Is the Flash more powerful than Wonder Woman or Black Adam? If the question can be debated with fans, in terms of power, the fastest man in the world is the one who will use the biggest means to make his first feature film.
In an interview with producer Paul Austerberry, behind the 2018 Oscar-winning film The Shape of Water, CBC reports a budget of around $220 million (excluding marketing costs) for Andy Muschietti’s DC film. Therefore, it is more than Wonder Woman 1984 (200 million) or Black Adam (190 million, then 260 after filming).
A colossal amount that we owe, especially because of the many special effects, both to represent the speed of Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) and the flight of Supergirl (Sasha Kale). but also for decorations.
Michael Keaton’s famous Batmobile had to be transported on location by Warners, while the Batwing was restored and improved, and the BatCave was built in the studio, where the 1989 version was based on optical illusions and painting on glass.
The fastest man in the braking world
And then there was the unexpected visitor called Covid-19. which affected the entire film industry, from studios to theaters. While some jumped at the first available slot (Tenet by Christopher Nolan) or sacrificed releases to arrive on streaming platforms quickly (Wonder Woman 1984 and all Warner films from 2021 except Dune), others preferred to wait.
As one might expect from the aptly named Dying, Daniel Craig’s latest James Bond, Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible 7. Or The Flash, which was always meant for cinemas: “We’re building these things and making this movie on the big screen.”Paul Austerberry says. “It’s a movie experience.”
When you know the budget of your film
However, delaying a film’s release is costly. But maybe that’s the price you have to pay to make the cinematic experience work. And The Flash opens in France on June 14th, a film important to the future of DC Studios, financially and narratively.
Because this story, in which a hero changes the past and disrupts the present, can help James Gunn and Peter Safran reboot the DC universe on the small and big screen. The reception of The Flash will undoubtedly depend on the direction it takes.
Source: Allocine
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