"The Flash" had been in the works for over eight years leading up to this year's release, but The DCEU was all but stopped in its tracks by the disappointment that was "Justice League." Following the film's lukewarm reception, the studio scrapped its focus on a series of interconnected stories and turned its attention to standalone films like the 2019 hit "Shazam!"
By 2017, Flash as we know him had already popped up in both "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and the Joss Whedon and Zack Snyder versions of "Justice League." The speedster's solo film then suffered from repeated creative shuffles, delays in filming, and the aforementioned set of scandals delivered courtesy of Miller. It's become almost a cliché to call a production cursed, but it's a cliché that suits well enough in this instance.
If anything, this brand-new trailer reminds us that we all still have something to look forward to in this film, regardless of how we feel about Miller: Michael Keaton in a batsuit.
