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NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM fingerpainter, Shawn Levy to helm THE FLASH!

Hey folks, Harry here... My instant reaction to the name SHAWN LEVY and THE FLASH was, "WHO?"

That prodded me to IMDB. THE PINK PANTHER, CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN... NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM...

This was my second reaction, "WARNER BROTHERS - What the fuck? You were showing so much promise, so much coolness. Christopher Nolan.... Bryan Singer... SHAWN FUCKING LEVY? Are you fucking kidding me? Have you seen his turd-buckets? They're so bad, the flies stay away..."

Then as this wave of RATIONAL RAGE washed over me - I could see what they were thinking. With BATMAN BEGINS and SUPERMAN RETURNS - there was a segment of the audience that felt those films were just too serious. That they were not "COMIC" enough. This caused me to see RED - and not the scarlet of our speedster's costume.

Then I thought - well... My fave FLASH comics were always entrenched in the Silver Age run he ran. Though technically - I really loved the old school Golden Age version of the character. That said - FLASH was a "lighter" character. That doesn't mean he was fucking RETARDED though.

As an audience, we generally have no reason... AT ALL, to think that this was a good idea. There's a chance that Shawn Levy has been biding his time serving mentally challenged execs that want films like THE PINK PANTHER and NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM... and that he's been desperate to get his hands on something substantial - with which to prove his mettle. Perhaps he's a Gore Verbinski - waiting to explode from his MOUSE HUNTS with a grand adventure.

Well... at least I liked MOUSE HUNT. This is a project that just went from "CAN'T WAIT FOR..." to "OH GOD, PLEASE DON'T SUCK LIKE THE WARNER HERO FLICKS OF OLD!!!"

Let us pray.

