He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s in search of work within the film industry. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. It was a lot of fun.Geoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. Then you relax and just keep going and going. At the beginning, you’re a ball of stress. According to Muschietti, “It’s funny because the sense of accomplishment at the end is like, you feel like such a relief. Nerdist also asked how Muschietti felt on his first day on set compared to the last day after such a long journey with this film with 120 shooting days. So obviously we played with the idea of including DC characters from TV, but we just had to pick.” Muschietti said, “Of course, as I said before the list of cameos…was huge.

But unfortunately, there wasn’t room to include Gustin’s take on Barry Allen. Muschietti was very complimentary about what The Flash series accomplished. In response to a question from Dorian Parks from Geeks of Color, he confirmed that Grant Gustin almost had a cameo in the film as Barry Allen from The CW’s The Flash. ABCĭuring the reception after the screening, Nerdist spoke to Andy Muschietti with a few other reporters.

The Flash cameos that unfortunately didn’t work out include Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman from the ‘70s TV series, Marlon Brando’s Jor-El from 1978’s Superman, as well as Burgess Meredith’s Penguin and Cesar Romero’s Joker from the 1960s Batman TV series. When Q&A moderator Grae Drake asked the Muschiettis what characters or moments they couldn’t fit in the film, they obliged with a small sampling. Therefore some choice cameos were left on the cutting room floor. Andy Muschietti confirmed his initial assembly was four hours long. With trailers confirming the return of Michael Keaton as Batman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Michael Shannon as General Zod, and the introduction of Sasha Calle as Supergirl, The Flash has plenty of iconic DC characters.Īnd yes, the movie has even more cameos, guest appearances, and surprises for diehard fans of superhero cinema and comics. While we’ll save our super spoiler thoughts for after the film’s release, the filmmaking siblings shared some juicy details with the audience.

The Flash by Geoff Johns