Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Kevin Smith has never handled a movie on a scale that The Flash would require.
He has produced episodes of The Flash TV series, but getting behind the camera for the film would be exponentially more responsibility.
On the other hand, there are still a few concerns that would need to be addressed if we started taking the Clerks director seriously as a Flash contender.
It’s also worth noting that his recent filmmaking endeavors haven’t received the warmest welcome from critics, making it a risk to hand him the future of one of the DCEU’s most famous characters.