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Man.
by George Newman
Feb 5th, 2007
09:41:17 AM
Ben Stiller as the Flash.
by SkidMarkedUndies
Feb 5th, 2007
09:42:25 AM
Just imagine...
by Franklin T Marmoset
Feb 5th, 2007
09:42:30 AM
Owen Wilson, Come On Down.
by Sean38
Feb 5th, 2007
09:44:19 AM
Total
by QuinnTheEskimo
Feb 5th, 2007
09:45:12 AM
Dammit
by QuinnTheEskimo
Feb 5th, 2007
09:49:45 AM
If Flash moves too fast for the eye to see ...
by chrth
Feb 5th, 2007
09:57:34 AM
It's true: Levy is a better director than Goyer
by LaudnerGomez
Feb 5th, 2007
10:00:03 AM
THIS YEAR'S LITTLE FASTEST MISS SUNSHINE ALIVE!!!
by Err
Feb 5th, 2007
10:05:47 AM
Nobody's going to prove their mettle with the FLASH
by mistergreen
Feb 5th, 2007
10:05:51 AM
Ouch
by El Scorcho
Feb 5th, 2007
10:06:44 AM
Oh. oh no no no no no
by jimmy rabbitte
Feb 5th, 2007
10:10:27 AM
abomination
by Err
Feb 5th, 2007
10:10:41 AM
You know...
by Abin Sur
Feb 5th, 2007
10:12:39 AM
Mouse Hunt
by blacklodgebob
Feb 5th, 2007
10:13:18 AM
Batman was built to sell video games?
by QuinnTheEskimo
Feb 5th, 2007
10:16:52 AM
WTF
by QuinnTheEskimo
Feb 5th, 2007
10:18:03 AM
Unless it's a superhero named Family Comedy Man..
by Zarles
Feb 5th, 2007
10:21:49 AM
As long as Ryan Reynolds is The Flash who cares.
by gusborwig
Feb 5th, 2007
10:22:15 AM
All Things Considered
by aceillk
Feb 5th, 2007
10:22:20 AM
STOP MAKING COMIC BOOK MOVIES ALREADY !
by Pound Sand
Feb 5th, 2007
10:23:01 AM
Singer is next to get the axe!
by matthooper8
Feb 5th, 2007
10:23:39 AM
Sounds like Warner want a Fantastic Four vibe...
by Dr_Zoidberg
Feb 5th, 2007
10:26:30 AM
The press release said,
by Cymbol
Feb 5th, 2007
10:34:59 AM
I'm waiting for the Goyer haters...
by rbatty024
Feb 5th, 2007
10:36:20 AM
ShawnLevy=RobZombie=MichaelBay ...
by TORTURE PWN
Feb 5th, 2007
10:47:00 AM
Gore Verbinski
by Fried Gold
Feb 5th, 2007
10:48:22 AM
"Did Alex Proyas retire from filmmaking?"
by hif4life
Feb 5th, 2007
10:52:25 AM
The Flash is a Goof
by EyeofPolyphemus
Feb 5th, 2007
10:53:58 AM
2 things!
by boyblue
Feb 5th, 2007
10:56:06 AM
Batman Begins was a really good example to follow
by Spandau Belly
Feb 5th, 2007
11:02:46 AM
Torture Pwn
by Err
Feb 5th, 2007
11:04:29 AM
The adventures of Captain Cold and Lieutenant Lukewarm
by Pound Sand
Feb 5th, 2007
11:09:30 AM
FYI, Stephen King's DarkTower comic comes out tomorrow.
by Nice Marmot
Feb 5th, 2007
11:10:05 AM
re: EyeofPolyphemus
by Err
Feb 5th, 2007
11:11:09 AM
Action centerpiece of the film!
by finky089
Feb 5th, 2007
11:11:28 AM
Action centerpiece of the film! #2
by finky089
Feb 5th, 2007
11:12:35 AM
To:Err...
by TORTURE PWN
Feb 5th, 2007
11:17:02 AM
Action centerpiece of the film! #3
by finky089
Feb 5th, 2007
11:17:39 AM
I guarentee one stupid special effect that will be used
by Err
Feb 5th, 2007
11:19:05 AM
Bring back John Wesley Shipp
by David Lazarus Long
Feb 5th, 2007
11:22:22 AM
Batman series
by Philvis
Feb 5th, 2007
11:24:40 AM
If you're going to make a superhero a joke...
by rbatty024
Feb 5th, 2007
11:32:22 AM
BEHOLD! My Robotic Clone... of TIM STORY! HAHAHAHAHA
by Harry Weinstein
Feb 5th, 2007
11:38:59 AM
Fingerpainters gotta eat!!
by boba_rob
Feb 5th, 2007
11:39:59 AM
Those movies weren't too serious!
by porterdsgn
Feb 5th, 2007
11:45:51 AM
look at the grosses of night at the museum...
by warpspasm
Feb 5th, 2007
11:48:59 AM
It's not hard to figure out what they were thinking...
by Freakemovie
Feb 5th, 2007
11:50:22 AM
YUP
by THE KNIGHT
Feb 5th, 2007
