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134-583: The character has made several appearances in media outside of comics, such as the television series The Flash in which he was portrayed by William Sadler , and the DC Extended Universe film Wonder Woman 1984 , in which he was portrayed by Oliver Cotton . Simon Stagg first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #57 and was created by Bob Haney and Ramona Fradon . Mark Waid , writer of

268-573: A backdoor pilot , the positive reception Gustin received during two appearances as Barry on Arrow led to executives choosing to develop a full pilot to make use of a larger budget and help flesh out Barry's world in more detail. The series is primarily filmed in Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada. The Flash ' s premiere on October 7, 2014 became the second-most watched pilot in the history of The CW, after The Vampire Diaries in 2009. It has been well received by critics and audiences, and won

402-405: A singularity to form in the process. In the second season , the singularity brings the speedster Zoom from a parallel universe of Earth-2 , who seeks to eliminate all other speedsters in the multiverse where Barry meets his father Henry Allen 's Earth-3 counterpart Jay Garrick . After Zoom kills Barry's father, Barry defeats Zoom and travels back in time to save his mother's life. In

536-492: A baby who harmed whatever it touched. Metamorpho handed the baby over to Stagg, who became convinced he would now die, harmed like Java had been moments earlier. Stagg came through unharmed since something in his genetic structure protected him just as it did with the baby's mother. Stagg's stance softened, and everyone was allowed to go. Doc Magnus of the Metal Men offered his services to Stagg in creating new arms for Java. On

670-463: A bigger budget, as opposed to a backdoor pilot's constraint of incorporating characters from the parent show. The pilot was officially ordered on January 29, 2014, and was written by Berlanti, Kreisberg, and Johns, and directed by Nutter. On May 8, 2014, The Flash was officially picked up as a series, with an initial order of 13 episodes. Three more scripts were ordered in September 2014 following

804-508: A cameo appearance midway through the mid-credits scene as Asteria , a legendary Amazon warrior who anciently possessed the powerful winged suit of armor. Gadot's husband, Yaron Varsano and their two daughters, Alma and Maya, make brief appearances near the end of the film. Saïd Taghmaoui , Ewen Bremner , Eugene Brave Rock and Lucy Davis make a photographic cameo appearance, reprising their roles from Wonder Woman as Sameer, Charlie, Chief and Etta Candy , respectively. The director of

938-629: A checkpoint. Antiope removes her from the race for cheating, explaining that anything worthwhile must be obtained honestly, while her mother Hippolyta advises her to be patient in her pursuit of glory and honor. In 1984, Diana is working at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., while secretly performing heroic deeds as Wonder Woman. New museum employee Barbara Minerva , a shy geologist and cryptozoologist, has trouble getting noticed by her co-workers, but quickly finds

1072-659: A costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds. It is a spin-off of Arrow , existing in the same fictional universe known as the Arrowverse . The series premiered in the United States on The CW on October 7, 2014, and ran for nine seasons until May 24, 2023. The series follows Barry Allen , portrayed by Grant Gustin , a crime scene investigator who gains super-human speed, which he uses to fight criminals, along with others who have also gained superhuman abilities. Initially envisioned as

1206-521: A deal with Ghost Pepper to buy his restaurant, Pepper's. However, Ghost backs out of the deal, poisons Stagg, and steals his money. The Flash (2014 TV series) The Flash is an American superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti , Andrew Kreisberg , and Geoff Johns , airing on The CW . It is based on the Barry Allen incarnation of DC Comics character the Flash ,

1340-587: A dissatisfied investor in Lord's company; Lucian Perez as Alistair, Lord's son; Gabriella Wilde as Raquel, Lord's assistant; Kelvin Yu as Jake, Diana and Barbara's co-worker; and Stuart Milligan as the president of the United States, based on Ronald Reagan . Doutzen Kroes reprises her DCEU role as the Amazon Venelia. Lynda Carter , who played the titular heroine in the 1970s television series , makes

1474-725: A flashback sequence. In November 2018, Kristoffer Polaha revealed that he has a role in the film. Principal photography ran from June 13, 2018, until December 22, 2018. Under the working title Magic Hour, it started at locations around the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia in the United States. Locations included the Landmark Mall in Alexandria, Virginia , and Georgetown . Scenes were shot in Alexandria from June 18 through July 14. Filming occurred outside

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1608-578: A friend in Diana. The FBI asks the museum to identify stolen antiquities from a robbery that Wonder Woman recently foiled; Barbara and Diana notice a Latin inscription on one artifact (the Dreamstone) claiming to grant the holder one wish. Neither one openly takes the inscription seriously, but after Diana saves Barbara from an assailant by secretly using her powers, Barbara wishes she was strong, sexy, and cool "like" Diana and thus unintentionally acquires

1742-404: A humanoid cheetah after wishing to become an apex predator. After a brutal fight that ends in a lake, Diana overcomes Barbara with an electric shock, then pulls her out of the water. Diana confronts Max and uses her Lasso of Truth to communicate with the world through him, persuading everyone to renounce their wish. She then shows him visions of his unhappy childhood and of his son, Alistair, who

1876-761: A new Speed Force while Iris, Kamilla, and Singh escape the Mirror Dimension. As a side effect of Eva's attacks, Caitlin and Frost are separated into different bodies. Later, Team Flash contends with the birth of the Strength Force, the Sage Force, and the Still Force. Afterwards, Team Flash gets caught up in the Godspeed War, in which Barry is reunited with his future daughter Nora and meets his future son Bart Allen . Barry briefly allies with

2010-562: A performance from the film's composer Zimmer. The opening scene of the film was released during the event. The week prior to its domestic launch, the studio spent $ 17 million on television ads promoting the film. Wonder Woman 1984 was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures in a handful of international markets starting on December 16, 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States and Canada on December 25 in RealD 3D , Dolby Cinema and IMAX while streaming on HBO Max in

2144-545: A portal to the Dark Multiverse which Metamorpho, Mister Terrific , and Plastic Man travel through, and is present when they return. During the " Endless Winter " storyline, Stagg is revealed to have a son named Sebastian. Simon Stagg appears in Wonder Woman 1984 , portrayed by Oliver Cotton . This version is an investor of Maxwell Lord who demands to pull out after learning that the latter's oil business

2278-429: A positive response to newly completed episodes by executives, while a back ten was ordered the next month for a full 23-episode season. With the commencement of production on the series' second season, former Arrow and Ugly Betty writer Gabrielle Stanton was promoted to executive producer and showrunner; after having served as consulting producer and writer on the first season's finale "Fast Enough". However, it

