No more than 24 hours ago we reported the news David Goyer gave us that he was not going to be writing or directing a feature film version of The Flash for Warner Bros. Pictures and now The Hollywood Reporter has let us know that Night at the Museum helmer Shawn Levy is taking his place.
The Hollywood Reporter gives us a little more info on how long ago Goyer left the project saying that he “quietly left the project several months ago” before he announced the departure on his MySpace page only recently.
For those that think Levy’s experience directing comedies such as Cheaper by the Dozen and The Pink Panther means The Flash is going to be comical he told THR that while it won’t be a comedy he “is aiming for a lighter movie than previous Warners comic book adaptations.” Oh boy, something the whole family can see eh? Great, there isn’t enough watered down crap out there yet. Goyer’s version of the film was also dark and apparently not the direction the studio wanted to go with the production.
With Goyer gone Levy will oversee the writing of the new draft, and it is believed elements of Goyer’s script will be used in the development process. Perhaps Goyer will get a writing credit after all.
Word on a storyline is absent from the article other than telling us a little about the popular DC Comic character saying he has ability to run and move extremely fast, use superhuman reflexes and violate certain laws of physics, like time travel. First appearing in DC Comics late in 1939, The Flash’s alter ego of chemistry student Jason Peter “Jay” Garrick, is an aspiring athlete whose exposure to heavy water fumes gives him the ability to move at incredible speeds.
