What’s old is new again. Four and a half years after it was announced thatKiersey Clemonswould portray the character of Iris West inThe Flashmovie, the actress has closed a deal to play Iris West in, well,The Flashmovie. Clemons was originally cast back in 2016 when she was intended to be introduced inZack Snyder’sJustice Leaguebefore having a co-starring role inThe Flashstandalone film oppositeEzra Miller. She filmed herJustice Leaguescenes with Miller, but after Snyder leftJustice Leagueand extensive reshoots reshaped the film, Clemons was cut from the theatrical version.
At the same time,The Flashmovie has been a revolving door of directors as Warner Bros. has tried to get the DC film off the ground. Clemons was cast when the project’s second director,Rick Famuyiwa, was attached to take the helm, but nowItandIt: Chapter TwofilmmakerAndy Muschiettiis directing a new take on the material – although Clemons is keeping the Iris West role.
THRreports that Clemons has closed her deal andThe Flashmovie is now on track to finally start filming in April in London. Over the past few years, the project has run into scheduling problems with Miller’s duties on theFantastic Beastsfranchise, but the actor will have just wrappedFantastic Beasts 3by the timeThe Flashrolls cameras.
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This version ofThe Flashmovie will introduce the idea of the multiverse and is seen as the key to DC’s movies going forward. In contrast to Snyder’s original MCU-like plan to create a series of films that all connect,The Flashwill bring the multiverse into the equation, which allows forJared LetoandJoaquin Phoenix’s two different Jokers to exist simultaneously in two separate universes.
To that end,Micheal Keatonis onboard to reprise his role as Batman for the first time sinceBatman Returnsin a storyline not unlike the Peter Parker/Iron Man dynamic inSpider-Man: Homecoming. We also know thatBen Affleckwill reprise his Batman role one last time in the movie, andSasha Callewill make her DC debut as a new version of Supergirl.
The Flashis currently set for release on August 10, 2025, and while the project’s history says not to hold your breath, when cameras do finally roll fans will breathe a huge sigh of relief.
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