11:50:37 AM
jack black
by hif4life
Feb 5th, 2007
11:51:27 AM
SHAWN LEVY GOT TO EAT
by tacitblue
Feb 5th, 2007
11:58:06 AM
So that explains...
by SkaBadger
Feb 5th, 2007
11:58:57 AM
Kidding about the Jack Black thing...
by Abin Sur
Feb 5th, 2007
12:01:28 PM
I just got off the phone with John Titor and...
by finky089
Feb 5th, 2007
12:02:40 PM
Tell him the dream is over...
by Wonderboys
Feb 5th, 2007
12:05:13 PM
FINO!! FINO!!FINO!! FINO!!FINO!! FINO!!FINO!! FINO!!
by finky089
Feb 5th, 2007
12:10:15 PM
finky089
by TheRevengeOfBayouWilly
Feb 5th, 2007
12:13:23 PM
I still say Superman Returns was too serious
by BizarroJerry
Feb 5th, 2007
12:16:19 PM
Put Terry Gilliam on the film
by finky089
Feb 5th, 2007
12:18:57 PM
finky089 has the line of the day. well done.
by chrth
Feb 5th, 2007
12:20:42 PM
For a sucessful Green Lantern movie...
by Abin Sur
Feb 5th, 2007
12:21:08 PM
Who cares about the Flash?
by ye olde shiza
Feb 5th, 2007
12:22:02 PM
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS!
by Kubla_Khan
Feb 5th, 2007
12:24:09 PM
Hal Jordan's Green Lantern
by OtisSpofford
Feb 5th, 2007
12:24:59 PM
best line ever about the
by arctor
Feb 5th, 2007
12:26:26 PM
It's crazy what you can get being a studio shill
by IndustryKiller!
Feb 5th, 2007
12:33:11 PM
Supes and The Tick
by David Lazarus Long
Feb 5th, 2007
12:33:50 PM
Where's JDanielP when you need him?
by TheRevengeOfBayouWilly
Feb 5th, 2007
12:37:49 PM
Messi...
by Abin Sur
Feb 5th, 2007
12:45:57 PM
FLUSH MAN.
by Gilkuliehe
Feb 5th, 2007
12:46:06 PM
Just take a dump, put some flames on the turd and film
by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz
Feb 5th, 2007
12:49:25 PM
Shawn Levy = the new Brett Ratner
by SpyGuy
Feb 5th, 2007
12:51:10 PM
A fuckup of Tom Rothman-like proportions!
by FilmCritic3000
Feb 5th, 2007
12:53:01 PM
I know what WB was thinking...
by erikharrison
Feb 5th, 2007
12:56:12 PM
I wonder...
by FilmCritic3000
Feb 5th, 2007
12:59:44 PM
"Retarded","..challenged"
by The True Priapic
Feb 5th, 2007
01:01:20 PM
Fuck Off!
by darquelyte
Feb 5th, 2007
01:02:18 PM
IndustryKiller!
by one9deuce
Feb 5th, 2007
01:05:48 PM
Best idea since My Super Ex-Girlfriend
by The Ghost of Marcus Brody
Feb 5th, 2007
01:06:00 PM
Mention anyone from the JLA...
by David Lazarus Long
Feb 5th, 2007
01:09:36 PM
Get Ang Lee
by TORTURE PWN
Feb 5th, 2007
01:10:32 PM
Steve Martin as the flash...
by Rue The Day
Feb 5th, 2007
01:13:24 PM
Get Rob Zombie
by TORTURE PWN
Feb 5th, 2007
01:17:54 PM
WB Raped my Childhood....
by kdoc13
Feb 5th, 2007
01:21:36 PM
Get Rob Zombie (cont.)
by TORTURE PWN
Feb 5th, 2007
01:22:14 PM
Oh, and Green Lantern...
by kdoc13
Feb 5th, 2007
01:22:42 PM
Hey DL Long...
by Abin Sur
Feb 5th, 2007
01:22:47 PM
Flash paper
by ye olde shiza
Feb 5th, 2007
01:35:36 PM
Hey! There's no need to knock Mousehunt.
by instant_karma
Feb 5th, 2007
01:36:36 PM
Get Joel Schumacher
by TORTURE PWN
Feb 5th, 2007
01:38:44 PM
Get Paul W.S. Anderson
by TORTURE PWN
Feb 5th, 2007
01:54:06 PM
Messi, you're right...I read that DLL's post wrong...
by Abin Sur
Feb 5th, 2007
01:59:17 PM
Get Tarantino
by TORTURE PWN
Feb 5th, 2007
02:01:40 PM
Three VERY IMPORTANT things...
by Rakafraker
Feb 5th, 2007
02:11:42 PM
Get Kevin Smith
by TORTURE PWN
Feb 5th, 2007
02:13:52 PM
No,seriously...
by TORTURE PWN
Feb 5th, 2007
02:15:41 PM
Get Ben Affleck
by TORTURE PWN
Feb 5th, 2007
02:16:51 PM
Don't get me started on X-Men...
by David Lazarus Long
Feb 5th, 2007
02:20:48 PM
How can you not like a hero who wears white gloves?
