DCEU’s Flashpoint: Solo debut or team-up film?
The DCEU is set to produce a Flashpoint movie in 2020. However, will it be a team-up or a solo movie for the Scarlet Speedster?
At this year’s San Diego’s Comic-Con, DC confirmed the Flash solo debut film from the DCEU would be titled Flashpoint. People are already on-board that the film will play to Geoff Johns’ 2011 cross-over story arc which features many characters of the DC Comics. Forgive some skepticism but could this not turn into a Justice League 1.5 sequel?
Case Example 1 – Captain America
Captain America: Civil War came out last year and it starred a huge supporting cast of almost all of the Avengers from previous Marvel Cinematic Universe films. Take the team dynamic that plays within the film, along with the focus not being solely on Captain America but almost partially if not more on Iron Man. In the end, some fans and outlets mockingly call the film Avengers 2.5.
The Flashpoint Gallery
I would argue the same could happen here with Flashpoint. Keep in mind in the comics The Flash teams up with Cyborg, Superman, Batman and Shazam. Now for the sake of argument let us pretend Ray Fisher and Henry Cavill will reprise their respective roles. This team goes off to fight the warring Aquaman and Wonder Woman. Adding to this we will keep Jason Momoa and Gal Gadot, who has been reported to return.
On top of this, fans are clamoring for Snyder’s Thomas Wayne, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, to play the role of Flashpoint Batman who’s secret identity is that of Thomas Wayne. Recently, Johns even noted that Batman would play a role in the film.
With all of this in mind, the film may appear as overly large. Civil War touted most of the original Avengers cast and brought back Ant-Man and introduced Spider-Man and Black Panther. Look to other films like Spider-Man 3 with its loaded plate of villains. Flashpoint introduces new alternate versions of this established character.
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Plus, The Flash may end up fighting for audience attention with the sought out Flashpoint Batman. WB is facing some difficulty. WB does not need is a highly-packed film that barely plays out as a Flash film. In addition, the movie would introduce an alternate Earth and this could confuse general audiences. That is not to say DC Films should not approach Flashpoint at all. They should just approach it carefully.