2412-488: A preciously rare commodity in the genre." Nicholas Barber of BBC gave the film four stars out of five, likening it favorably to a 1980s blockbuster and considering the plot to have a "sweet fairy-tale aspect." Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, saying, "To be sure, we get a classic comic book movie storyline about a megalomaniacal madman intent on taking over

2546-498: A reconstituted Thawne in order to defeat Godspeed, and afterwards, Thawne gets away vowing to become faster than Barry. The eighth season opens with the five-part event "Armageddon". Thawne causes Barry to be targeted by Despero , who claims that Barry will destroy the Earth in 2031. Later, Barry enters Thawne's " Reverse-Flashpoint " timeline, where he was Flash and Barry was Reverse-Flash. With help from Damien Darhk , Barry restores

2680-517: A result of the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator explosion. The group is led by Mr. Bliss , a character who first appeared in Starman . The comic launched digitally biweekly on September 8, 2014, with its first physical release featuring a collection of the digital releases, releasing on October 1. On February 24, 2015, The CW launched a blog account known as The Chronicles of Cisco . The blog, originally based at Tumblr , features posts written by

2814-557: A result of the move, Patty Jenkins herself expressed both worry and optimism over the move's impact on the future of theaters and moviegoing. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the film was released on premium video-on-demand services as a 48-hour rental for January 13, 2021 due to the lockdown and closure of theaters in response to COVID-19 surges. While in the Philippines, it was released on HBO Go on April 21, 2021, for

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2948-478: A selection of music from The Flash / Arrow crossover episodes, as well as two bonus tracks from their respective 2014 midseason finales. The first season, two-disc soundtrack was released on October 16, 2015. The second season's soundtrack was released digitally on July 22, 2016, and in CD format on July 26, 2016. Season 3 saw two soundtrack releases. The first was for the episode " Duet ", which featured six songs from

3082-468: A simultaneous release on HBO Max , where it became the top streaming film of 2020. A spin-off prequel series focusing on the Amazons of Themyscira , Paradise Lost , set in the soft-rebooted DC Universe is in development. As a child, Diana participates in an athletic competition on Themyscira against adult Amazons . After being knocked off her horse, she takes a shortcut and remounts, but misses

3216-537: A six-month shoot. Additional photography and reshoots began on July 28, 2019, in London at Warner Bros. Studios, and was completed the following month. It was the first film to sign up to the Producers Guild of America guidelines on how to deal with incidents of sexual harassment on set. Richard Pearson served as the editor for Wonder Woman 1984 . John Moffatt ( Harry Potter and Life ) served as

3350-407: A spin-off series, which is described as a superhero team-up show, was in discussion by The CW for a possible 2015–16 midseason release. Berlanti and Kreisberg would executive produce alongside Guggenheim and Sarah Schechter. The potential series would be headlined by several recurring characters from both Arrow and The Flash , with the potential for other Arrow / Flash characters to cross over to

3484-575: A story by Jenkins and Johns. It stars Gal Gadot as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman , alongside Chris Pine , Kristen Wiig , Pedro Pascal , Robin Wright , and Connie Nielsen . Set in 1984 during the Cold War , the film follows Diana and her past love Steve Trevor as they face off against Maxwell Lord and Cheetah . Discussion of a sequel began shortly after the release of the first film in June 2017 and

3618-422: A television series based on the Flash for The CW , and it would detail Barry Allen's origin. Kreisberg revealed after the announcement that Allen would first appear as a recurring character on Arrow in three episodes of season two—all written by Berlanti, Kreisberg and Johns—and the last of the episodes would act as a backdoor pilot for the new show. Kreisberg added that Allen would be a forensic scientist and

3752-586: A theme for Barry Allen which was featured in Arrow ' s season two episodes "The Scientist" and "Three Ghosts". The theme was titled "The Scientist" when it was released on the Arrow: Season 2 soundtrack . According to Neely, "It had to be different [from Arrow ]... but it also couldn't be so different that it couldn't fit in the Arrow universe,... it had to be in a style that could hold hands with Arrow ." On December 18, 2014, WaterTower Music released

3886-554: A tie-in novelization written by Susan and Clay Griffith, set during the course of the second season, after Barry has closed the temporal anomaly that nearly destroyed Central City. Barry must seek help from Oliver Queen, due to his own abilities beginning to break down, in order to deal with five members of his Rogues Gallery—including Pied Piper , Weather Wizard , and Peek-a-Boo. The story continued in Arrow: A Generation of Vipers , released on March 28, 2017. A subsequent novel, following

4020-408: A total of $ 39.1 million in sales revenue. Following its opening weekend, Warner Bros. announced that HBO Max saw total viewing hours on the film's first day more than triple in comparison to a typical day in the previous month. Several days later, Screen Engine reported that 23% of viewers had subscribed to HBO Max in order to watch the film. The company also said that Wonder Woman 1984 was already

4154-410: A weighted average, assigned a score of 73 out of 100, based on 27 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". IGN's Eric Goldman and Joshua Yehl praised the show's premise and cast after viewing a press screening copy of the pilot. Goldman and Yehl favorably compared it to Arrow , stating that The Flash progresses with a confidence that Arrow did not get until later in the series. Reviews for

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4288-422: Is a 160-page behind-the-scenes book with production art and behind-the-scenes photography. The book also includes interviews with the cast and crew from the show. In May 2018, Titan Books released the first guidebook for The Flash , written by Nick Aires from the perspective of Cisco Ramon. S.T.A.R. Labs: Cisco Ramon's Journal features "his confidential journal entries, covering everything from his tech designs,

4422-495: Is a 2020 American superhero film based on the DC character Wonder Woman . Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures , DC Films , Atlas Entertainment , and The Stone Quarry , and distributed by Warner Bros., it is a standalone sequel to the 2017 film Wonder Woman and the ninth film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film was directed by Patty Jenkins from a screenplay she co-wrote with Geoff Johns and Dave Callaham , based on

4556-633: Is chosen as the new avatar for the Negative Speed Force, becoming the speedster Cobalt Blue . Bringing Eobard, Zoom, Savitar, and Godspeed back with him, Eddie fights against Team Flash, but ultimately stands down and forms a truce with Barry. The series ends with Nora's birth, and Barry choosing Avery Ho , Max Mercury , and Jess Chambers to become new speedsters. On July 30, 2013, it was announced that Arrow co-creators Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg , Arrow pilot director David Nutter , and DC Comics CCO Geoff Johns would develop

