Guggenheim talks more Flash

Since it was announced, there’s been little to go on the big screen adaptation of DC Comics’ The Flash. Well, in a recent interview with SciFiNow, screenwriter Marc Guggenheim talks a little more on The Flash, although nothing concrete like villain, casting, or start date, he does offer the source of how the script is being written.

“The Flash – to me – is about pure expression. Flash is untethered to the limitations of time and space – he can be everywhere at once and with that, I think, comes a certain freedom. Who hasn’t wanted to be faster? To get someplace quicker? And because Flash does so by means of running – instead of, say, flying or teleporting – there’s an athleticism to the wish fulfillment that other superheroes don’t have. When Greg, Michael and I are talking about the character, we speak a lot in athletic terms. There’s a component of this movie that’s a lot like a sports movie, at least in terms of the language and physicality and mental toughness in what the Flash goes through.”

“Even if the mainstream audience doesn’t know about him or her, the comic book community does and you always want to honor what they love about the character. In the case of the older, Silver Age characters, the trick is to dramatize their back stories in a way that feels modern and fresh. You always want to be informed by the source material and draw inspiration from it. For example, we always try to avoid creating a new character when it’s possible to draw from the cast established by the comic.”

Hmm. Still good to hear something about The Flash. Thoughts?

Jon Peters

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