Warner Bros. had a pretty eventful panel today, packed with a few surprises. For a lot of DC fans the silent announcement of aFlashpointmovie was the most exciting reveal of the day, or quite possibly the last year. And now things are starting to get a little (or a lot) more interesting asJeffrey Dean Morgancould end up being the nextBatman. Morgan and Lauren Cohan play Thomas and Martha Wayne, respectively inBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justiceand as it’s known to DC fans, those two play a large part ofFlashpoint, the just announced title forThe Flash movie
While at San Diego’s Comic-Con at theWalking Deadpanel, theJeffrey Dean Morgan Twitteraccount posted an image of him and Cohan at theWalking Deadpanel, but the interesting part about the post is the caption. The caption reads: “Did you say…Flashpoint?” and then taggedLauren Cohanin the post. Morgan has expressed interest in a [Flashpoint} project with him jumping into the role of The Dark Knight and that could very well become a reality now.
TheFlashpointstoryline was written by DC’s Geoff Johns and tells the story of Barry Allen traveling back in time to try and stop the murder of his mother. When he returns to the present day, he finds that his mother is still alive but the world is an entirely different place from the one that he initially left behind. The alternate reality is not a pretty one, theJustice Leagueno longer exists and most importantly here, the robbery of the Wayne family takes an interesting twist as Bruce Wayne is murdered instead of his family. Ultimately, Thomas Wayne becomesBatmanand Martha Wayne becomes the Joker.
Now this is speculation at this point, but this could end up being the reason that rumors started to swirl about the studio giving Ben Affleck the boot fromThe Batman. Affleck addressed those rumors today by stating that he’d play the part ofBatmanfor as long as the studio will have him and the Warner Bros. has pretty much echoed that statement lately. Although it has not been confirmed that Jeffrey Dean Morgan andLauren Cohanwill play a part inFlashpoint, it does make an awful lot of sense and plus, it looks like Morgan is having a lot of fun with us already… But Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the Thomas Wayne version ofBatmanjust sounds almost too perfect.
Flashpoint turned the universe on its sidein the comic books, imagine what it could do to the DCEU… Again, this is all pure speculation at this point, but it does make sense on a bunch of different levels thatFlashpointwould work out this way. Let theBatmanwars start up all over again; Ben Affleck might finally lose those Christian Bale comparisons real soon and have to compete with Jeffrey Dean Morgan forBatmansupremacy. IN the meantime check out Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s social media post below. At this time,Flashpoint doesn’t have a director.
