Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Praises 'The Flash' amid Star Ezra Miller's Scandals: It's 'Terrific'

Mar. 15, 2025

Ezra Miller as The Flash.Photo: Clay Enos/Warner Bros.

Ezra Miller’sThe Flashis receiving praise from Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.

“We have seenThe Flash,Black AdamandShazam 2,” Zaslav said, per the outlet. “We are very excited about them. We’ve seen them.”

He added: “We think they are terrific, and we think we can make them even better.”

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The Flash, in which Warner Bros. reportedly invested $200 million, wrapped production last fall and is currently due to hit theaters on June 23, 2023. Miller, 29 — who stars as Barry Allen, aka the Flash — has recently been involved in numerous controversies surrounding alleged abusive behavior.

Back in June, the mother of a 12-year-old Greenfield, Massachusetts, childwas granted a temporary order of protectionforbidding the movie star, who identifies as transgender nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, from contacting the minor after a February incident.

Miller was also twice arrested in Hawaii in March and April for disorderly conduct and second-degree assault. (One couple decided tolater drop a restraining order.)

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The film initially received a $75 million production budget but became a $90 million project, partially due to COVID-related delays,Varietyreported. According to the outlet, the film had finished principal photography earlier this year and was already in post-production.

Sources toldTHRthat the film was a casualty of a new corporate strategy from Zaslav, who the publication said “opted to shelve the project in order to take a tax write-down” on the movie.

A spokesperson for Warner Bros. Discovery did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment but in a statement toThe Wrap, a Warner Bros. Pictures spokesperson said, “The decision to not releaseBatgirlreflects our leadership’s strategic shift as it relates to the DC universe and HBO Max. Leslie Grace is an incredibly talented actor and this decision is not a reflection of her performance.”

source: people.com