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For a film about DC Comics’ quickest superhero, The Flash has taken an terrible very long time to reach. Nonetheless, after years of delays and setbacks, the Scarlet Speedster’s solo characteristic is nearer than ever to taking place, with filming anticipated to start in April. That stated, phrase’s are available that The Flash won’t see Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen reuniting with Ray Fisher’s Victor Stone, a.ok.a. Cyborg, as as soon as anticipated.

Again in summer time 2016, it was reported that Ray Fisher would seem as Cyborg in The Flash, although on the time, it was unclear what his position would entail. Now The Wrap is reporting that Cyborg has been written out of The Flash and won’t be recast. So whereas a brand new actor may have been employed to succeed Ray Fisher within the position, it was determined to excise Cyborg from the story fully.

For many who comply with Ray Fisher on social media, this information shouldn’t come as a whole shock. Final week, Fisher tweeted that so long as DC Movies president Walter Hamada was nonetheless working at Warner Bros, he would “not take part in any manufacturing” related to Hamada, particularly for his position within the drama surrounding Joss Whedon’s habits in the course of the Justice League reshoots. Properly, Hamada has since signed a brand new deal that can hold him at Warner Bros by means of 2023, so it’s simple sufficient to attach the dots and perceive why Cyborg will not seem in The Flash.

After cameoing in Batman v Superman: Daybreak of Justice, Ray Fisher made his full Cyborg debut in Justice League, which noticed Victor Stone teaming up with Batman, Surprise Girl, Aquaman, Flash and Superman to defeat Steppenwolf and his Parademon military. We’ll see Fisher as Cyborg later this yr in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, which can air as a four-part miniseries on HBO Max (use the next hyperlink to enroll in the streaming service should you’re not already subscribed), however with the character’s elimination from The Flash and Walter Hamada nonetheless holding the DC Movies reins, that might find yourself being the final time we see him enjoying the technopathic superhero (which might clearly imply he’d additionally not star in a Cyborg film). Fisher is the second actor to play Cyborg in live-action; he was preceded by Lee Thompson Younger on Smallville and adopted by Jovian Wade on Doom Patrol.

Whereas particular plot particulars relating to The Flash nonetheless haven’t been revealed, we’ve recognized for years that it will likely be impressed by the 2011 storyline Flashpoint, which noticed Barry Allen waking up in a drastically altered model of the primary DC universe. Within the Flashpoint actuality, Cyborg fills Superman’s position as the US’ best superhero, so it’s fully attainable that Ray Fisher’s model of the character would have occupied the same place in The Flash. Whether or not that was the case or we might have merely seen the unique model of Fisher’s Cyborg, it’s a moot level now.

Nonetheless, that doesn’t imply that there gained’t be loads of acquainted faces showing alongside Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen in The Flash. Together with Billy Crudup anticipated to reprise Henry Allen, Barry’s father, the film will characteristic each Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton’s variations of Batman. Just like what the MCU is doing with the subsequent live-action Spider-Man film and Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity, The Flash will open the doorways to the DC multiverse. So somewhat than Barry having to take care of the primary DCEU being modified, it seems to be like he’ll as an alternative go to completely different realities. So don’t be shocked if alternate variations of different DC heroes pop up because the Quickest Man Alive races alongside.

The Flash is ready to hit theaters on November 4, 2022, so keep tuned to CinemaBlend for updates on its progress. Hold monitor of different DC films headed to theaters with our complete information.