Felon Ezra Miller May Still Play The Flash for James Gunn's DC Plans

[trekkiepetrelli]

Variety reports that some WB executives are open to the idea of keeping Ezra Miller as the Flash after ‘The Flash’ releases on June 16, 2023.

Variety also describes James Gunn and Peter Safran’s plans for DC as “a broad but not blanket reset.”

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- Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) January 4, 2023

• Variety

Comments

[just444]

test screening reports are always a bit iffy, but allegedly the movie is actually good. which really puts DC in an awkward position

[mayjailer]

if the movie is that good, ezra being in the next one won't make or break it

[jojito]

Of course it will. If the movie does well they'll want to keep doing more of the same. They are not gonna get ride of him if he makes them money.

If not, they will fire him. It's always about money.

[veal]

Yeah but his unpredictability is a huge liability. He’s not going to just change who he is and stop doing awful shit.

[pyroyale]

I'm not convinced this is true. I think WB/DC are just playing their cards close to their chests because they don't want to dump Miller before The Flash comes out as they have a lot riding on it. Of course, the movie and Miller should have been scrapped years ago but I think this is just doing damage control.

If Miller stays while they've fired Cavill, Gadot, etc then that is insane though. I'm not saying Cavill and Gadot are squeaky clean themselves but Miller is in another league with what they're alleged to have done. Miller should have been the first one out the door.

[aristobrit]

The Flash movie is too expensive to cancel. They have to release it.

Cavill got canned because his movies as Superman had the lowest profit ratio in the DCEU. He couldn't sell tickets. Aquaman made $260 million profit, BvS made only $105M. Given their investment, WB's wanted BvS to make at least as much as Aquaman, a fringe character.

If Superman and Batman combined can't make even half as much as Aquaman, it's time for him to go.

So far Miller hasn't been convicted of anything. They may be a terrible person, but WB has no legal standing for firing him. I'm not a fan, I'm talking business only. The studio has nothing personal against Cavill and James Gunn said yesterday that Gal isn't fired.

[lanrek]

cancel culture where?

[just_satan]

it only works against women and minorities

[wistfulwisp]

But Ezra is part of lgbtq (I can't remember if they're non-binary or genderfluid, and maybe "queer") and Jewish, so I guess there's always an exception

[just_satan]

Ezra identifies as non-binary but they are clearly perceived as male and benefit from male privilege.

[tomelette]

Wow. I understood (but hated) why they had to go through with releasing the film. But more Ezra as Flash? You scrapped Henry and you still want to work with Ezra? I'm pretty sure Gunn is an inside MCU man and only doing DC projects to bring its predictable end. Because this won't end well.

[ext_6098710]

never been a fan of anything Gunn-related, including GOTG and TSS, so this p much confirms live action DC is dead for me. I'll stick to JLU re runs