The DC Extended Universe will be stretching its legs again in 2023 with The Flash UK release date planned for the summer. The sneak peak arrived in the DC Fandome presentation and while we haven’t seen anything new since then it’s only a matter of time now with The Batman done and dusted, so here’s latest on the story, cast, age rating certificate and our parents guide.
The speedster has set things up for the story to be about time travel and the multiverse, which is pretty interesting seeing as Marvel is all over that arc too at the moment with the likes of Spider-Man No Way Home, Across the Spider-Verse and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The comparisons don’t end there, though, as it appears that the movie is going to pull in alternate universe characters like Michael Keaton’s Batman if the Batcave we saw is anything to go on.
AdvertisementThe plot will center on Barry Allan / The Flash heading back to see his dear old mum, but if No Way Home has taught us anything, you can’t mess with the fabric of reality without causing a few waves. He’ll then have the job of trying to sort all of the mess out, but without a magical uncle Stephen to rely on, he’ll need to pull his own support network together to fix things.
Cast
There’s one name for sure that we can say is in The Flash movie cast and that’s Ezra Miller (Fantastic Beasts The Secrets of Dumbledore) as Barry “fast legs” Alan. He’ll be playing at least one other alternate version of The Flash, so he will have been busy during production.
Michael Keaton (Spider-Man Homecoming, Morbius) will also continue his superhero odyssey, reprising the role he made famous in 1989 as Batman / Bruce Wayne. He’ll be joined by Michael Channon who reprises his role as Zod from Man of Steel and Ben Afflick is back as this Universe’s Batman.
The other character we saw is the girl standing next to the two Barrys and she’ll be played by newcomer, Sasha Calle. If you can’t tell from the insignia on her chest, she’s going to be Supergirl, so it’s all spinning together to be a No Way Home style mash-up.
We’ll update you with more details on the cast as they’re confirmed.
The Flash movie UK release date
AdvertisementIn addition to the sneak peak, DC Fandom 2021 also gave us the initial The Flash UK release date to aim for, which was the 14th November 2022. However, that date has now moved to June 14th in the UK. It was going to be a big year for the DC Extended Universe in 2022, with both this and Aquaman 2 within a couple of months, but both have had their release delayed to 2023.
It’s got the date to itself with no other films scheduled to come out on the same weekend, but its a busy time with a lot of bog films getting their release in June. We’ve already had Spider-Man Across the Spider-verse and Transformers Rise of the Beasts and with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny still to come out it’s got a lot of competition.
With the film arriving in June 2023, there’s a slim chance it could push to be available on DVD, Blu-ray and digital by the mid-term holidays in October. It’s short window, but it makes sense from a sales point of view. If not then it will be a little later in the year for home entertainment.
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Age rating and parents guide
AdvertisementThe official UK age rating for The Flash has been announced by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) now that we’re closer to the release date. It’s been given a 12A certification with moderate violence, injury detail, threat and infrequent strong language as the advisory notes.
There was already a lot to go on from previous DCEU films. Most of them get a 12 certificate with that being the case for Aquaman, Wonder Woman 1984 and Shazam!, so it’s likely that will be the case again here.
However, the age rating for Birds of a Feather and The Suicide Squad was 15, so there’s an outside chance it could creep up to that, but it’s very low. Nothing in the sneak peak implies that it will have the same levels of violence, threat or language and it just doesn’t fit into the Justice League setup, so it would be a big surprise if that’s how things shake out.
In terms of our parents guide, there’s the kind of superhero violence that you’ll be familair with from Aquaman and the latest Wonder Woman film. It’ll be a similar story with the threat level intensity, with a time resurgent Zod as the villain it’s not going to be light on intensity. Language has it’s moments though.
We’ll update you with more details on the film as they get confirmed. You can also check out our movie news section to keep tabs on the latest upcoming films, or visit the Warner Bros website at https://www.warnerbros.co.uk/.
Runtime
As with the age rating, the runtime for The Flash movie was confirmed as the release date was approaching. It will be 2 hours and 24 minutes long, so you’re going to need to buckle up for a big cinema stint.
Again there was plenty to go on from previous films. Both Aquaman and Wonder Woman 1984 were a little over the 2 hour mark, but Birds of Prey was shorter at just 1 hour and 41 minutes. With the speed of the title character, it was possible that it would split the difference between the two, but with all of the time jumping it’s one of the longest DC movies to come out.
