The fate of “The Flash” is perhaps the most uncertain thing in Hollywood. After making sure his premiere was fixed despite the controversy surrounding his lead character and it turned out he had recorded the shoot this summer, the pressure on Warner Bros. Discovery grows every day.
Vermont police have accused Ezra Miller of a burglary offense last May and social services are also now looking for a woman and her three children who allegedly resided on one of the plaintiff’s properties. Following these events, sources close to the studio revealed it to The Hollywood Reporter the council would be rethinking the decision to distribute it in theaters despite the final result and the work of the team and its director, Andy Muschietti, convinced David Zaslav, executive director of Warner Bros.
The different possibilities
According to media reports, Miller’s mother is with the actor and has assured that she will seek professional help. If so, and if he improves, Miller could explain what has happened to him in recent months and if he is able to give interviews and do the promotional campaign, “The Flash” would not need to delay or change its premiere, now scheduled for June 23, 2023. But what if you don’t get help or improve? Warner could release the film and cut it off the press tour completely or put it in a drawer and forget about it if things continue to degenerate as before (remember that people close to him report that he is convinced that the Ku Klux Klan is after him, that is armed and has lost contact with reality).
Completely wiping out a film that is finished and that has cost more than $ 200 million would be an unprecedented move in any production company, large or small, but it is that in the film, which is about the multiverse and time travel, Miller would play various versions of Barry Allen and is apparently in almost every scene, which makes it very difficult to cut down on his screen time like Disney did with Armie Hammer and Death on the Nile after the cannibal scandal.
In any case, after ‘The Flash’ Miller will no longer play the superhero, Well, Zaslav has decided to do a complete renovation of the DC Extended Universe with a ten-year plan inspired by Marvel in which they will prioritize quality over quantity and cinema to streaming to enhance its most recognized properties. Other companies are also breaking their professional agreements with him and without going beyond “Daliland”, the Salvador Dalí biopic by Mary Harron in which Miller plays the young version of the artist, will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival without his name in credits.
Source: E Cartelera