4690-403: Is erased from the timeline. In the sixth season , Barry and Iris learn that the crisis in which Barry disappears has moved up to December 2019, and that in order to save billions, the Flash must die. Meanwhile, Ramsey Rosso discovers a way to cure people through dark matter, only to turn himself into a metahuman with a violent bloodthirst. Following Rosso's defeat, Barry surviving Crisis, and

4824-600: Is fake and demeans him in front of his son, Alistair. Later, Lord absorbs the power of the Dreamstone and visits Stagg to seemingly apologize for deceiving him while secretly tricking him into wishing that Lord's business will boom. After Lord leaves, the FBI arrive to arrest Stagg for supposed tax fraud as a side effect of the Dreamstone. Simon Stagg appears in a Dick Tracy comic strip published in February 2018. He strikes

4958-440: Is frantically searching for his father amid the chaos. Realizing the error of his ways, Max renounces his wish and reunites with Alistair, simultaneously renouncing everyone else's wishes, and turning Barbara back to normal. In the present day, it is winter, and Diana meets the man whose body Steve possessed. In a mid-credits scene , Asteria is revealed to be alive, living among humans and also secretly heroic. Also appearing in

5092-621: Is later designated Earth-38 in the Arrowverse multiverse. Gustin appeared as Barry on the eighteenth episode of Supergirl , " Worlds Finest ", which aired on CBS on March 28, 2016. Intersecting with the events of the eighteenth episode of The Flash , which aired on April 19, 2016, Barry accidentally arrives on Earth-38 and helps Kara battle two of her enemies, Silver Banshee ( Italia Ricci ) and Livewire ( Brit Morgan ), before getting Kara's help to return to Earth-1. Wonder Woman 1984 Wonder Woman 1984 (also known as WW84 )

5226-463: Is revealed that not only were Sapphire and Joey merged, but so was Stagg, who was directing the revenge. Black Canary realized that Java was actually Metamorpho, somehow affected to believe he was Java (the actual Java's murder was still a secret known only to the Staggs). The three were separated once more with Stagg claiming to have been overcome by the energy itself and unable to control his actions. As

5360-643: Is the unscrupulous owner and CEO of Stagg Enterprises and the father of Sapphire Stagg . He sent adventurer Rex Mason to Egypt to retrieve a meteor referred as the Orb of Ra, during which he was exposed to its energy and transformed into Metamorpho . Sometime later, Stagg tricked the Metal Men into attacking the Justice League and had Java detain Rocket Red and Animal Man . It turned out that Rex had

5494-492: The Metamorpho limited series, commented that "writing Simon Stagg was always a tightrope walk. On the one hand, you don't want him to be so comically evil that he's a cartoon. On the other hand, you have to remember that he's an absolute creep. The key to Stagg is not losing sight of the fact that he does most everything he does for the sake of his daughter, regardless of how insane those actions may look to us". Simon Stagg

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5628-616: The 2014–15 television season and also premiered in Canada on the same night. The second episode was screened at New York Comic Con on October 9, 2014, as a way to repay the viewers that watched the series' premiere episode. The series premiered in the United Kingdom and Ireland on October 28, 2014, and in Australia on December 3, 2014. The complete first season was first released on Blu-ray and DVD in Region 1 on September 22, 2015,

5762-639: The COVID-19 pandemic , Wonder Woman 1984 eventually premiered on December 15, 2020, via the DC FanDome virtual platform, and was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 25, 2020. Most in-person theaters were shut down due to the COVID-19 shelter-in-place/quarantine orders. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $ 169 million worldwide against a production budget of $ 200 million. It failed to break even in part due to

5896-633: The Flash . He uses his new powers to fight criminals along with other metahumans who have also gained superhuman abilities in Central City . Barry eventually discovers that his mentor Harrison Wells is actually Eobard Thawne –the Reverse-Flash–his archenemy from the future who traveled back in time to murder his mother, Nora Allen , when he was a child. Thawne is ultimately erased from existence when his ancestor Eddie sacrifices himself, causing

6030-455: The People's Choice Award for "Favorite New TV Drama" in 2014. The series, together with Arrow , has spun characters out to their own show, Legends of Tomorrow , which premiered on January 21, 2016. The first season follows Barry Allen , a crime-scene investigator who gains superhuman speed from the explosion of the S.T.A.R. Labs ' particle accelerator and becomes the costumed superhero

6164-879: The Royal College of Physicians . In September and October 2018, production took place at Almería, in Andalusia, southern Spain, and Fuerteventura and Tenerife in the Canary Islands. From September 5 to 11, filming occurred at the Alcazaba of Almería fortified complex and the Wall of Jayran in Almería. Production moved to Fuerteventura for September 13 to 26, at the Corralejo Dunes National Park, Parque Holandés, El Jablito, La Oliva and

6298-530: The Speed Force in order to repent for his creation of Flashpoint. The fourth season sees the team successfully bring Barry back from the Speed Force, but in the process release dark matter that turns a dozen people on a city bus into metahumans, masterminded by Clifford DeVoe , an adversary with the fastest mind alive. After the defeat of DeVoe, the team is approached by Barry and Iris' daughter from

6432-460: The U.S. President , who wishes for more nuclear missiles as protection against the Soviets , but these are detected, bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war. Max also learns of a new and secret satellite system that can broadcast to everyone in the world simultaneously. Since his powers are causing his body to deteriorate, he plans to grant wishes globally to steal strength and life force from

6566-501: The Wonder Woman sequel. On June 13, 2018, the title of the film was announced to be Wonder Woman 1984 . A source close to Jenkins described it as a stand-alone film "in the same way that Indiana Jones or [James] Bond films are, instead of one continuous story that requires many installments." Pre-production officially began by early December 2017 in the United Kingdom. That same month, director Patty Jenkins stated that

6700-564: The Wonder Woman 1984 panel at SDCC on July 21, 2018, where a short clip of the film was shown. New footage was shown during CinemaCon 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada, with a first look at Kristen Wiig in the film. In June 2019, Warner Bros. screened an extended look to European exhibitors at CineEurope in Barcelona, Spain. A teaser poster debuted on June 5, 2019, one year ahead of the film's then-scheduled release date. In October 2019, it

6834-415: The show's fourth season , it shows Dibny as he continually bothers Cailtin and Iris for their help, or for attention. The shorts premiered online as well as during the commercial breaks of the episodes " When Harry Met Harry... ", " Therefore I Am ", and " Don't Run ". The series has also been featured in other video games based on DC Comics property. In the mobile version of Injustice: Gods Among Us ,