by Abin Sur
Feb 5th, 2007
02:23:48 PM
Will someone please give Ye Olde Shiza a hug?
by SpyGuy
Feb 5th, 2007
02:33:10 PM
Make Geeks Happy = Make Money
by Ashlander
Feb 5th, 2007
02:35:22 PM
Green Lantern is perfect right now because...
by rbatty024
Feb 5th, 2007
02:35:24 PM
Green Lantern: Dennis quaid as hal jordan
by hif4life
Feb 5th, 2007
02:42:58 PM
Hif4life, I used to agree with that...
by Abin Sur
Feb 5th, 2007
02:47:20 PM
dumbing down the comic book movies
by filmfanatic1
Feb 5th, 2007
02:57:40 PM
I just got off the phone with Mark Hamill
by hadez
Feb 5th, 2007
03:05:26 PM
Give him a chance
by Dasher
Feb 5th, 2007
03:07:22 PM
For any douchebag that thinks running fast is lame
by SpyGuy
Feb 5th, 2007
03:16:33 PM
Nothing against Levy
by David Lazarus Long
Feb 5th, 2007
03:22:51 PM
Snakes on little miss sunshine's taint...
by Motoko Kusanagi
Feb 5th, 2007
03:23:33 PM
No need to sound the geek battle cry yet Harry
by quadrupletree
Feb 5th, 2007
03:40:29 PM
christ, some people that post here are lame
by hif4life
Feb 5th, 2007
03:43:44 PM
If Dakota Fanning is the Flash...
by David Lazarus Long
Feb 5th, 2007
03:49:04 PM
David Lazarus Long
by hif4life
Feb 5th, 2007
04:01:53 PM
I crack myself up
by David Lazarus Long
Feb 5th, 2007
04:04:57 PM
I'm ok with Shawn
by Maegnarval
Feb 5th, 2007
04:05:07 PM
kdoc13, X-3 was NOT well directed
by oisin5199
Feb 5th, 2007
04:11:33 PM
I'm not frothy at the mouth
by HEADGEEK
Feb 5th, 2007
04:14:36 PM
Shawn Levy Also In Talks for "The Hardy Men"
by Flynn Diesel
Feb 5th, 2007
04:17:00 PM
Neither am i
by Maegnarval
Feb 5th, 2007
04:21:29 PM
Harry, any thoughts on 90's series?
by David Lazarus Long
Feb 5th, 2007
04:30:28 PM
Shawn Levy Also in Talks for "The Hard Men"
by Klaus Herzog
Feb 5th, 2007
04:31:53 PM
the Flash is weak anyways
by the_shogun_gunslinger
Feb 5th, 2007
04:33:15 PM
And I'm seriously getting whiplash
by David Lazarus Long
Feb 5th, 2007
04:33:51 PM
Awww, thanks BSB
by David Lazarus Long
Feb 5th, 2007
05:01:42 PM
Power Girl and JSA movie - now!
by Doctor_Sin
Feb 5th, 2007
05:04:19 PM
thegreekhammer
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Feb 5th, 2007
05:04:29 PM
yes, harry, you ARE frothy
by omarthesnake
Feb 5th, 2007
05:05:43 PM
Roll call: DC heroes that can survive a lighter touch
by Calico Pete
Feb 5th, 2007
05:06:48 PM
well what did you expect?
by hank quinlan
Feb 5th, 2007
05:06:48 PM
The Flash is a weak character anyway
by ewokstew
Feb 5th, 2007
05:19:58 PM
Owen Wilson as the Flash
by dastickboy
Feb 5th, 2007
05:23:38 PM
Teen Titans would just about fit the bill
by Snookeroo
Feb 5th, 2007
05:27:41 PM
Hopes for the Flash
by el scorcho 12
Feb 5th, 2007
05:31:36 PM
the Dubya Bee is swinging for the fucking fences today
by hattori_hanzo
Feb 5th, 2007
05:32:21 PM
Superman Returns sucks
by Spacekicker2001
Feb 5th, 2007
05:36:13 PM
Guess we'll have to see who they cast...
by ahdvd
Feb 5th, 2007
05:36:46 PM
Lost Boys sequel?
by David Lazarus Long
Feb 5th, 2007
05:39:02 PM
Okay, Harry can we just get.....
by Kai_Mah'gra
Feb 5th, 2007
05:50:27 PM
Give him a break!!
by jojo-pimp
Feb 5th, 2007
06:12:52 PM
jeebus night at the museum wasn't THAT bad
by Holodigm
Feb 5th, 2007
06:13:34 PM
Comic book movies are for little kids
by Rupee88
Feb 5th, 2007
06:14:44 PM
Fuck Jack Black as GL, and FUCK WB!
by Howard the Duck
Feb 5th, 2007
06:17:22 PM
Presto! WB instantly makes THE FLASH a rental.
by Orbots Commander
Feb 5th, 2007
06:45:17 PM
