This goes for anything I do, regardless of the scope or budget.' 'If there's a strong emotional core, I am interested, and the audience is interested and engaged.

I cannot make a movie without them,' Muschietti, who helmed horrors Mama and the IT films before Flash, told Box Office Pro magazine about his emotionally-heavy superhero movie. The emotional values that I need in a story stay the same. Along with the returns of Shannon and Antje Traue's Man of Steel villains Zod and Faora in the 2013 timeline, The Flash introduces another Kryptonian: Calle's Kara Zor-El, who exists in place of Henry Cavill's Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman. Keaton's Batman returns for the first time in 30 years, while Ben Affleck reprises his role as the Bruce Wayne/Batman of Barry's home universe. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe? Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry's only hope is to race for his life. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman (Michael Keaton) out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian (Sasha Calle)… albeit not the one he's looking for. But when his attempt to save his family (Ron Livingston and Maribel Verdú) inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod (Michael Shannon) has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to turn to.

Set after the events of Justice League, worlds collide in The Flash when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. Critic reviews will remain under embargo until closer to the movie's June 16th release exclusively in theaters.

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