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6968-475: The third season , Barry creates the alternate timeline " Flashpoint " following his decision to change his past. He is able to partially restore the timeline, but causes the emergence of Savitar , a god-like speedster with a grudge against Barry. When Barry accidentally travels to the future and sees Iris West killed by Savitar, he becomes desperate to change the future to prevent that from happening. After saving Iris and defeating Savitar, Barry takes his place in

7102-541: The " Brightest Day " storyline, Stagg shelters Metamorpho and the Outsiders after the events of War of the Supermen . Stagg later placed Java's mind into the body of a Shaggy Man which was defeated by Freight Train. In 2016, DC Comics implemented another relaunch of its books called " DC Rebirth " which restored its continuity to a form much as it was prior to " The New 52 ". In The Terrifics series, Stagg opens

7236-531: The 2014 film Pompeii . The first official theatrical trailer, cut to renditions of Blue Monday by New Order and Sebastian Böhm, was well-received, but that song does not feature in the movie. On June 22, 2018, it was reported that Gal Gadot would be attending the Warner Bros. DC presentation at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) and some footage from the film would be shown to promote it. Director Patty Jenkins and actors Gadot and Pine attended

7370-413: The Flash's lightning speed, Johns stated it would not just be the standard "blurring around". Barry ultimately appeared twice in Arrow 's second season, with the planned backdoor pilot cancelled in favor of a traditional pilot by The CW executives, who had been impressed by early cuts of Barry's first two episodes on Arrow . This allowed the creative team to flesh out Barry's story and his world on

7504-917: The Jandía Natural Park. Filming in Tenerife began during the last week of September, lasting two weeks at various locations on the island. Production went back to England in October, with shooting at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Hyde Park, and the Savoy Hotel in Central London and Torrington Square , next to Birkbeck, University of London. By mid-November 2018, Pedro Pascal finished filming his scenes. Principal photography finished on December 22, 2018, after

7638-690: The Strength, Sage, and Still Force, who use Iris to revive Thawne in his time remnant's body, but are then defeated, with Thawne being removed from the timeline. The ninth and final season opens with Team Flash joining forces with former enemies in order to defeat the Red Death , who is later revealed to be Ryan Wilder from an alternate Earth. Later, Rosso returns to infect the newly-recreated multiverse, but Barry stops him with help from Oliver Queen , John Diggle , and Wally West . After this, Eddie, who had been mysteriously resurrected with false memories,

7772-852: The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., in mid-June. Other filming locations around D.C. included the Penn Quarter neighborhood, McPherson Square , the DAR Constitution Hall near the White House , the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ( Smithsonian ), and the Lincoln Memorial . By July, production in the United States was completed. In August, filming moved to England. Locations included Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden and several places around London, including St. Andrew's Place , Regent's Park and

7906-435: The United Kingdom. Shortly after, Deadline Hollywood reported that in order to get exhibitors on board with the day-and-date HBO Max release, Warner Bros. agreed to take a lower cut of the rental revenue than it usually does with a tentpole release, as well as to pull the film from HBO Max after a month so that the second month of the film's run would be exclusive to theaters. The site also said industry analysts had estimated

8040-602: The United States and in response to the continued closure of theaters in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City at the time. Later, Variety reported the film would be keeping its Christmas release date in theaters, while the film would also premiere digitally on HBO Max in the United States the same day, with the film being available at no extra cost to subscribers, after a staggered theatrical release schedule in most international markets that do not have HBO Max starting on December 16, including Greece, South Africa and

8174-417: The United States and via premium video-on-demand in Canada the same day. IMAX theaters showed a version of the film with a taller aspect ratio during select scenes. That version was also seen on HBO Max as well. The film was released theatrically in additional markets through January 28, 2021. It was originally announced for release on December 13, 2019, before being moved up to November 1, 2019, then it

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8308-450: The alert. She has come to S.T.A.R. Labs to make Cisco create a weapon for her, as he did for Golden Glider , Captain Cold , and Heat Wave . When he does not cooperate, she shoots him. Cisco survives being shot, realizing that the orange soda he spilled on his shirt was the missing catalyst to his bulletproof formula. Cisco tries to bring Peek-a-Boo back to the pipeline, but she locks him in

8442-505: The cell instead. Cisco is then seen being woken up due to a call from Barry. He believes he dreamt the whole experience, until he finds the bullet that shot him on the ground. On November 14, 2017, a three-episode series of shorts, known as "Stretched Scenes", premiered. The series, presented by Microsoft Surface , features Hartley Sawyer, Danielle Panabaker, and Candice Patton as Ralph Dibny, Cailtin Snow, and Iris West respectively. Set during

8576-555: The comic ends, he steps away from the reunion to check on a clone of Java. In the one-shot " Countdown to Infinite Crisis ", Maxwell Lord is seen talking with Stagg on the phone. In the " Blackest Night " tie-in Weird Western Tales #71 (Mar 2010), Stagg appeals to Joshua Turnbull (great-great-grandson of Quentin Turnbull ) for help in analyzing a Black Lantern ring that was found on Don Hall 's grave. During

8710-411: The composer for Wonder Woman 1984 , replacing Rupert Gregson-Williams who scored the first film. Zimmer previously scored Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice , the first and second films in the DC Extended Universe and the latter which also featured Wonder Woman. The first track from the score, "Themyscira", was released as part of DC FanDome 2020. Another track, "Open Road",

8844-421: The costume designer for the second season and made slight changes to the Flash costume, such as changing the color of his crest from yellow to white, being faithful to the Flash costume from the comics. Production on the pilot began in March 2014, with filming taking place in Vancouver , British Columbia ; additional filming for the series takes place in Portland, Oregon . On how action sequences are shot for

8978-430: The costumes for Arrow . It features a burgundy color scheme, a masked helmet, and gold accents throughout, and went through multiple adjustments from the moment it was placed in computer renderings to the day of filming the pilot. Primarily made of leather, the suit contains areas with a stretchable material to allow Gustin room to bend. According to Atwood "It was all about a costume that could sell speed, Grant [Gustin]

9112-484: The decision to proceed was confirmed the following month. Principal photography began on June 13, 2018, with filming taking place at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden in England, as well as the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia in the U.S., London and Duxford in England, Tenerife and Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands and Almería. Production wrapped on December 22, 2018, after a six-month shoot, with additional filming in July 2019. Following multiple delays due to

