informant who is locked up with him in Iron Heights after the cops attempt to have him killed.
* The supporting characters include Roman Burke, the leader of the corrupt cops; Alex Petrov, Barry’s boss at the crime lab who is working with Burke; Captain David Singh and Detectives Fred Chyre and Jared Morillo; and Paul Gambi, the Rogues’ handler. Lex Luthor is revealed as the Rogues’ employer in the end.
* There are three major action scenes: The opening with Barry fighting crime across Central City and foiling the Rogues before they get their weapons, and the second confrontation where the Rogues nearly kill the Flash. In the final battle, Barry and Cyborg fight the Rogues, who use the electromagnetic weapon to cause several disasters across the city that Barry and Cyborg must deal with, while also having to protect Iris from the corrupt cops.
* Golden Glider dies when her device malfunctions and disintegrates her. Captain Cold blames the Flash and ends up in jail, but Luthor breaks him out and recruits him for the Injustice Gang.
* Burke is killed by Chyre and Petrov is arrested. Having proved they fabricated evidence against Henry, Barry convinces the judge to grant Henry an appeal to overturn his sentence.
* Barry’s time travel in “Justice League, Part One” is referenced, and he briefly reverses time again. He also learns how to phase through solid objects, become invisible, create vortexes, move so fast he is in two places at once and bring others into his “speed aura”.

The Reverse-Flash is only alluded to in a nightmare that Barry has about his mother’s death and a brief moment when he steps into the Speed Force and senses someone else there with him.