The Flash tv series on CW
 

Seems that there's gonna be a Flash tv series on CW network. It'll be a spin-off of Arrow! So much for the "No Powers" policy.

Barry Allen will be a recurring character in season 2. The Wonder Woman series, Amazon, will still happen eventually as well.

http://superheromoviesnews.blogspot....-to-arrow.html

Sounds cool. Looking forward to it.

So, Barry won't be The Flash?? Crazy.

FLASH TV SERIES!!?!?!!? AMAZING!!!

Wait....

No Barry Allen until season 2?

He will be a recurring character in season 2 of Arrow.

I remember the Flash TV series that came out in 1990.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flash_%28TV_series%29

Oh, never mind, I misread and my mind got warped.I should've read the artical before reading Gobo's post....

This disturbs me. I'm excited to see Flash getting some attention, but I despise Arrow. I'd hate to see the same bastards ruin the Flash.

Never watched Arrow, I know what it's about, but what was wrong with it?

Oh! Me too. Must read article before reading own post. Form your sentences better, Raph's Al Girl. :tgrumble:
Ditto.
Nothing, if you don't mind superhero-inspired soap operas. >_<

A little more info on it:

UPDATED: The Flash will appear in three episodes of the CW‘s Arrow this coming season before headlining his own spinoff series. The information was shared this afternoon by the three writers –*Arrow co-creators Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg and series scribe Geoff Johns — behind the Flash project. an origin story of Flash’s Barry Allen identity. The episodes, No. 8, No. 9 and No. 20, will be penned by the trio, with David Nutter, who helmed the Arrow pilot, committed to directing Episode 20. Kriesberg also confirmed during the conference call today that the actor who portrays Barry Allen will play him as “an ordinary man” when viewers meet him in Episode 8. “The character will be as grounded and realistic as possible,” he said. “That’s how we’ll get to know him. Then his life will get a bit faster.” He added that the surrounding characters in Arrow will react to Allen “in a very realistic way,” noting that they “won’t be treated as commonplace on the show but as extraordinary events.” Kreisberg added: “It will be fun for the audience to see how we do our take on The Flash’s powers. Some will feel very familiar to those who know the comics, and other stuff will feel different yet fresh and exciting.” Berlanti noted, “That said, he does need powers to become The Flash. And he will be The Flash. He will wear a red costume, and he will go by that name.”

More info on Barry Allen/Flash. Seems he'll be in at least 3 episodes of Arrow season 2 (8, 9 and 20).

So yeah...we get to know him a bit first before he gets his powers.

http://www.greenarrowtv.com/the-flas...he-scoop/14666

Still haven't read the article, but are they suggesting this show premieres mid-season? O_o

Considering that Barry doesn't really become Flash till like ep 20 something tells me that the Flash tv series won't air till fall 2014. In Arrow we get to know him first as Barry Allen. They're fleshing out the character before he gets his own series.

?????? Episode 20 of the flash series?

Talk about (bad) pacing :teek:

Raph's Girl is talking about episode 20 of Arrow.

Oh, another mistake.....:ohwell:

What no powers policy?

Before the first season of Arrow aired the producers said there'd be No Powers. That it's a world of no super powers. With the introduction of The Flash, it seems this has changed.

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethe...nt-cameos.html

Well the no powers policy seems good and to break it so fast is not a good sign but you can't have a stupid rule like that bind a show forever, just take a look at Smallville and their "no tights, no flight" rule, it actually hurt the series down the road.

I'm very excited, I always thought Flash worked better as a tv series than a movie series because I just want to see more of the Flash and you can't do that with movies. His effects can easily be done in TV budget as well. I loved the 90s tv series and actually think it holds up rather well. The fact of making a TV DCU is not a bad idea, the movie universe is being done rather nicely by Marvel, this is a way for DC to have their own universe in the mainstream without copying too much from Marvel but we'll see how things go with Batman in MOS2.

I'm not familiar with comic flash too much but Barry Allen in the TV show was great, and Wally West in JL was also great, I'm fine with either of those takes on the character. I was indeed bored with The Batman's and DCU animated movies take on the character like in New Frontier. And we don't see enough of The Flash in Young Justice/BATB but YJ's Wally was alright.

I could get behind this if they do it right. I love The Flash. I absolutely love the classic show and have always wished someone would give it another try, so this could be cool.

I don't think this was a CW/WB imposed rule as much as Tom Welling. I read an interview where he basically admitted he was afraid of the "Superman Curse" and thus had it written into his contract that he would never wear the suit. The producers had no problem with that because that wasn't what the show was about anyway. Even in the finale, what we see is CGI.

Hmm...seems that CW has decided that The Flash will be fully introduced in a stand-alone pilot instead of the intro being an ep of Arrow.

We'll still see Barry in Arrow as the 2 main episodes that introduce him have been filmed, however I guess we won't see him as The Flash in the show itself.

http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/11/18...ode-on-the-cw/

And casting's have begun for the West's!!

Law and Order star Jesse L. Martin has been cast as Ira West, father of Iris West/grandfather of Wally/GG grandfather of Bart. There are some um changes to his character from the comics.

In the comics he was a nobel prize winning physicist. In the show he's a police Detective who took in Barry after his mother's death and father's imprisionment. Basically Iris and Barry were raised together. Iris is Barry's BFF in the show.

This is Jesse Martin:
http://media.comicbook.com/wp-conten...e-l-martin.jpg

http://comicbook.com/blog/2014/01/21...etective-west/

So is Flash going to be black in this series?

No, he's being played by Grant Gustin:

No. Flash is Barry Allen. He's white and was raised by the West's. If Wally ever shows up he'll be black.

Weird.

Not that I was ever going to care too much about a show that spun off from "Arrow". (Although I've heard season 2 is better)

Aaand Iris West has been cast. She will be played by Candice Patton. The only thing I've seen her in is "Heroes".

http://www.newsarama.com/20232-repor...west-cast.html

http://i.newsarama.com/images/i/000/...dicepatton.jpg

Wow, so Flash is half black in this series.

NO! The Flash is Barry Allen. He's a white who was taken in by a black family after the death of his mother and incarceration of his father.

If Wally West were to be in the series he'd be black. But the show is about Barry.

I'm really pumped for this. I enjoyed Smallville and I am still on the fence about Arrow (have to watch a few more episodes). Flash has always been one of my favorites so I am glad to hear they are doing a series about him.

Same here. :tsmile:

Sorry for the double post, but Carlos Valdes has just been confirmed to play Cisco Ramon AKA :

Awesome find Titan!

Article on Carlos Valdes being cast:

http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/the-...ce-1201086442/

If this show doesn't have Barry and Iris end up together, I'm gonna be pissed. That's racist as fu*k.

Bwahahahaha.... Seriously?

What an odd choice of a character to include in this show; a character whose own co-creator hates him with a passion. Ah well.