![]() ![]() In doing so, however, Barry ends up in an alternate universe in which General Zod (Michael Shannon) is very much alive and determined to wipe out Barry and anyone else standing in his way. The Flash finds Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) using his super speed to race back in time to try and change the course of history and save his mother’s life. And while Maverick had all the ingredients for a gangbusters action-adventure film mixed together perfectly, it sounds as if The Flash, with its stellar cast and ace director, has all the superhero ingredients audiences crave assembled in perfect balance. ![]() Cruise is said to have raved about the movie, saying something to the effect that Flash is ‘everything you want in a movie’ and ‘this is the kind of movie we need now,’ according to insiders.”Ĭruise clearly has a feel for what kind of movie the industry needs right now, considering his triumphant Top Gun: Maverick was catnip for audiences and critics alike. It was a call out of the blue for the director. Here’s how THR describes what happened next: “Cruise was so taken by what he saw that soon after, he reached out to Muschietti. ![]() employee bringing the film to his house and staying until he finished it, then taking it back to the studio. This being Tom Cruise, Zaslav made the movie available to him so that Cruise could watch it at home, with a Warner Bros. Cruise was intrigued and asked to see it. Sources tell THR that this all happened in late February after Cruise had a meeting with David Zaslav, and the latter mentioned how exceptional The Flash was. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, and he was so taken with the film that he dialed up director Muschietti to tell him as much. Now THR reveals that Cruise got to see a special screening of the movie at his Beverly Hills house after a conversation with Warner Bros. We already know that new DC Studios co-chief James Gunn has seen the upcoming DC film (made before Gunn and co-chief Peter Safran took over DC Studios) and called it one of the best superhero movies he’s ever seen. The Hollywood Reporterhad this interesting scoop right as this past weekend was getting underway-Tom Cruise got a chance to see director Andy Muschietti’s The Flash, and he absolutely loved it. Rarely has a superhero film that’s not out yet generated so much positive A-list attention. ![]()
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