James Gunn’s description of The Flash as “arguably one of the greatest superhero movies ever made” could easily be dismissed as pure marketing. After all, the new DC boss is anything but impartial when talking about a DC movie – even though his statement already revealed that he’s probably better off “The Flash” than “Shazam! 2” or “Aquaman 2”.
But there were other signs that Warner and DC were convinced they had a really, really good movie on the line with The Flash. Almost two months before the film opens in theaters, it was announced that the film will be screened in the US at CinemaCon, an event for cinema operators. Such an early pre-screening is an absolute exception. Studios only do that if they expect their movie to be a hit and enthusiastic voices will spark hype. By the way, in 2022 at the same fair “Top Gun: Maverick” was demonstrated. The result is known. And the follow-up to the aviator action leads us straight to the man who is now fueling the anticipation of The Flash as well: Tom Cruise!
So Tom Cruise could already see “The Flash”.
Than again reports that Tom Cruise saw The Flash and loved the superhero movie. How did this happen? When meeting with Warner boss David Zaslav, he raved about how great The Flash was. This piqued Cruise’s interest. He asked to see the movie. His wish was granted – of course under the strictest security measures.
A person who works at Warner brought home a copy to Tom Cruise. The superstar then had to watch the movie right away while the person next to him waited, and then immediately took the movie back.
More importantly, Tom Cruise was so excited that he called The Flash director Andy Muschietti to let him know. The Argentinian filmmaker, who previously caused a furore with horror films such as ‘Mama’ and the ‘ES’ adaptations, was of course completely surprised. The goes on to say that, according to her sources, Cruise gushed about the movie during the conversation. He said things like The Flash is everything you want in a movie and it’s the kind of movie we need right now.
So while Tom Cruise may be celebrating now, we’ll have to wait a while to see the movie. “the flashis scheduled to hit German cinemas on June 15, 2023.