Henry Cavill was nowhere to be seen within the new ‘Flash’ film — a strategic transfer courtesy of James Gunn and co. — however surprisingly … Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot acquired the inexperienced gentle.

THR dropped this information, reporting on what went into the ultimate cameo that teased a brand new Batman. In line with them, there have been loads of transferring items/re-shoots that went on proper right down to the wire … with the ultimate scene being reshot in January to incorporate the character individuals see on the finish because the “new Bruce Wayne.” Spoiler … it ain’t BA or Michael Keaton.

Apparently, the ending underwent 3 totally different iterations earlier than touchdown on what individuals noticed in theaters. First — when Warner Bros. was nonetheless a part of AT&T — the ultimate scene was going to function Ezra Miller‘s Barry Allen seeing Keaton’s Batman and Sasha Calle’s Supergirl.

After WB merged with Discovery, nonetheless, a few new lieutenants tweaked {that a} bit … to incorporate Cavill’s Superman and Gadot’s Marvel Girl — along with Keaton and Calle.

This 2nd iteration got here collectively when WB nonetheless thought Cavill had a shot of reprising the long-lasting position — which was spearheaded and considerably cemented by The Rock/’Black Adam’ final yr — however acquired fully undone when Gunn got here onboard as the brand new DC chief.

When Gunn was employed, THR says he fully scrapped the brand new ending which featured Gadot, Cavill, Keaton and Calle — and, as an alternative, opted to insert a former Batman actor as somewhat nod to the canon … George Clooney.

The reported rationale for that is that Gunn and co-DC chief Peter Safran did not wanna give followers of the Snyder-verse any false hope about these characters returning of their new revamped universe … so that they removed the 2 cameos on the finish and went one other manner.

Here is what’s unusual about this … whereas Gunn and Safran may’ve nixed Gadot from the ultimate scene — they nonetheless allowed her to make a cameo earlier within the film. And ditto for Affleck, clearly, because it’d been well-known for fairly some time that he’d be on this flick.

So what we’re getting at is that this … it seems there was selective casting for ‘The Flash.’ Gunn and Safran had been finally cool with Gadot and Affleck getting some screentime (if not for the final time) however for no matter motive … they do not appear to have been okay with HC getting a last bow because the Man of Metal. This appears to be backed by their big about-face with him.

Now, the query … what may Gunn and Safran have in opposition to Cavill, who actually seems to have been screwed out of the DCEU on this transition? In actuality, in all probability nothing, however what’s change into evident up to now few months is that Gunn has his sights on a brand new Supes.

The brand new DC head has already mentioned he is beginning his new universe with ‘Superman: Legacy’ … and resulting from that, it tracks that he’d wanna lose any hint of Cavill’s Superman as quickly as doable. The truth is, if he’d been employed pre-‘Black Adam’ — you would argue he doubtless would’ve nixed that complete post-credit cameo … which, in the long run, amounted to only fan service.