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Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker & Jesse L. Martin Sign On For Flash Season 8
Actors Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, and Jesse L. Martin have reportedly signed on for The Flash Season 8.
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3 years agoon
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While it had been known that Grant Gustin had already renewed his contract for The Flash Season 8, the fates of some of his co-stars were unknown, especially after the departures of Carlos Valdes and Tom Cavanagh from the ensemble.
Now, fans of Iris West-Allen, Caitlin Snow, and Joe West can have a sigh of relief, as all three actors – Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, and Jesse L. Martin – have closed new deal to appear in The Flash Season 8, according to Deadline. We are assuming that later additions who joined the show later will be continuing with it.
Deadline notes that it has not yet been confirmed or said if The Flash Season 8 will be the series’ last. What do you all think? Leave some comments below.
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John Wesley Shipp Is Rewatching Flash 1990: “I Can See So Much More”
Actor John Wesley Shipp has revealed that he is watching the classic Flash series for the first time in 34 years.
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2 months agoon
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1990 Flash actor John Wesley Shipp, who later played Henry Allen and Jay Garrick and reprised his original role in crossovers, is currently rewatching his classic series as it was recently released to Blu-ray.
Some very exciting news came today courtesy of the Warner Archive… the 1990 Flash TV series starring John Wesley Shipp is coming to Blu-ray!
“Watching series straight through for first time in 34 years,” the actor posted on Twitter/X. “Now in blu-ray – Man! I can see so much more. It’s cool, like watching somebody else, discovering things I didn’t know were there.”
The six-disc set was released on June 14 from the Warner Archive Collection and it featured the entire first season with new 2024 1080p HD masters from 4K scans of the original camera negatives. Here’s how the set is described; the box art can be seen below. Hopefully, this means we’ll get remasters on other classic series in the future.
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Who-o-o-o-osh! The origins and exploits of the crimefighting DC Comics superhero come your way in this 22-episode live-action series, from the 1990-91 television season. John Wesley Shipp portrays Barry Allen, a police crime technologist endowed with sudden talents after a fluke lab accident. He pledges to use his new powers for good, powers that include ultra-speed reflexes and the ability to vibrate his molecules so rapidly he can pass through solid walls. Amanda Pays is medical researcher Tina McGee, who monitors Allen’s accelerated metabolism and guards his secret identity. The Tricksters, Captain Cold, the Ghost, mad inventors: Central City is rife with criminals. Now there’s a hero to keep pace with them. He’s called The Flash. And in our era of instant communications, he’s more in step with the times than ever.
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New CW Head Throws Shade At The Flash
New CW President Brad Schwartz has thrown shade at The Flash while propping up another series.
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3 months agoon
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New CW Entertainment President Brad Schwartz today threw some shade at The Flash when propping up one of The CW’s better new performers, Wild Cards, when doing an interview with Deadline.
“You’ll probably be hearing more announcements from us very soon,” he said. “That show did great. It grew 10% versus what The Flash did in the same spot the year before. So, here we are beating shows that everyone’s very romantic about. We’d very much like to renew that one.”
Obviously, this is to show that Canadian imports perform better than more expensive fare… but might it be considered that The Flash was a show in its ninth season – a time when new audiences might not be interested in jumping on to series? Or, perhaps that portions of The Flash fandom had moved on, with no interest in The Cecile Show? Finally, The Flash Season 9 mostly aired at a time where producers and/or cast were unable to promote it, during the 2023 strikes, which makes the comparison very unfair.
Wild Cards is a fun series, but there’s no reason to denigrate The Flash or the superhero shows that made The CW great. Hopefully this was just a wild misunderstanding of his quote. The fact of the matter is: Sometimes more expensive fare is worth investing in. Especially considering how Schwartz hypes up the new season of Superman & Lois, that should be known to the new people in charge of The CW.
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Flash Cast Member Returns for the Superman & Lois Finale
A major actor from The Flash will be playing a role in the series finale of Superman & Lois.
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4 months agoon
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A major cast member from The Flash will be appearing in the series finale of Superman & Lois.
