Henry Cavill’s Superman cameo CUT from The Flash after James Gunn got here aboard as new head of DC

Warner Bros. and DC Studios launched The Flash this weekend to underwhelming results at the box office, with a brand new report shedding gentle on the movie’s ending and revealing the cameo from Henry Cavill as Superman was finally minimize.

The movie – which opened to a lackluster $55.1 million this weekend – did function The Flash’s (Ezra Miller) fellow Justice League members Surprise Girl (Gal Gadot) and Batman (Ben Affleck).

Nevertheless, the temporary cameo by Henry Cavill was finally minimize when James Gunn got here aboard as the brand new head of DC Studios with Peter Safran.

A report from The Hollywood Reporter reveals there have been truly three completely different endings for The Flash, every of which had been supervised by completely different heads of DC Studios.

The unique ending was supervised by Walter Hamada, which featured a scene on the courthouse steps after Barry’s father Henry (Ron Livingston) being exonerated for the demise of Barry’s mom Nora (Maribel Verdu).

Lower: Henry Cavill’s Superman cameo CUT from The Flash after James Gunn got here aboard as new head of DC Studios… although different Justice League members do seem

Lackluster: The movie – which opened to a lackluster $55.1 million this weekend – did function The Flash’s (Ezra Miller) fellow Justice League members Surprise Girl (Gal Gadot) and Batman (Ben Affleck)

The unique ending featured Barry popping out of the courthouse the place Supergirl (Sasha Calle) and Batman (Michael Keaton) meet him on the steps.

This ending was meant to indicate that Barry didn’t the truth is reset the timeline as he had meant to do.

That ending was finally modified throughout the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, when Hamada was ousted and new CEO David Zaslav employed Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy as Warner Bros. Photos Group chairpersons and CEOs.

Zaslav additionally charged De Luca and Abdy with overseeing DC Studios, which resulted in them tweaking the ending.

Whereas the movie nonetheless ended on the courthouse steps, Calle and Keaton had been joined by Cavill’s Superman and Gadot’s Surprise Girl.

Cavill’s Superman was additionally showing in a post-credits cameo in Black Adam, and whereas DC executives weren’t transferring ahead with a Supergirl film, they did not wish to kill her off and had been open to her returning in one other capability sooner or later.

That ending was filmed in September with Cavill, Gadot, Calle and Keaton, although issues would change drastically simply two months later.

Warner Bros. introduced in November that James Gunn and Peter Safran had been coming aboard as the brand new heads of DC Studios, overseeing the franchise.

Supergirl: The unique ending featured Barry popping out of the courthouse the place Supergirl (Sasha Calle) and Batman (Michael Keaton) meet him on the steps

Reset: This ending was meant to indicate that Barry didn’t the truth is reset the timeline as he had meant to do

Ending: That ending was finally modified throughout the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, when Hamada was ousted and new CEO David Zaslav employed Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy as Warner Bros. Photos Group chairpersons and CEOs

Superman: Cavill’s Superman was additionally showing in a post-credits cameo in Black Adam, and whereas DC executives weren’t transferring ahead with a Supergirl film, they did not wish to kill her off and had been open to her returning in one other capability sooner or later

One in every of their first official actions as DC Studios heads was scrapping Henry Cavill’s new Superman movie, whereas additionally canceling Patty Jenkins’ Surprise Girl 3.

In addition they scrapped the second ending, although sources declare that Gunn and Safran nonetheless needed to maintain the essential premise that, ‘Barry Allen thinks all is true, however then has the rug pulled out on the final second.’

Gunn and Safran each joked throughout the filmmaking course of, ‘What number of Batmen can we get?’ They then determined to go after George Clooney, who performed Batman within the ill-fated 1997 film Batman and Robin, which finally killed the franchise till Christopher Nolan’s beloved Darkish Knight trilogy years later.

Gunn and Safran each reached out to Clooney’s agent, CAA’s Bryan Lourd, confirmed Clooney a minimize of the film and he agreed to be in it.

Clooney shot the scene in January with controversial star Ezra Miller, which was the primary time Miller was on the set since his assembly with DeLuca and Abdy to debate his latest conduct.

The studio saved a lid on the ending for six months, even reducing the ending from the primary public screening of the movie in April on the CinemaCon conference.

The primary time the brand new ending was seen was throughout press screenings on June 4, and once more on the Los Angeles premiere on June 12.

‘t’s uncommon that you’ve a film in post-production that faces three separate regimes with three separate agendas. None of them had been scrapped due to ailing will, simply completely different visions,’ an insider said.