9246-452: The eighth most pirated film of 2021. Wonder Woman 1984 grossed $ 46.8 million in the United States and Canada and $ 122.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $ 169.6 million. In January 2021, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the film would likely lose the studio "north of $ 100 million." In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside News of the World , Promising Young Woman and Pinocchio and

9380-428: The episode " Welcome to Earth-2 ", as Barry, Cisco and Harrison Wells of Earth-2 travel to Earth-2, glimpses of the multiverse are seen, including an image of Supergirl star Melissa Benoist as Supergirl and an image of John Wesley Shipp as the Flash from the 1990 television series , implying the two characters and their respective television series exist on alternate Earths to Earth-1; Supergirl ' s world

9514-487: The episode and a guitar version of the last song "Running Home to You". It was released on March 21, 2017. The overall soundtrack was released on October 10, 2017. The score of the " Crisis on Earth-X " crossover released on June 15, 2018, and the season four soundtrack was released on March 15, 2019. The soundtracks for seasons five and six, and of the crossovers " Elseworlds " and " Crisis on Infinite Earths ", were not released until February 26 and March 5, 2021, ahead of

9648-699: The episode. The second season of The Flash scored a Metacritic rating of 81 out of 100 indicating "universal acclaim". The Flash has been nominated for six BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards (won all), two Hollywood Post Alliance Awards , one Hugo Award , seventeen IGN Awards (winning four), ten Kids' Choice Awards , sixteen Leo Awards (winning five), two MTV Movie & TV Awards , five People's Choice Awards (winning one), one Primetime Emmy Award , twenty-two Saturn Awards (winning seven), one TCA Award , twenty-seven Teen Choice Awards (winning six), one TV Guide Award (won), and one Visual Effects Society Award . The show also holds

9782-484: The fictional character of Cisco Ramon , at first serving as write-ups of the metahuman villains on the show. Starting with the second season of the show, the posts evolved into the general musings of Ramon and his commentary on the events during and outside of The Flash' s episodes. On September 17, 2019, The Chronicles of Cisco moved to Instagram . On April 19, 2016, a four-episode series of shorts, titled Chronicles of Cisco: Entry 0419 , premiered. The series, which

9916-433: The film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale (lower than the "A" received by its predecessor), and PostTrak reported 78% of those gave the film a positive score, with 67% saying they would definitely recommend it. Kate Erbland of IndieWire gave the film a "B" and wrote " Wonder Woman 1984 is all about playing with magic and wishes and desires, only to see them lead to horrible ramifications, instant gratification and

10050-553: The film are: Amr Waked as Emir Said Bin Abydos, the ruler of the fictional oil-rich Middle Eastern nation of Bialya who Lord encounters; Kristoffer Polaha as the man whose body Steve Trevor appropriates, credited as "Handsome Man"; Natasha Rothwell as Carol, Barbara's boss at the Smithsonian; Ravi Patel as Babajide, a man who provides Diana and Barbara documents of the Dreamstone's history; Oliver Cotton as Simon Stagg ,

10184-483: The film fell another 46% to $ 3 million, with Deadline Hollywood saying it "continued to emulate the legs of a horror movie". The film grossed $ 2.2 million in its fourth weekend, finishing second behind newcomer The Marksman . Internationally, the film was expected to debut to around $ 60 million from 32 countries. Global projections were subsequently lowered to $ 35–40 million and the film went on to debut to $ 38.2 million, including $ 5 million from IMAX screens. China

10318-399: The film would be another great love story. In April 2018, the film was confirmed to be set in the 1980s. In May, production designer Aline Bonetto ( Amélie , Wonder Woman ) was announced to be returning for the sequel, as well as Lindy Hemming , also returning as costume designer. In September 2017, Gal Gadot was confirmed to return as the title character. On February 28, 2018, it

10452-627: The film's break-even point at $ 500   million and that it was expected to lose money for the studio. Adam Aron, CEO of US theater chain AMC Theatres , supported the simultaneous release strategy, stating, "Given that atypical circumstances call for atypical economic relationships between studios and theaters and atypical windows and releasing strategies, AMC is fully onboard for Warner Brothers' announcement." The film's simultaneous release strategy led to Warner Bros. announcing on December 3, 2020, that its entire slate of 2021 films would be given

10586-420: The film, Jenkins stated she would indeed direct the sequel. Jenkins later clarified that "it wasn't a confirmation. Just talking about ideas and hopes." On July 22, 2017, at San Diego Comic-Con , the studio officially announced a sequel would be produced, with Jenkins returning as director; its title was listed as Wonder Woman 2 . In September 2017, it was officially confirmed that Jenkins would be directing

10720-399: The first 17 days and in over 4.3 million U.S. households by the end of its month. Following its third weekend of release, Deadline Hollywood wrote "if there's anything positive to report, we'll hear about on the next AT&T earnings call" but if viewership numbers were noteworthy "we would have already heard about it." In January 2022, tech firm Akami reported that Wonder Woman 1984 was

10854-468: The first film, Patty Jenkins , who initially signed for only one film, had expressed interest in returning to direct the sequel. In June 2017, during an interview with Variety , comic book writer Geoff Johns revealed that he and Jenkins had started writing the treatment for a Wonder Woman sequel and that he had a "cool idea for the second one". While speaking in a Q&A at a Women in Film screening of

10988-562: The first four season of the series, and details on the life of the Flash "in Barry's own words." Audio studio Serial Box is currently developing an audio series based on The Flash , titled The Flash: Rogues . The series will feature Lex Luthor altering the timeline in order to turn The Flash, Green Arrow, White Canary, and Supergirl evil, while their friends attempt to fix the timeline. The series currently has eight episodes planned. In January 2015, The CW president Mark Pedowitz announced

11122-405: The fourth most- torrented television show of 2016. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the first season a 92% approval rating with an average rating of 7.75/10 based on 63 reviews. The website's consensus reads, " The Flash benefits from its purposefully light atmosphere, making it a superhero show uniquely geared toward genre fans as well as novices." Metacritic , which uses

11256-410: The franchise and its classic central character." Upon the initial drop of the review embargo , the film achieved a 90% positive review score; this score gradually dropped until it ended up at 59% after the release. Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 60 out of 100, based on 57 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave

11390-594: The future Nora West-Allen . During the fifth season , the team discover that Nora's presence has altered the timeline and unleashed Cicada , a serial killer bent on killing metahumans, as well as the aftermath of thwarting Thinker's plot causing ordinary items to be imbued with dark matter that turns them into Meta-Tech. They also eventually learn of her allegiance with an imprisoned Eobard, who orchestrated Nora's arrival and previously trained her when it came to her fight with Godspeed . Barry and Nora succeed in subduing an escaped Eobard, but are forced to let him go and Nora

11524-449: The intention to do a Flash / Arrow crossover every season, and The CW announced that an animated web-series, Vixen , featuring the DC heroine of the same name and set in the universe of Arrow and The Flash , would be debuting on CW Seed in late 2015. The character is expected to make a live-action appearance on Arrow and/or The Flash as well. The next month, it was reported that

11658-400: The introduction of his superpowers, as well as the reactions to this, will be very human and grounded. Johns stated that the character of the Flash in the show would resemble his comic book counterpart, complete with his trademark red costume, and not be a poor imitation. Kreisberg elaborated: "No sweat suits or strange code names; he will be The Flash." While researching the best way to depict

11792-411: The most-watched straight-to-streaming title of the year, beating Hamilton . According to Nielsen , the film totaled 2.25 billion minutes spent by HBO Max users over its first three days of release, "equivalent to about 14.9 million complete plays of the 151-minute movie". Samba TV later reported that the film was watched in 3.2 million households within its first week of release and 3.9 million in

11926-496: The multiverse's destruction and rebirth, the team navigates the world post-Crisis all while the secret organization Black Hole and quantum engineer Eva McCulloch , who is trapped in the Mirror Dimension, move forward with their mysterious plans. Eva captures Iris, Kamila, and Captain Singh and imprisons them in Mirror Dimension while their mirror duplicates hinder Team Flash. In the seventh season , Team Flash defeats Eva and creates

12060-399: The new series as well. In May 2015, The CW officially picked up the series, titled Legends of Tomorrow . The second season begins to explore the concept of the multiverse by introducing Earth-2, which features doppelgängers of the inhabitants of Earth-1 (the main setting of Arrow , The Flash , and Legends of Tomorrow ), along with Jay Garrick , the Flash of Earth-2, and Zoom . In

12194-400: The original timeline, prevents Joe's death, and spares Thawne from his erasure by removing his speed. Later, Team Flash fights Deathstorm , whose defeat comes at the cost of Frost's life, devastating her boyfriend Chillblaine . Barry also encounters Meena Dhawan, who has gained super-speed with help from a revived time remnant of Thawne. They contend with the newly-born negative counterparts of

12328-563: The other connected television series, as well as commentary on those episodes. On Netflix in the United States, the first season became available for streaming on October 6, 2015, the second season on October 4, 2016, the third season on May 31, 2017, the fourth season on May 30, 2018, and the fifth season on May 22, 2019. In India, the series streamed on Hotstar due to a partnership between them and Hooq ; it dissolved in April 2020 after Hooq shut down due to bankruptcy. The last episode of

12462-403: The overall visual effects supervisor for the film. Double Negative ( DNEG ), Framestore and Method Studios provided the visual effects for the film. Alexis Wajsbrot served as the visual effects supervisor for Framestore. In December 2019, Jenkins revealed work on the film was completed five months in advance of the original release date. In August 2018, Hans Zimmer was announced as

12596-437: The perfect angles and what you see is what you get." Production on the third season began in early July 2016. On March 13, 2020, production on the sixth season was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Season seven began filming in October 2020 and concluded on May 19, 2021. Arrow composer Blake Neely is the primary composer of the series, and was first hired in April 2014 to score the pilot. He had previously composed

12730-496: The pilot episode and episode 2. Kreisberg stated, "Barry will [already] be the Flash, he will have his team, everyone will be in that world, and we'll [ sic ] introducing a new set of villains that we won't be seeing on the TV show. It'll feel like the same heart, humor and spectacle that you get watching Flash ." The comic will showcase the entire TV cast, plus new rogues, a group of circus performers who gained super powers as

12864-439: The pilot was watched by a total of 6.8 million viewers, becoming The CW's most-watched telecast and the highest-rated premiere among men 18–34 (2.5 rating). It broke the previous record for the most-watched telecast held by the cycle 8 finale of America's Next Top Model in 2007 (6.69 million). Additionally, across all platforms, including initiated streams on digital platforms and total unduplicated viewers on-air over two airings

12998-473: The response changed from "early praise to precipitous decline". According to Variety , critics praised the film's "escapist qualities" and Jenkins' take on the 1980s, but many commentators found it "overindulgent or clichéd". On Rotten Tomatoes , 57% of 454 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, " Wonder Woman 1984 struggles with sequel overload, but still offers enough vibrant escapism to satisfy fans of

13132-400: The return of Chris Pine as Steve Trevor via Twitter. On July 24, 2018, Natasha Rothwell was announced to be cast in an undisclosed role. A few days later, on July 27, Ravi Patel and Gabriella Wilde also joined the film, with their roles being kept under wraps as well. By late August, Connie Nielsen and Robin Wright were confirmed to reprise their roles as Hippolyta and Antiope in

13266-455: The revelation that lying is never without consequence. Those are some big swings and not every single one lands, but the ones that do are both joyous and genuinely worth pondering." Jake Coyle of The Associated Press considered the film "both campier and more real than Marvel movies — more like the page-turning thrill of a comic book", writing that the film has "ambitions...just outside its grasp, but it seldom feels predestined or predictable —

13400-660: The same reason. The film was re-added to HBO Max following its premiere on HBO's linear channel on May 13, 2021. Wonder Woman 1984 was released as a rental on premium video-on-demand services in the United States on February 12, 2021, on Digital HD on March 16, 2021, followed by its physical release on DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on March 30. The sequences shot for IMAX presentation were retained on all home media releases. As of January 2022, Wonder Woman 1984 has sold more than 606,000 DVDs along with an estimated 818,000 Blu-ray Discs totaling $ 16.1 million and $ 22.9 million, respectively, for

13534-443: The same release strategy. This led to many filmmakers, production companies and theater chains (who were not informed and consulted with over the move) to voice their disappointment and displeasure over the move, especially in regards to the special treatment given to the cast and filmmakers of Wonder Woman 1984 that was not given to the other filmmakers and actors with their 2021 films. Despite being paid her bonus by Warner Bros. as

13668-425: The same superpowers. Because Diana yearns for Steve Trevor , her lover who died heroically, he is resurrected in another man's body and they are reunited. Failing businessman Maxwell "Max Lord" Lorenzano steals the Dreamstone, hoping to use its power to save his nearly bankrupt oil company. His wish is to "become" the stone and gain its powers: whenever he grants someone else's desire, he can take what he wants from