No, it’s not Grant Gustin, sadly… the actor in question is Tom Cavanagh, the actor who brought us infinite Wells variants. Cavanagh revealed this recently at a convention, where he talked about how he usually enjoyed directing season finales for the show, but was unable to in this case because Gregory Smith had already signed on to direct the Superman & Lois finale.
Superman & Lois showrunner Todd Helbing, who had also worked with Cavanagh before on The Flash and recruited him to direct the series’ 100th episode among others, instead suggested he has a role in the finale.
No word yet on what that role might be. As Superman & Lois is at a different spot in the multiverse, it doesn’t necessarily even have to be a version of Harrison Wells or Eobard Thawne. It could serve as a good closer, though, to the Arrowverse in general, as Superman & Lois is the last gasp for that world on The CW. In any event, you can see video of Cavanagh speaking about this (and more) at our Superman & Lois portal, KryptonSite.
The final season of Superman & Lois premieres this Fall on The CW.
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John Wesley Shipp Is Rewatching Flash 1990: “I Can See So Much More”
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New CW Head Throws Shade At The Flash
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Flash Cast Member Returns for the Superman & Lois Finale
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Flash Missing: Vanishes In Crisis, April 25, 2024
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The John Wesley Shipp Flash 1990 Series Blu-ray Pre-Orders Now Up!
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Flash Series Finale Photos Are Here!
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Better Late Than Never: Flash “A New World, Part One” Photos
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Flash “A New World, Part Two” Photos Released
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New CW Head Throws Shade At The Flash
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The Flash “A New World, Part Three” Photo Released
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Flash References In New Grant Gustin Commercial
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Flash #9.9 Description & Trailer: “It’s My Party And I’ll Die If I Want To”
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Flash Season 9 Extended Trailer Released
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Flash Final Season Trailer: Let’s Do This One Last Time
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Flash Fan 34
July 10, 2021 at 5:37 pm
I’ve enjoyed the flash journey. It seems I might be leaving the show to those younger than myself as the Metas and core team are younger and more Teen Titan-ish. There may not be any real life beef between Iris and Barry but no matter how the writing is there definitely is no on air chemistry between the Metas the flash or the younger characters. Joe,Cecil are holding it down as Parental/Mature complicated figures but Frost and “what’s his name…chester” could definitely step the drama conflict management and “fun” up a notch.
Who is going to replace Wells who’s the next “Love to hate character” so far Deon and Psych were good but they left… Nora’s acting was great she had passion and butted heads with Barry who’s doing that next? and how will the team accept their differences and make it work? Maybe Iris needs to communicate more.. let us know what’s going on with her doesn’t she want to get girlfriends in her age group she use to dress with a flair but now it looks like she shops at “stein-mart”. Cecil looks sexier than Iris that’s not right is it? there are consistent elements that are missing that weren’t before… previously Barry would communicate directly to the viewers to let us know what his life take aways were, what the show was emphasizing, lately the show seems one dimensional with alot of “cartoon ish” effects.
Lastly, even though the actors change their characters shouldn’t have to. there’s plenty of people out there who can connect with viewers so contracts should be a non issue. If the writing is good and the actors breathe life to it, the viewers will respond. The Wells, the arrows, Iris & Chester should stop limiting themselves on camera they seem shyer than they really are. Barry, he’s going with the plot but where are his new challenges why isn’t he visiting new Earth’s to learn and bring info back… where’s Caitlin’s saavy? there’s so many ways to explore that character. Genius of Cisco, confident candid frost, challenging and deep nature of wells, …I use to use the flash to enter a world that sparked curiosity…now I’d rather watch reruns on Netflix or get this…work out!
I miss the “real flash” if the directors and writers don’t,”feel it” then let the viewers know “it’s under construction” and if you’re trying to end it then just let the show not air, and please bring Caitlin’s hubby back she deserves companionship especially if she’s going to take on a more “serious-leadership” role.
Lastly, I appreciate the flash team, I’ve grown with them I appreciate the show and network yet I had to let you know the changes are quite clear.