Well, that DOES prevent an7y version of Wally even faintly resembling his classic self.
If you put the same actor, people will assume that it's set in the same continuity. Shared continuity between movies and tv is problematic, to say the least; it's probably gonna be a similar take, but streamlined. I wonder if the Wests will continue to the black, though.... if not, it may result in a major screw up.I still wonder about the reasoning behind going separate ways with the TV show and the movies when both are going to be running concurrently (assuming that the TV series doesn't go belly up before the movie is released). I could see the reason that SMALLVILLE did this even as SUPERMAN RETURNS was released (SMALLVILLE already had a years-entrenched storyline inconsistent with SUPERMAN RETURNS, which had loose continuity with the Christopher Reeve movies). I can only guess that the TV show and the movie will pursue two different takes on the Flash. Assuming that Ezra's version is Barry Allen (not Wally West or some other version), perhaps it's a more "classic" Barry, less New 52-influenced?
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