Warner Bros Has Found Its Director for Its Feature the Flash Starring Ezra Miller
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Search ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ Rex/Shutterstock EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has found its director for its feature The Flash starring Ezra Miller. The studio has chosen Rick Famuyiwa, the up-and-coming director who on the feature front most recently helmed the Sundance pic Dope, which he scripted. He will step in and direct the film that Warner Bros has slotted for release on March 16, 2018. Miller is in starmaking mode at the studio in the Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and also had a cameo in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and will appear in The Justice League Part One. They will work out a deal quickly. Famuiywa is receiving strong Emmy-season buzz for directing Confirmation, the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas HBO drama that stars Kerry Washington and Wendell Pierce as the two principal characters. The Flash script is written by Seth Grahame-Smith, who originally was going to make his helming debut but exited the project over creative differences. Grahame-Smith’s take on the iconic DC Entertainment superhero is based on a treatment by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the Lego Movie duo that once expected to helm the picture. Warner Bros is looking for the right chemical mix on its superhero picture line based on the DC Comics heroes that started with Batman V Superman, and the feeling internally was that Famuyiwa provided a vision that would resonate with young viewers and that vision was very compatible with the script that the studio is moving toward the starting gate with. That vision was executed to strong reviews in Dope, the 2015 film about a young geek trying to survive in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood. Totally agree. Let's We all dodged a bullet not forget about Robinov made some with Seth Grahme Brown Sugar or Our huge missteps at his Smith. Yow, that was Family Wedding... tenure at Warner close. Brothers, namely his fixation with the post- Matrix... It is a big opportunity for Famuyiwa, whose résumé so far has been small distinctive indies like The Wood, Brown Sugar, and Our Family Wedding. He’ll be playing in a much bigger pond now. Famuyiwa is repped by WME, Oasis and attorney Gordon M. Bobb. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy 18 Recommended by Doug Belgrad And Tom Rothman Explain His Transition To Sony-Based Financier/Producer Universal Faces $20M Lawsuit By Homer Hickam Over ‘October Sky’ Musical Sony Pictures’ Doug Belgrad Stepping Down As Motion Picture Group President Mark Strong In Space With 'Approaching The Unknown'; Charles Ferguson Rolls Out 'Time To Choose': Specialty Preview Peter Bart: Sumner Redstone Crisis Is Good News For Ailing Viacom, Where Any Change Is Welcome ‘Shortwave’ Trailer: Grief, Denial, Science In Indie Horror Pic Comments On Deadline Hollywood are monitored. So don't go off topic, don't impersonate anyone, and don't get your facts wrong. Enter your comment here... Welcome aboard Rick! What an upgrade! Certainly looking forward to this more now. This works perfectly. It allows WB to put an up and coming minority director a shot. If it works, it will be a huge windfall for WB. If it fails, they can blame it on a young director who hasn’t had a budget/pressure this huge before. Nice try, people will still blame WB Black first Rick has been around since the 90s and is 42. How exactly is he a young director? “Young” in the sense he hasn’t directed a Tentpool movie before. Exactly! In Hollywood, he’s practically dead! #TheFlashSoWhite; #BlackDirectorsMatterForPR Meh! Not a fan of Dope but looking at it pragmatically maybe he can do a young fun vibe that WB wants it’s DC movies to pivot on. Whatever really! Who knew the director of ELF could kick-start Marvel’s Cinematic Universe? I liked BvS and am glad the studio has faith in its DC properties for the big screen – so long as it’s not Joel Schumacher ‘bat-nipple’ in tone – I will certainly have faith… Grant Gustin is the Flash! Lonner sends all artists into superhero and comic book wastelands. Seems like a pretty dangerous choice considering the missteps they’ve made in the core franchise as a whole so far. This is probably the last decision the leadership will get to make if it doesn’t work out. And even if it does, it’ll be Rick that gets all the credit. Their desperation after Civil War demolished Dawn of Justice must be really affecting their decision making. Hopefully they restructure soon so we can go back to the days where Warners, DC Comics and the Dark Knight ruled. But unfortunately Robinov’s at Studio 8 and Warners is dying one flop at a time. Robinov made some huge missteps at his tenure at Warner Brothers, namely his fixation with the post-Matrix Wachowskis, especially “Speed Racer” and “Jupiter Ascending” (which he greenlit before he left the studio). And let’s not forget “Green Lantern”, which was made on his watch as well. If anything, Warner Brothers should’ve held onto Alan Horn, instead of jettisoning him. Now he’s ruling the roost at Disney. Robinov’s ego kept him from getting promoted to studio chief, and rightly so. Totally agree. Let’s not forget about Brown Sugar or Our Family Wedding… He’s actually directed a movie… that’s a step in the right direction. We all dodged a bullet with Seth Grahme Smith. Yow, that was close. 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