I love AICN TB's...
by jimmy rabbitte
Feb 5th, 2007
06:54:21 PM
Sean38
by jimbubble
Feb 5th, 2007
06:55:40 PM
Flash is a comedy, and Goyer does not write
by superninja
Feb 5th, 2007
06:59:36 PM
Actually, James Marsten would make a perfect
by superninja
Feb 5th, 2007
07:07:09 PM
Green Lantern movie introduces Hal Jordan military
by superninja
Feb 5th, 2007
07:18:48 PM
This guy is a Chris Columbus.
by superninja
Feb 5th, 2007
07:28:09 PM
Stick it to the man.
by Gozu
Feb 5th, 2007
07:29:52 PM
All of you are wrong.....
by supergary452
Feb 5th, 2007
07:30:32 PM
Calico Pete, obviously you have never read
by superninja
Feb 5th, 2007
07:33:19 PM
The Flash IS a weak character
by slone13
Feb 5th, 2007
07:33:28 PM
slone13, I agree with you
by superninja
Feb 5th, 2007
07:36:49 PM
I love the "don't steal movies" trailer
by David Lazarus Long
Feb 5th, 2007
07:38:16 PM
I think Spider-Man covered all of that, CTU Mole.
by superninja
Feb 5th, 2007
07:42:36 PM
And two hours of taunting an incredibly intelligent
by superninja
Feb 5th, 2007
07:45:08 PM
There are only so many premature ejaculation jokes.
by CTU Mole
Feb 5th, 2007
07:51:37 PM
Quinn The Eskimo
by HeWhoCannotBeNamed
Feb 5th, 2007
08:05:24 PM
this is sad news.
by yeah i'm a jerk!
Feb 5th, 2007
08:20:30 PM
I just got off the phone with Casper Van Dien
by Fleet
Feb 5th, 2007
08:28:53 PM
BringingSexyBack
by Kai_Mah'gra
Feb 5th, 2007
08:57:41 PM
I'm not against making a lighthearted Flash movie...
by rbatty024
Feb 5th, 2007
09:10:14 PM
As long as he casts the young FLASH from Smallville....
by wackybantha
Feb 5th, 2007
09:30:58 PM
Levy on a Flash = Flames on an Optimus
by LittleDudes
Feb 5th, 2007
09:51:13 PM
Geeks calling The Flash weak = Batman Adult Underoos
by SpyGuy
Feb 5th, 2007
10:09:52 PM
BSB, don't be givin' them ideas!
by superninja
Feb 5th, 2007
10:48:41 PM
The only thing I can think of that differentiates
by superninja
Feb 5th, 2007
11:00:42 PM
Gore Verbinski is the "studio friendly" Stephen Frears
by TheSeeker7
Feb 5th, 2007
11:14:37 PM
Nobody real famous. Then they start dictating
by superninja
Feb 5th, 2007
11:34:27 PM
Warner Brothers
by David Lazarus Long
Feb 5th, 2007
11:53:54 PM
Hmm...just checking on the net, it appears DC is
by superninja
Feb 6th, 2007
12:23:40 AM
Say what you want about Levy , better than GOYER
by Proman1984
Feb 6th, 2007
12:43:25 AM
The Flash is beyond salvation... in other news...
by Wonderboys
Feb 6th, 2007
01:01:27 AM
seriously
by the_shogun_gunslinger
Feb 6th, 2007
04:52:31 AM
I thought about this last night...
by Abin Sur
Feb 6th, 2007
06:57:40 AM
Boo.
by beelkay
Feb 6th, 2007
10:25:48 AM
If you think that the Flash is lame...
by Howard the Duck
Feb 6th, 2007
10:34:09 AM
BringingSexyBack
by Kai_Mah'gra
Feb 6th, 2007
10:44:38 AM
David Lazarus Long
by hif4life
Feb 6th, 2007
11:25:04 AM
HOW about....
by wanna_bannana
Feb 6th, 2007
12:11:04 PM
Studios do not care
by MrJJonz
Feb 6th, 2007
01:18:38 PM
Wanna_Bannana
by MrJJonz
Feb 6th, 2007
01:20:18 PM
If NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM Had Been Made In The 80s...
by Buzz Maverik
Feb 6th, 2007
01:39:06 PM
FLASH could work...
by Aznbuddy
Feb 6th, 2007
02:03:27 PM
Messi
by MrJJonz
Feb 6th, 2007
02:04:30 PM
MrJJonz
by hif4life
Feb 6th, 2007
05:41:57 PM
Buzz is always right, listen to him.
by superninja
Feb 6th, 2007
05:58:40 PM
See, that guy is right about Waid's and Geoff's Flash
by superninja
Feb 6th, 2007
06:04:21 PM

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