The long-awaited The Flash film will display screen for the primary time in April at this 12 months’s CinemaCon, the annual conference of theater house owners, sources inform The Hollywood Reporter.
The DC film, which has a launch date of June 16, stars Ezra Miller stars as Barry Allen/the Flash. Michael Keaton is again as Batman for the primary time since 1992, in addition to Ben Affleck, additionally enjoying a model of Batman. It is going to additionally introduce Sasha Calle as Supergirl.
Miller, who identifies as nonbinary and makes use of they/them pronouns, has been on the heart of varied controversies over the previous 12 months, which culminated within the actor apologizing and, in a press release, revealing they had been in search of assist for psychological well being points.
Throughout their DC slate presentation in January, new studio heads James Gunn and Peter Safran commented on Miller’s standing. Stated Safran, “Ezra is totally dedicated to their restoration. We’re totally supportive of that journey they’re on proper now. When the time is true, when they’re able to have that dialogue, we’ll all work out what’s the very best path ahead. However proper now, they’re fully centered on their restoration.” Safran went on to say that in conversations with the actor it appeared that “huge progress” was being made.
On the time, Gunn referred to as The Flash, directed by Andy Muschietti, “most likely one of many biggest superhero films ever made.”
Final 12 months, Paramount selected CinemaCon because the venue for the inaugural screening of Prime Gun: Maverick. That film went on to be one of many greatest field workplace attracts out of the pandemic, heading to a worldwide gross of practically $1.5 billion.
CinemaCon will happen in Las Vegas from April 24 by April 27.
