But even if “The Flash” or “Aquaman” were to continue, they would likely be relegated to a different universe, or something that Safran and Gunn referred to as DC Elseworlds.

Marvel’s various forays into the multiverse have yielded a mixed bag creatively, so credit DC ... Flash/Barry Allen races back to alter the timeline, yielding a strange and unfamiliar universe.

While The Flash has been in various stages of development for nearly a decade, its arrival now, at this point in DC's cinematic history ... with the order of the universe, Barry ends up trapped ...

Director James Gunn poses at the L.A. premiere of The Suicide Squad in 2021 (Photo: Reuters/Mario Anzuoni) ...

“The Flash” is here, and if you’ve seen it, you probably have a lot of questions about what it all, especially that cacophonous ending, means for the DC Universe. In the film, Barry Allen ...

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LOS ANGELES, June 13 (Reuters) - “The Flash" debuts in movie theaters ... box office that also starts the reboot of the DC Extended Universe franchise under its new co-chairman James Gunn.

But when DC Editorial decided that it was time for yet another universe-wide reboot, they made The Flash the culprit. As a result, Barry’s trip to the past creates not just problems for himself ...

In this case, the story will be told through the eyes of none other than Barry Allen, the classic Flash, whose introduction launched both the Silver Age of comics and the modern DC Universe.

A decade on from that premiere, The Flash is no more, having come to an end in May 2023. Also no more is the CW-DC universe at large—every show in that continuity has, over the last few years ...