13802-404: The season and awarded the season finale a perfect A grade, calling the episode "richly satisfying" and also commending the show for "[capturing] the essence of its source material in a fun, light-on-its-feet way that few other comic book adaptations have managed." He also gave high praise to the emotional value and performances of the cast, as well as the cliffhanger and multiple easter eggs found in

13936-412: The second season on September 6, 2016, the third season on September 5, 2017, the fourth season on August 28, 2018, and the fifth season on August 27, 2019. Each season release contains additional features, which include: making-of featurettes, episode commentaries, deleted scenes, gag reels, and Comic-Con panels. The second, fourth and fifth season boxsets include the Arrowverse crossover episodes from

14070-424: The second. In 2019, Todd departed as showrunner, and Eric Wallace, who had been co-executive producer since the fourth season, was promoted to the sole showrunner, effective from season six. On April 2, 2018, The CW renewed the series for a fifth season , which premiered on October 9, 2018. On January 31, 2019, The CW renewed the series for a sixth season, which premiered on October 8, 2019. On January 7, 2020,

14204-518: The sequel. On September 13, 2017, it was reported that The Expendables writer David Callaham would join the film to co-write the script with Jenkins and Johns, who had already been working on it for several months. On February 28, 2018, it was reported that the film would be shot with IMAX film cameras in select action sequences. By late May 2018, long-time DCEU producer Zack Snyder confirmed on social media platform Vero that he, along with his wife Deborah Snyder , would serve as producers on

14338-482: The series became increasingly positive as the season progressed, with the finale receiving critical acclaim. Noel Murray of The A.V. Club gave the season a B+ overall, giving praise to the pacing of the plot, the performances of the cast and the special effects, and also pointing out the series' boldness to embrace its comic book influences, something that conventional superhero shows tend not to do. Weekly episode reviewer Scott Von Doviak gave consistently high ratings to

14472-454: The series to stream on Hotstar was " Death of the Speed Force " in mid-March. A year later, Amazon Prime Video acquired the streaming rights for India, with the series premiering there on May 24, 2021. The first episode of The Flash was watched by 4.8 million viewers and had a 1.9 18–49 demographic rating, making it The CW's most watched and highest rated series premiere since The Vampire Diaries in 2009. Factoring Live + 7 day ratings,

14606-417: The series was renewed for a seventh season, which premiered on March 2, 2021. In April 2020, Gustin, who had been contracted for seven seasons, said there had been discussions about renewing the series through a ninth season, but those were stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On February 3, 2021, the series was renewed for an eighth season which premiered on November 16, 2021. In late January 2022, Gustin

14740-598: The series, compared to Arrow , Gustin said, "When [ Arrow ] shoot[s] action sequences, pretty much what you see is what you get and they're really doing everything. We do a lot of plate shots that are empty shots of the area we're going to be in and then they're putting us in later in post . I do a lot of the fighting. I don't have to do it full speed and then they ramp it up and a lot of people have to freeze and I keep moving. Then I have to clear frame and step back into frame. It's really tedious stuff that we have to do. On theirs, they learn fight choreography and they shoot it from

14874-446: The seventh season's premiere. A soundtrack for the five-episode "Armageddon" event that began the show's eighth season was released on March 4, 2022. A soundtrack for the last three seasons was released on May 26, 2023. The sound design for the series is handled by Mark Camperell. The sound effect for Barry is made up of elements of thunder, electricity, jets, fireballs, and various custom whooshes and impacts. Speaking about designing

15008-402: The show's "Flashpoint" event never occurred, and The Flash must fight a villain known as Hocus Pocus who can control the minds and actions of people. A sequel, The Flash: Johnny Quick was released on April 3, 2018, as well as a third novel, titled The Flash: The Tornado Twins , on October 2, 2018. On October 21, 2016, "The Art and Making of The Flash" by Abbie Bernstein was released. This

15142-539: The show's versions of the Flash and Reverse-Flash appear as alternate costumes for the Flash. The show's version of S.T.A.R. Labs also appears as a hidden area in Lego Dimensions . The video game Lego DC Super-Villains features DLC inspired by The Flash in the "DC Super Heroes: TV Series DLC Character Pack". The DLC pack includes The Flash and Vibe as playable characters. On November 29, 2016, Titan Books released The Flash: The Haunting of Barry Allen ,

15276-584: The sound for the Flash's ability, Mark says: "My approach for the sounds of the Flash's ability was to editorially treat him like a really aggressively driven hot rod. This doesn't mean that I used car sounds for him, though. What I mean is that when thinking about how to edit his sounds, I thought about it like cutting a car chase." The Flash was screened at the Warner Bros. Television and DC Entertainment panel at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2014. The series officially premiered on The CW on October 7, 2014, during

15410-404: The viewers and regain his health. Diana and Steve confront him, but Barbara sides with Max, overpowering Diana and escaping with him on Marine One . Steve convinces Diana to renounce her wish and let him go, restoring her to full strength. Donning the armor of Asteria, the greatest of all Amazon warriors, Diana flies to the satellite headquarters and again battles Barbara, who has transformed into

15544-585: The villain Weather Wizard in his attempts at revenge, was released in May 2018. Written by Richard A. Knaak , it is titled The Flash: Climate Changeling . In October 2017, Abrams Books started a new trilogy of The Flash novels, written by Barry Lyga , aimed at middle-grade readers in tandem with a similar trilogy of Supergirl novels. The first, The Flash: Hocus Pocus , was released on October 3, 2017. The novel takes place in an alternate timeline where

15678-622: The villains and other heroes the team encounter, the team's personal challenges and his own Vibe abilities prior to Flashpoint." A second guidebook for The Flash was released in November 2018, this time published by Abrams Books. The Secret Files of Barry Allen: The Ultimate Guide to the Hit TV Show features the Flash's "top-secret notes", as well as "classified S.T.A.R. Labs dossiers on everyone in Central City", an episode guide on

15812-425: The way home, Metamorpho's friends were puzzled as to how he knew Stagg would be unaffected by the child. Metamorpho indicates that he had hoped the baby would kill Stagg. Java came upon Black Canary while searching for help for Sapphire. His story was that Sapphire and Joey, Metamorpho's son, had been caught in a lab explosion and merged into a single energy being who was taking revenge on Stagg's former colleagues. It

