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Although the Justice League of America film still doesn't have a firm cast, it looks like we have a director for the first official JLA spin-off. MTV Movies Blog reports that they've spoken with David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers), and he's confirmed to them that he's taken over directing reigns on The Flash. Not only that, but he also says his version of The Flash will exist in the JLA universe, the same as the upcoming live-action film. The film has already gone through two different directors; first it was David Goyer, and then it was Shawn Levy (who was going to use elements of Goyer's script). Now it's Dobkin ... who's never directed a comic book film before. But neither had Christopher Nolan when he did Batman Begins, or Bryan Singer when he did X-Men, or George Miller, who's directing Justice League -- so, really, does it matter?

When asked which Flash would be The Flash (there have been four of them), Dobkin replied, "Wally West." West took over for Barry Allen, his Uncle, when Allen died. As MTV pointed out, recent rumors over at AICN suggest the new live action JLA flick will open with Barry Allen's funeral. Dobkin even threw out the following tagline when asked about his vision for the film: "You can't outrun yourself." Deep. No word yet on when this film will begin, but you bet whoever signs on to play The Flash in JLA will most likely do so under the condition that they star in the spin-off. What do you think about Dobkin? Is he better than Levy? Goyer?

Some projects seem perpetually doomed to never make it to the silver screen. We hear whispers and rumors, various directors and actors claim interest ... but they just never turn into reality. Among those films has long been a big screen adaptation of the DC Comic book The Flash, which has been rumored to be in the works since roughly the Lincoln administration. There was definite hope when a major announcement was made in 2004 with David Goyer officially attached as a director, but after the announcement the whole thing seemed to die again. Goyer is now talking about his old buddy Wally West* again, and says a movie is far from dead -- in fact, he has the script finished and is working on revisions, with plans to take it to the studio as early as next month. Goyer also still plans to cast Ryan Reynolds as The Flash.

Insert your own joke about how a movie called The Flash took so long to bring about here, because the only ones I can come up with are far too corny for even my semi-professional ramblings. Okay, maybe that's a lie -- but I'm managing to restrain myself for now. If I have to post about this again in the future, you may not be safe ...

*Presumably Wally West. I suppose it could just as well be Jay Garrick or Barry Allen.