Andy Muschietti in negotiations to tackle Warner Bros 'Flash' movie

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
Last Updated : Jul 03 2019 | 1:50 PM IST

Andy Muschietti is latest filmmaker who is reportedly being billed to handle with Warner Bros' troubled "The Flash" movie.

Muschietti, who helmed the studio's 2017 blockbuster "It" and its upcoming sequel "It: Chapter Two", is in negotiations to direct the film, which will see actor Ezra Miller reprise his "Justice League" role of Barry Allen aka The Flash.

Previously, Rick Famuyiwa and writer Seth Grahame-Smith were attached with the project but they both exited over creative differences with the studio.

In 2018, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein of "Game Night" fame had signed on to direct.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the duo, who had penned a draft script for the film, have "voluntarily" left the project.

The most recent script hailed from Miller and legendary comic book writer Grand Morrison but the studio has scrapped it.

Miller and Morrison's partnership arose from "a clash of creative visions" between the actor, who reportedly prefers a "darker take on the material," and Daley and Goldstein, who are said to favour a "lighthearted approach".

The studio is now planning to rope in "Bumblebee" and "Birds of Prey" scribe Christina Hodson to write a new draft.

If the deal with Muschietti goes through, the studio is looking at a date in January to start production.

The director's sister Barbara Muschietti will produce the project along with Michael Disco.

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First Published: Jul 03 2019 | 1:50 PM IST

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