The Flash director Andy Muschietti recently confirmed that the Reverse-Flash killed Barry Allen’s mother in the DC Universe.
During an interview with The Playlist’s podcast, The Discourse, Muschietti revealed that he would love to introduce the speedster supervillain in a Flash sequel. “Well, Reverse-Flash is the elephant in the room, right?” Muschietti said. “It feels like you can’t make another movie without addressing the one that, in all accounts, is the murderer of Barry’s mom. So, it feels like the big villain.” The director added that he would also like to see Ezra Miller’s Scarlet Speedster go up against “The Turtle at some point. The slowest man on Earth. Gorilla Grodd, of course. And many more.”
Created by writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino, Eobard Thawne a.k.a. Reverse-Flash is a scientist and evil speedster from the 25th century who first appeared in 1963’s The Flash #139. In the six-issue limited series The Flash: Rebirth, published by DC Comics from April 2009 through February 2010, it was revealed by writer Geoff Johns that Reverse-Flash was responsible for the death of the Scarlet Speedster’s mother, Nora Allen. This important moment in Barry Allen’s life later formed the crux of the 2011 DC crossover event, Flashpoint, which saw the Scarlet Speedster create an alternate timeline after going back to prevent the Reverse-Flash from killing his mother.
Is The Flash an Adaptation of Flashpoint?
DC Studios’ The Flash does pull inspiration from Flashpoint, but the superhero film is not a “literal” adaptation of the fan-favorite storyline. “We didn’t want to give the audience a literal adaptation of the comic book. I think that’s one of the good decisions that we made,” Muschietti explained. “If you see the movie, you don’t know where this is going. And as much as some people would’ve liked to see that literal adaptation, I think we did the right thing. I think that they will be gratified by seeing that the story takes another direction.” The director added that only adapting certain parts of the comic book allowed them to develop a movie with a “strong emotional story.”
Ezra Miller Is the Scarlet Speedster
Ezra Miller leads the cast of The Flash as Barry Allen/The Flash, marking the actor’s sixth time playing the DCU role. In The Flash, the Scarlet Speedster travels back in time to prevent the death of his mother only to create an alternate timeline in which General Zod (Michael Shannon) has arrived to transform Earth into a new Krypton and there is no Superman to stop him. Instead, The Flash must coax a very different Batman (Michael Keaton) out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian (Sasha Calle) if he hopes to save the world and fix the timeline before it’s too late.
The Flash is currently playing in theaters.
Source: The Playlist