The Official Flash Thread

[D-Man22]

The FLASH Trilogy​

Cast:
Scott Porter- Wally West
Gary Cole- Jay Garrick
Mary Louise Parker- Iris West
Linda Park- Linda Park
Alexander Skarsgård- Hunter Zolomon/Zoom
Christian Slater- Mirror Master
Robert Patrick- Captain Cold
???-Captain Boomerang

The Flash

Barry Allen just died. Another takes up the mantle and becomes the Flash. Wally West tries to battle the growing crime in Keystone City and keep his love ones (including his new girlfriend Linda Park safe). Sort of like a Flash begins.

The Flash 2 (couldn't think of better title)

It has been one year since Wally fought and won the lottery... Wally has been living a luxurious playboy lifestyle and has been receiving great praise as The Flash. But something still haunts Wally. He dreams something (Black Flash) is chasing him. Besides his inner turmoil he has been neglecting Linda. While all this is happening a new villain, Zoom, is coming around.

The Flash III (couldn't think of a better title)

After losing his fortune, his friend, and almost losing Linda, Wally tries to make things go back to normal. But while he does this, 3 villains calling themselves the Rogues try to take over Keystone City.

Sounds pretty good. . btw, whats the deal with the black midget actor for Jay?

 

[D-Man22]

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[Lobo]

Sounds pretty good. . btw, whats the deal with the black midget actor for Jay?

That would be Gary Coleman, this is Gary Cole

 

[MadVillainy]

Ya, I wanted to choose actors who have a good comic background as well as solid acting background

 

[Kevin Smith]

Movie inspiration.

TheFLASH

I don't mean to offend you, but I would NOT want The Flash to be wearing that in a movie. What's with the goggles and...the rest of the suit? Even the logo looks like ****. I don't think the suit has any redeeming qualities to it. Again, I don't mean to piss you off, just tryin' to speak my mind.

 

[Kevin Smith]

So, I have been warming up to Barry Allen lately, although Wally is still my favorite Flash. I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll say it again at some point, but the Wally West character and his stories are better suited for a television series, provided it was done right and not on the CW.

Now, who does everyone want to play Iris West? Thats my one toughie, I pretty much know who I want for everyone else, I actually have a couple different actors for a role in mind.

Wally West: Depending on his age, Bryan Greenberg, Joshua Jackson, Topher Grace, or Dustin Milligan.

Barry Allen: Ben McKenzie, Scott Porter, or Peter Krause as an older version of the character.

Jay Garrick: Mark Harmon as an old Jay, Jay needs to be a supporting character no matter what.

Linda Park: Linda Park.

Christina McGee: Amy Acker

Nice casting, NotFadeAway.

Here's my choices for Barry and Iris:

Sorry for the delay. Here it is:


THE FLASH/BARRY ALLEN

PAUL WALKER

Aside from looking almost exactly like Barry Allen and being able to do funny and serious, a balance that would definitely be needed to play Barry Allen, he's actually interested in the part. Back when the JLA film was being cast, a couple of posters had said they wanted him for Aquaman and apparently he got wind of it. When I spoke to him via his myspace page about how he felt about all the Aquaman suggestions, he said that's cool but he'd like to play The Flash. Double points for him I say.

RYAN GOSLING

While he may not have the statuesque look of a traditional comic book hero, he's got the acting chops to play one, IMO. He's got the blond hair and blue eyes, like Barry, and he can also mix humor and serious (Fracture).

SCOTT PORTER

Aside from being considered for the part several times now, he looks enough like Barry with his strawberry blond hair and blue eyes, is a decent actor, has a great sense of humor, and is a DC comics fan to boot, he's even done interviews with DC Comics head honcho Dan Didio himself. Not to mention he could practically voice The Flash in a cartoon, he sounds how he would sound in animation, IMO, not a real deep voice, can talk fast yet still be understood.


IRIS WEST

RACHEL MCADAMS

MISSY PEREGRYM

What do you think? (specifically of the Iris choices?)


Oh, and what do you guys think of Bruce Willis as Jay Garrick? I think that'd be pretty damn cool, especially considering that Alex Ross bases Barry Allen's face on a young Bruce Willis, so it would be a nice homage to that. Not to mention he's already got the wisecracking cop thing down so he'd work as a superhero - I just don't know if he'd wear the tights and helmet.

 

[The Major]

McAdams would make a great Iris.

Missy seems more suited to WW or Donna Troy but she could work as Iris, too.

 

[Webhead2006]

that is a good casting choices above.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

who else thinks that WB/DC should go after director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead/Hot FUzz) for Flash?

No, Edgar Wright is blue beetle.

 

[NotFadeAway]

Nice casting, NotFadeAway.

Here's my choices for Barry and Iris:





What do you think? (specifically of the Iris choices?)


