Former The Flash Directors Explain Why They Left The DC Movie

Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, who was set to direct The Flash at one time, explain why they left the DC movie. While the DCEU is getting closer to its end, there are still a few installments left of the franchise. Starring Ezra Miller as Barry Allen, The Flash has gone through development hell over the last decade. It wasn't until IT filmmaker Andy Muschietti was hired that it really gained momentum. Loosely based on Flashpoint, The Flash will focus on Barry tapping into the larger multiverse after he accidentally messes with the timeline. This will be how Michael Keaton's Batman returns.
Before Muschietti boarded the DC project, Goldstein and Daley were set to direct The Flash movie before they eventually departed. In a recent interview with Variety, the duo opened up about their experience of almost directing the DC movie. While having nothing but praise for the new team's vision, Goldstein and Daley did cite creative differences being a factor. They spoke about the experience of working with Miller before they eventually parted ways.

DALEY: We pitched this idea of a ground-level superhero where it isn’t entirely end-of-the-world stakes. He’s just learning his powers and is also somewhat dysfunctional with his life. The more imperfect we can make a superhero, the better, because that’s the inherent challenge: How do you give imperfection to someone that is, you know, physically perfect? It was a number of creative differences that caused us at a certain point to decide that it was time to go,

GOLDSTEIN: They were intense and very bright. Later, it became clear that they didn’t want to quite do the same thing as we did. If we feel like the powers-that-be aren’t excited about making the same movie as we are, we’re not going to win that battle. And so it’s better to cut your losses and get out of there. They took what we had started and really ran with it and made it a very fun and emotional movie. We’re really happy with how it all turned out.

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