Berlanti will be co-writing the script, an origin story of Flash’s Barry Allen
identity, with fellow Arrow co-creator Andrew Kreisberg and DC’s Geoff Johns
who also writes for the CW’s hit freshman drama. Berlanti assured that the
Flash project has been cleared with DC and is good to go. “Barry Allen’s story
always has been a favorite of mine,” Berlanti said, “as well as of Andrew
Kreisberg and Geoff Johns.” He confirmed that Barry, who will recur on Arrow
next season, will show up around episode 8 or 9 and that casting on the project
will begin this week. “We wanted everyone to know about the show as that
process commenced,” Berlanti said. Why The Flash? “We think it fits well both in
terms of ( Arrow) and (as a stand-alone series).” He added that there’s a wide
belief that Flash fits better as a television spinoff than would other characters in
the DC Comics universe.
Source: deadline
Source: deadline