Oh, and what do you guys think of Bruce Willis as Jay Garrick? I think that'd be pretty damn cool, especially considering that Alex Ross bases Barry Allen's face on a young Bruce Willis, so it would be a nice homage to that. Not to mention he's already got the wisecracking cop thing down so he'd work as a superhero - I just don't know if he'd wear the tights and helmet.

First off, thank ya

Second, I'm digging your Iris choices and I obviously agree about Scott Porter as Barry Allen, and there are a number of superhero roles Ryan Gosling could do and do well, Barry being one of them. However, I can't really see Paul Walker as Barry Allen, but I should say, I don't really like Paul Walker as an actor. Just a personal opinion. McAdams would be a great Iris, but I think your on to something with Missy. I've been trying to come up with a superhero movie role for her, and I couldn't put my finger on it until I saw that you think she should play Iris, and I agree. I'd rather see her as Iris West than WW.

Bruce Willis would be a kick ass Jay Garrick, playing the mentor role for either Barry or Wally. That would also provide a big name actor to create a buzz for The Flash, and yes, a Flash movie might need a big name to capture the publics attention slightly more. So good thinking.

 

[NotFadeAway]

I would have said Joss Whedon for Director/Writer until he basically said he does not like DC characters, although that tirade may have been more directed toward WW and Superman. The Flash to me is one of DC's most human heroes, and I think Whedon is the kind of guy who can take a simpler concept like The Flash and craft a golden script that would be character based, also I think Whedon's style of dialouge fits The Flash perfectly.

I would like Deathstroke to be a villian in a Flash film, I know he is more of a Teen Titans character, but come on, Deathstroke is just too damn cool not to have in a feature film and I think a Flash/Deathstroke face off would be cool as hell. Obviously, your going to dedicate a movie to the rogues, and your going to dedicate a movie to the Reverse Flash, and in a time when franchises are planned out over the course of a trilogy, a slot is open for Deathstroke. And I think Reverse Flash should be a combination of all the different comic versions.

 

[The Sarge]

Nah, Flash has such an awesome Rogues gallery, it's too vast and unexplored to spend any time on other peoples villains.

 

[MadVillainy]

Who should be the villain in the first film

my idea was

1st Film= ???
2nd Film= Zoom
3rd Film = The Rogues

 

[The Major]

Nah, Flash has such an awesome Rogues gallery, it's too vast and unexplored to spend any time on other peoples villains.

Agreed. They could spend several films just using one or two Rogues at a time. That's not even getting into the other villains Flash fights regularly.

 

[Kevin Smith]

First off, thank ya

Second, I'm digging your Iris choices and I obviously agree about Scott Porter as Barry Allen, and there are a number of superhero roles Ryan Gosling could do and do well, Barry being one of them.

Thanks.

However, I can't really see Paul Walker as Barry Allen, but I should say, I don't really like Paul Walker as an actor. Just a personal opinion.

That's cool. I only know him from Fast and Furious, I know he's not that great, and I know people think of him as some what of a "pretty boy", but I think with the right "training" or whatever he might be able to play Barry (mostly cuz he looks like him, IMO). Just wondering, what else has he been in? Anything that you know of? Perhaps you have a better informed opinion of him.

McAdams would be a great Iris, but I think your on to something with Missy. I've been trying to come up with a superhero movie role for her, and I couldn't put my finger on it until I saw that you think she should play Iris, and I agree. I'd rather see her as Iris West than WW.

Awesome. I obviously agree.

Bruce Willis would be a kick ass Jay Garrick, playing the mentor role for either Barry or Wally.

He could probably do both.

That would also provide a big name actor to create a buzz for The Flash, and yes, a Flash movie might need a big name to capture the publics attention slightly more.

I totally agree, a big name should be cast as at least one character for buzz. Although if Bruce Willis is playing Jay Garrick and they do a Barry Allen origin film, they may need to make Jay a major part in it if they want to have someone of Willis' caliber playing him, that or save him for the sequel where Barry (at least in my book anyway ) accidentally* discovers the Multiverse and teams up with Jay Garrick for like half the movie.

I know I just suggested Bruce Willis as Jay, but what if he played Captain Cold? I think he could probably do justice to either, altho I personally always like Willis as good guys. He's a great actor, so no matter, he could work both, I think.

So good thinking.

Thanks.

 

[Kevin Smith]

that is a good casting choices above.

McAdams would make a great Iris.

Missy seems more suited to WW or Donna Troy but she could work as Iris, too.

Thanks.

