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The Flash Movie (2023)
The Flash is a DC Extended Universe film starring Ezra Miller as Barry Allen, A.K.A. The Flash. Wishing for a world where his mother still lives, Barry Allen manages to find a way to travel through time to save her. However, Barry ends up in an alternate universe where metahumans aren't present, meaning a living General Zod arrives to conquer the planet. To save this world and return home, Barry will seek the help of two alternate reality heroes, Batman (Michael Keaton and Supergirl (Sasha Calle).
The Flash
- Director
- Andres Muschietti
- Release Date
- June 16, 2023
- Studio(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures , DC
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Cast
- Ezra Miller , Michael Keaton , Ben Affleck , Sasha Calle , Michael Shannon
- Writers
- Christina Hodson , Joby Harold
- Runtime
- 2 hours 24 minutes
- Franchise(s)
- DC Extended Universe
- Budget
- 200 million
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