Barry Allen’s time travel story in THE FLASH will establish a completely new DC cinematic universe, but is inspired by a famous event in the books.
Inspired by the famous Flashpoint event
Inspired by the Flashpoint event, The Flash accidentally `rewrote` the alternate timeline with countless events being severely altered.
Essentially, there will be two timelines in The Flash separated by landmarks: Barry’s mother is dead (main timeline) and Barry’s mother is alive (alternate timeline).
Supergirl
According to DC’s original Flashpoint event, The Flash’s return and change in the past had a significant impact on the Justice League.
This is very likely inspired by Supergirl’s storyline in The Flash.
Variant of The Flash
When returning to the past to prevent his mother from being murdered, The Flash of the main timeline accidentally met another version of himself.
Having two versions of The Flash this time has great significance as it confirms that the multiverse concept has officially formed in DC movies.
In addition, a promo art of The Flash also unexpectedly revealed a third version of The Flash, most likely to be the movie’s hidden villain (Reverse Flash or corrupted The Flash in the future of the timeline).
“Batman” Keaton
Not only Superman but even Batman is a character heavily affected when The Flash returns to the past to save his mother.
The appearance of Michael Keaton’s version of Batman is of great significance as in the past in Tim Burton’s film series, the fate of the Dark Knight was still left open.
THE FLASH opens on June 16, 2023 with formats 2D, IMAX, 4DX, ScreenX.
