It also seems like, given their sensibilities and looking at how Ezra Miller’s Flash was presented in Justice League, Warner Bros. could be going for more of a comedic tone with Flashpoint. It’s also interesting because we keep hearing about Ben Affleck trying to gracefully exit the DCEU as Batman, which could be why he passed on directing The Flash movie.
According to him, Warner Bros. was “courting” Ben Affleck to direct the Flashpoint movie behind-the-scenes.
“Warner Bros. had been courting none other than Ben Affleck to direct The Flash, but he ultimately passed on the gig, and the studio didn’t want to wait for Robert Zemeckis.”
Part of that is finally getting their solo Flash movie going, which is going to adapt the Flashpoint storyline from the comics.