Flashpoint Movie Script Is Done, So Where's the Director?

After a great many setbacks, it sounds like theFlashpointmovie may finally be headed in the right direction. During San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that the movie is going to be titledFlashpoint, meaning it will adapt one of the most beloved and important stories in the history of DC Comics. Now, the movie finally has a script and Warner Bros. is on the hunt for the right director. Just don’t expect for it to be Phil Lord and Chris Miller.

It was recently announced that Lord and Miller, who were fired from the untitledHan Solomovie not long ago, have locked down their next gig. They are going to directArtemis, which is the feature adaptation ofThe Martianauthor Andy Weir’s latest novel. Variety’sJustin Krolltook to Twitter in order to declare that essentially takes them out of the running forFlashpoint, which was previously reported to be a possibility. However, he did also reveal that Joby Harold (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword) has turned in his draft ofFlashpointand that Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future) is still in the running for the gig. Here’s what he had to say about it.

“For those wondering this Artemis news pretty much take L&M out of running for Flash. That script was turned in yesterday to studio. Bob z still being considered but studio will take meetings with other filmmakers, in no rush to make announcement.”

The good news here is that anew draft of the Flash movieis finally in the hands of the studio and the project can finally move forward. Sadly, it doesn’t sound like we’re going to get word on a director anytime soon, but it is interesting to note that Robert Zemeckis is still in the running. Since this has been something of a troubled project, they may have trouble getting a director to sign on the dotted line as Seth Grahame-Smith, and Rick Famuyiwa were both attached at one point, but both walked away over creative differences.

As for Lord and Miller? They wrote an initial draft of the screenplay long before it becameFlashpointand some hoped that they would circle back to direct, now that they aren’t busy with theHan Solomovie. So much for that. Seth Grahame-Smith and Rick Famuyiwa also did passes on the script, but when Famuyiwa left, Warner Bros. decided it was best to just start over. So they brought in Joby Harold and, be it his idea or someone else, themovie turned into Flashpoint, which has been a popular decision amongDC fansso far. Though, it will all rely on the execution, as it is a very complex story. But at least they haveGal Gadot’s Wonder Womanon board.

Warner Bros. has yet to set a new release date forFlashpoint, but before Rick Famuyiwa departed the project, it was slated to come out in February of 2018. As for who may actually direct if it isn’t Robert Zemeckis? Sam Raimi reportedly passed on the project already, but the studio has had meetings with Matthew Vaughn. He’s admittedly interested in Superman, but his visual style wouldwork very well with Flash. For now, all we can do is wait.