15946-438: The week of October 7, 2014, the premiere was seen more than 13 million times. The Canadian premiere was watched by 3.11 million viewers, making it the most-watched broadcast that night and the second for that week. In the United Kingdom, the premiere was the fourth highest-rated broadcast of the week and the eleventh of that month, with 1.53 million viewers. The timeshifted version got 82,000 viewers. The premiere in Australia

16080-487: The wisher. This soon results in worldwide chaos, destruction, and instability. Diana discovers that the Dreamstone was created by Dolos/Mendacius , The God of Lies, also known as the Duke of Deception . It grants a user's wish but exacts an equally strong toll unless they renounce the wish or destroy the stone. Although Diana's powers and Barbara's humanity begin to diminish, neither is willing to renounce her wish. Max visits

16214-422: The world in real time. It used Sebastian Böhm's instrumental remix of " Blue Monday " by New Order . The same day, character posters for Wonder Woman, Maxwell Lord , Barbara Ann Minerva and Steve Trevor were released. In August 2020, the film's second trailer was released during DC FanDome . The second trailer was "re-released" in November 2020 once the film's simultaneous theatrical and streaming debut

16348-505: The world records for "Most in-demand superhero TV show" and "Most in-demand action and adventure TV show" from the Guinness World Records . In 2016, Rolling Stone ranked the show 23rd on its list of the "40 Best Science Fiction TV Shows of All Time". The Flash: Season Zero , written by Kreisberg, Brooke Eikmeier and Katherine Walczak, with art by Phil Hester and Eric Gapstur, is intended to take place between

16482-554: Was announced that the film's first trailer would debut during Comic Con Experience CCXP 2019 on December 8, with Gadot and Jenkins attending the event in São Paulo, Brazil. By the end of the month, WarnerMedia Entertainment debuted new footage from the film during the HBO Max presentation to the press. The first trailer debuted on December 8 at the 2019 Comic Con Experience (CCXP), with the show being livestreamed on Twitter around

16616-535: Was confirmed. Later that month, a new international poster was released, along with confirmation the film would have a presence at Brazil's Comic Con event CCXP 2020 on December 6. A one-minute final trailer was released during the convention. Wonder Woman 1984 premiered on December 15, 2020, in a fan-first event, via the DC FanDome virtual platform. The "Virtual World Premiere" included the participation of director Jenkins, stars Gadot, Pine, Wiig and Pascal and

16750-465: Was continually moving in the suit, so it had to be designed to make that all happen visually and functionally." It initially took Gustin approximately 40 minutes to get into his costume, as the first cowl was prosthetic and had to be zipped and glued to his face. This was cut down to approximately 15 minutes by episode eight, when designers were able to develop a new cowl that easily slid over Gustin's face and locked into place. Maya Mani replaced Atwood as

16884-485: Was delayed to June 5, 2020. On March 24, 2020, with theatres closed for an uncertain period of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the film was delayed to August 14, 2020, taking the release date of Malignant . In June 2020, another delay saw the film's release pushed to October 2, 2020, before it was delayed further to the Christmas date in September, following the tepid opening weekend of Warner Bros' Tenet in

17018-456: Was later reported that Kreisberg would be returning to sole showrunner duties at an unspecified time. That time was later proved to be at the start of 2016, "Potential Energy", when Stanton was no longer credited as being involved with the show. In May 2017, it was reported that Aaron Helbing would be departing the series. Helbing had served as a writer since the first season, and as co-showrunner, along with his brother Todd and Kreisberg, since

17152-411: Was presented by AT&T , features Valdes and Britne Oldford reprise their role as Cisco Ramon and Shawna Baez / Peek-a-Boo , respectively. Set in the second season of the television series, the series sees Cisco attempting to make the Flash suit bulletproof and body-odor proof. While working on these, he receives a late-night Meta-Human Alert within S.T.A.R. Labs, and learns that Peek-a-Boo triggered

17286-461: Was projected to gross around $ 10 million from 2,151 theaters in its opening weekend. It ended up debuting to $ 16.7 million, finishing above expectations and with the best total of the COVID-19 pandemic, but 87% less than the first film's opening weekend. Over 10,000 private screenings of the film were held, accounting for about $ 2 million (12%) of the opening weekend total. It fell 68% in its second weekend, grossing $ 5.4 million. In its third weekend

17420-586: Was released on December 10, 2020, as part of the "Week of Wonder" social media promotion leading up to the film's release. The album was released on December 16, 2020, by WaterTower Music . Other music featured in the film according to the closing credits include " Welcome to the Pleasuredome " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood , " Voi Che Sapete " by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , " Adagio in D Minor " by John Murphy , "M.E." by Gary Numan , " Rio " by Duran Duran and "I Won't Leave You" by Clinton Shorter from

17554-415: Was reported that Kristen Wiig was in talks with the studio to play Cheetah , the main villain of the film, with director Patty Jenkins confirming her casting the next month. By March 28, Pedro Pascal , who played Ed Indelicato in the pilot of the canceled 2011 Wonder Woman television adaptation , was cast in an undisclosed key role, later revealed to be Maxwell Lord . On June 13, Jenkins confirmed

17688-446: Was reported to be renewing his contract for a ninth season. On March 22, 2022, The CW renewed the series for a ninth season. On August 1, 2022, it was announced that the series will be concluding with its upcoming ninth season, and that the season would receive a 13-episode order. The season premiered on February 8, 2023, with the finale airing on May 24 of the same year. The costume was designed by Colleen Atwood , who also designed

17822-606: Was the largest opening with $ 18.7 million, followed by Taiwan ($ 3.5 million), Thailand ($ 2 million), Brazil ($ 1.7 million), Japan ($ 1.1 million), Mexico ($ 1.4 million), the United Kingdom ($ 1.2 million) and Spain ($ 1.1 million). In its second weekend of international release, the film made $ 19.4 million from 40 countries. Its largest markets were Australia ($ 4.5 million) and Japan ($ 2.5 million), while China's running total reached $ 23.9 million. Slate called Wonder Woman 1984 ' s critical response "lukewarm", and Newsweek described it as "mixed". The Washington Post reported that

17956-528: Was the most-watched broadcast on pay television, with 129,000 viewers tuning in. In 2016, according to an analysis from Parrot Analytics, which used ratings data (where available), peer-to-peer sharing, social media chatter, and other factors to estimate viewer demand for various shows, The Flash was the 5th most popular show in the world with 3.1 million demand expressions per day, behind Game of Thrones , The Walking Dead , Pretty Little Liars , and Westworld . TorrentFreak also gauged The Flash as

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