Though its future once seemed to be in the balance, given the revolving door of filmmakers involved, the new brooms coming to DC's movie and TV universe and the many issues caused by the offscreen behaviour of star Ezra Miller, The Flash is still speeding towards our cinemas this year. The first full trailer also puts a future in doubt, though this time it's part of the plot. Check it out…
Released with all the hoopla you'd expect from a trailer during the Super Bowl, the new look at the movie sketches more of the story. Still haunted by the murder of his mother, Barry Allen (Miller) uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod (Michael Shannon) has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to turn to.
That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian… albeit not the one he’s looking for. Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?
The "Batman", of course, is Michael Keaton's Bruce Wayne (we can also expect to see Ben Affleck's Wayne as well, albeit probably less in Bat-mode). And that Kryptonian? That would be Sasha Calle as Kara Zor-El, AKA Supergirl.
With Ron Livingston inheriting the role of Barry's Dad, Henry, Kiersey Clemons back as Iris West and Andy Muschietti directing, The Flash will be in cinemas on 16 June.