Rick Famuyiwa drops out of 'The Flash' over creative differences

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By Darian Scalamoni

               The DC Cinematic Universe is not off to the best start and it might be skidding towards another disappointment with this bit of news. According to THR, Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), who was set to direct The Flash has left the project due to creative differences.

            This is massive news because this means that the project has already gone through two directors and isn’t looking good for the foreseeable future. THR reports that “sources say that the Dope director’s vision of making a movie with more edge clashed with the studio’s take.” This could be a huge potential problem for the studio signing filmmakers. It seems that they might be limiting their respective director’s vision since the backlash that came with the directors of their first two films, Zack Snyder, who directed Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and David Ayer, Suicide Squad. This could mean that DC is wanting to make a lighter toned film which we’ve seen is evident within the trailer for Justice League.

            This is also interesting because Famuyiwa helped oversee the casting of Ezra Miller’s co-stars Kiersey Clemons and Billy Crudup who were cast as Iris West and Barry Allen’s father, respectively. We’ll have to see what DC Studios decides to do but I have to say I’m disappointed that Famuyiwa has left as I loved what he did with Dope and it’s hard to not be concerned with how the studio can’t get on the same page with their filmmakers going forward.