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The narrative for Warner Bros. and their DCUniverse hasn’t been a good one. Lagging far behind Marvel and their massively successful Cinematic Universe — but hardly at war with one another as some have suggested — Warner Bros. knew they had to leverage their vast DC intellectual properties in a similar manner. But racing to get to a ‘Civil War’ like face off movie as quickly as possible, rather than letting their characters breathe and define themselves, Warner Bros. stumbled hard with the largely incoherent “Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice.”
Tonight, WB hits another snag: director Seth Grahame-Smith is departing from “The Flash” film over “creative differences” with WB. No further reasons were given, but it’s another snafu for Warner Bros.
The screenwriter behind “Pride & Prejudice & Zombies” and “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” Grahame-Smith was always a weird fit for “The Flash” especially given he had never directed a feature-length film before, let...