This year’s Super Bowl advertised a lot of news from the world of games, movies and series. Among other things, the first trailer of The Flash has appeared , which will stir up the space-time of the universe, and two Flashes and two Batmans appear on the screen.
Introduced at Super Bowl 2023, The Flash is based on the Flashpoint comic book miniseries . Barry Allen aka The Flash (Ezra Miller) travels back in time to stop his mother’s death. The mission had unexpected consequences. After messing up in the past, it turned out that the Justice League was never made, Superman is gone, and Barry himself has lost his superpowers.
The lack of Superman is interesting because instead of him in the trailer we see Supergirl (Sasha Calle). Other associations with the Man of Steel are only a worn cape and General Zod (Michael Shannon). There is a pretty clear signal from DC that Henry Cavill, who has been the face of Clark Kent until now, has definitely finished his adventure with the role. Superman during The Flash is probably already dead, which makes it logical that the Justice League could never have formed. Announced for release in 2025, Superman: Legacy will reboot the Clark story and cast a new actor.
This is related to the declaration of Peter Safran and James Gunn – the heads of DC Studios. They want to ‘reset the universe’ and open a whole new chapter. They plan to shoot 10 movies/series for this purpose. The Flash will be the first production of this new generation .
The Flash will premiere in theaters on June 16, 2023.