The Flash Movie: IT Director & Bumblebee Writer in Talks
IT director Andy Muschietti has entered talks to direct The Flash movie, with Christina Hodson (Bumblebee) writing the script. Ezra Miller remains attached to reprise his role as Barry Allen in the DCEU film, following his appearances in Batman V Superman and Justice League.
The DCEU's Flash solo movie has gone through several changes in director at this point, with LEGO Batman Movie cowriter Seth Grahame-Smith and Game Night helmers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein attached to call the shots at different points in time. Just back in March, it was reported that Miller had started working on a fresh script for the film with comic book writer Grant Morrison, after having disagreed with Daley and Goldstein's more light-hearted approach to the project. Now, it appears that the latter pair have stepped away altogether.
According to THR, Muschietti is currently in talks to helm The Flash movie, with Hodson writing the latest script draft. Hodson, in particular, has become a go-to writer for Warner Bros. and DC, having also written the upcoming Birds of Prey and since been hired to work on the Batgirl movie screenplay. As for Muschietti: his adaptation of Stephen King's IT novel was a huge success for WB in 2017, and his upcoming sequel, IT: Chapter Two, may be just as popular when it opens in September.
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Source: THR