 

[Kevin Smith]

Who should be the villain in the first film

my idea was

1st Film= ???
2nd Film= Zoom
3rd Film = The Rogues

Here's my take:

The Flash 1:

Barry Allen, origin (Barry's 24 like in the comics when he got his powers or older if necessary, and has only been a forensic scientist for about a year or so). I know people say origins are "boring" or whatever, but the truth is that whether you do Barry or Wally first, you're doing an origin film either way except with Wally his origin seems like a ripoff of Barry's and you aren't starting at the beginning of The Flash legacy that heralds in Wally and Bart and everything else, it's not all that great a way to get new audiences interested for simplicity sake at the very least. Secondly, there are only five original ideas in the world (so to speak), the original thing about stories is the way you tell them. Imagine how flat and boring some movies would seem if they were told in a different matter. In a nutshell, all superhero films are the same stories in formula, just done differently. Find unique storytelling for The Flash and you'll have your movie.

As for the villains, for the first film, I strongly suggest Mirror Master. First, his powers are cool. Secondly, he's got the powers to negate Barry's. Thirdly, he was considered Barry's archnemesis in the early silver age (before Reverse Flash came along anyway). I'd probably throw in someone like The Top for good measure and maybe have Captain Cold and possibly the other Rogues show up for like five minutes or so towards the end, but I'd probably only use two villains for the duration of the film.

Before we go on, something I think should be done with the Rogues:

They don't all have to "come into being" during the film(s), in fact, some of them should just "be", like The Joker in TDK. Sometimes it's better not to know everyone's origins when it comes to villains, it makes them scarier in some ways. They can still show what makes them tick but because there are so many Rogues that we'd like to see on screen, it would be impossible to show all their origins without taking up more than half the film and would detract from the ongoing story of The Flash, who is a full plate himself. This isn't The Flash and Friends, people.

Also, the Rogues should be done in a very scary and violent matter, but they should keep the garish threads. When people see them they'll maybe chuckle but then when they behold their awesome violence they'll become terrors, like Batman villains. Keep in mind they're murderers and all sorts of deviants. I've always said that The Flash is a Superman type hero with Batman type villains, that should be played up in the films.



The Flash 2 (the number suffixes in the titles will have to do for now, lol):

Barry discovers Multiverse, meets Jay Garrick (this would take up almost like half the film), faces more Rogues, gets engaged to Iris West, meets her nephew Wally West who stay with him for a (fateful) afternoon (which will be a subplot but important, especially in later films when it will be followed up on), and faces his deadliest foe to date, The Reverse Flash, who has something Barry's other foes don't have; powers like his and knowledge of his secret identity and by extension his family (actually, The Top knows who Barry is but doesn't let on (just yet anyway) because it's just too damn funny to him and would ruin the "fun"). He wants to be The Flash, and when he can't, he'll try to take things like aspects of Barry's life, and eventually his wife. What he can't have he destroys, he basically makes Barry's life a living hell like in the comics. (This could be drawn out and established over the course of two or three films, and would be picked up in the sequel) Kadabra cameos at the end.



The Flash 3:

Barry and Iris marry, Wally is better establsihed as Kid Flash, Jay is a regular character, but things are starting to get bad for The Flash. The Rogues are running amok, while The Flash fights Abra Kadabra and later The Reverse Flash, who has killed his new wife Iris, eventually Barry kills (probably accidentally) The Reverse Flash, and later on must stop the Anti Monitor, a villain threatening all existance who is apparentlly only threatened by The Flash, several JLAers (Barry has cofounded the JLA between now and the last film, and has had plenty of adventures with them) cameo to help save the world, Barry heroically sacrafices himself, stopping the Anti Monitor because he's the only one in all of existance who can, final scene in movie with Kid Flash holding Barry's suit.

This would be a long ass movie (they all would, and no one would mind as long as they were epic, cool and interesting, and action packed of course!) and can even be extended into a fourth part if necessary. I know it's a cliche, but this stuff just writes itself, and there's just SO much film worthy stuff in The Flash comics, stuff that they could spend like 12 movies on, at least.


What do y'all think?

 

[SuperFerret]

Oh, and what do you guys think of Bruce Willis as Jay Garrick? I think that'd be pretty damn cool, especially considering that Alex Ross bases Barry Allen's face on a young Bruce Willis, so it would be a nice homage to that. Not to mention he's already got the wisecracking cop thing down so he'd work as a superhero - I just don't know if he'd wear the tights and helmet.

Willis is a good choice, I've always liked Harrison Ford for the part, but Willis would be great.

And I love Gosling for Barry.

 

[Webhead2006]

nice ideas.

 

[Kevin Smith]

Thanks, guys.

 

[JokerLedger]

Tom Hanks as Jay Garrick

 

[Webhead2006]

i said this before what about richard dean anderson for an older jay?

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

If Rachel McAdams, babe that she is, turned down Iron Man... I dunno if she'd do Flash.

 

[Kevin Smith]

She did? Interesting. I hope she'd do The Flash (punn intended, especially considering she'd be playing his GF/fiance/wife ).

 

[NotFadeAway]

Kevin_Smith...

I will say this, Walker does look like Barry. But personally, I just don't like him as an actor. He seems very wooden to me, although the Fast and Furious movies do showcase him to the best of his abilities.