THE FLASH starring Ezra Miller 2022 10 10

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On 6/6/2023 at 12:07 PM, jsilverjanet said:

@Bosco685 are there any pending charges against Miller? sorry if you don't but I figured you would probably know best and fastest response to my question than the general public here

Not @Bosco685 but I found this timeline and yes several cases are still pending criminal.  Here is a portion of the timeline with ones I flagged as UNRESOLVED in terms of criminal cases.  This is just my opinion, but I would be surprised if any new charges are filed at this point, but that doesn't mean that others won't have civil cases popping up in the next few years.  I would be surprised if they don't.  But as of now, yes there are pending legal cases. (Whole article: https://www.vulture.com/article/ezra-miller-grooming-allegations-career-timeline.html)

February 2020: When filming for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Miller reportedly took up residence at an Airbnb in an Iceland suburb along with “artists, expats, and spiritual confidants,” according to an August 4 Business Insider report. One anonymous woman, who compared the house to a “commune,” felt like “everyone was hypnotized.” Miller reportedly paid for food, weed, and lodging at the Airbnb, where they were said to have held speeches about spirituality, alluding to possessing spiritual powers. Several sources told BI they were afraid of Miller’s emotional outbursts.

April 1, 2020: In a since-deleted tweet, a disturbing video alleges to show Miller choking a woman and throwing her to the ground at Prikið Kaffihús, a bar in Reykjavik, Iceland. Variety confirms that the altercation took place at the trendy bar and employees identify Miller in the video, who they escort from the premises. The seven-second clip makes its rounds on Twitter on April 6, and shows a person saying, “Oh you wanna fight? That’s what you wanna do?” to a woman in a bar. She appears to be jokingly readying herself for a fight. The person, identified as Miller, then grabs the woman by the throat and throws her to the ground. “Woah, bro,” says the person filming the incident. “Bro.” A source at the bar tells Variety that the situation began after “pushy” fans confront Miller, until Miller physically attacks the woman. Restaurant staff escort Miller from the premises. They are not under investigation by authorities following the incident, police confirm to The Wrap. That month, BI later reported, Miller rented out parts of a hotel in northern Iceland to record music with local musicians. One young woman, who was 18 at the time, began a sexual relationship with Miller during the six days she stayed at the hotel. “Ezra was super-manipulative. They kind of had us all under their finger,” she said, describing several verbal altercations. “They were able to twist and pull everything that I thought I knew about the world.”

January 28, 2022: In a since-deleted video posted to their Instagram account, Miller tells members of a North Carolina chapter of the Ku Klux Klan to “kill themselves” with their own guns, or else “we’ll do it for you if that’s what you want.” It’s unclear if Miller is responding to a specific incident. The video goes viral on social media.

March 4, 2022: Asking for It premieres. The revenge film tackles sexual assault and co-stars Ezra Miller, Vanessa Hudgens, Kiersey Clemons, and Alexandra Shipp. On April 20, director Eamon O’Rourke allegedly punches trans comedian Grace Freud twice in the head.

March 27, 2022: Miller is arrested in Hawaii and charged with disorderly conduct and harassment following a physical confrontation with patrons at a karaoke bar. In a public statement from the Hawaii Police Department Hilo Patrol, police allege that Miller became “agitated” while patrons began singing a karaoke rendition of “Shallow” from A Star is Born. They began yelling “obscenities” at the patrons and grabbed a microphone from a woman singing karaoke and later lunged at a man playing darts, according to police. “The bar owner asked Miller to calm down several times to no avail,” police state. Miller’s $500 bail is paid by a couple they live with at a hostel. Per TMZ, a video circulates of a weeks-earlier confrontation with police in Hawaii. (NOTE: The article doesn't mention it but this one is actually resolved.  Miller pled No Contest and was fined $500 by the judge.  The only way this one ever pops back up again is if Miller visits the bar again as he will be arrested for criminal tresspass.)

March 29, 2022: The couple who lived with Miller at the hostel file a restraining order against the actor. In documents obtained by Radar Online, the couple ask the court to order Miller to not contact them in any form and to stay away from their home and places of work. Following the incident at the karaoke bar, the couple claims that Miller returned home and threatened the couple, saying “I will bury you and your :censored: wife.” The petition alleges that Miller stole the wife’s passport and the husband’s wallet, which contains his credit cards, social-security card, and driver’s license. It’s unclear whether the items were returned. A judge grants the couple the restraining order the following day. The order is dropped in mid-April. (Note: Court papers do not specify the amount paid to the couple to drop the PPO, but with it likely that it included some type of gag order we will likely never know.)

April 6, 2022: Sources tell Rolling Stone that Warner Bros. and DC executives held an emergency impromptu meeting to discuss Miller’s recent controversies and their future with the studio. “According to a knowledgeable source, the consensus in the room was to hit pause on any future projects involving Miller including possible appearances in the DC Extended Universe,” Rolling Stone reports. An inside source says that Miller had “frequent meltdowns” during last year’s production of The Flash, although the sources stresses that Miller did not yell or have violent outbursts.

April 19, 2022: Three weeks after their March arrest, the actor was again taken into custody in Hawaii for allegedly throwing a chair which hit a woman at a private party, leaving the 26-year-old woman with a half-inch cut on her forehead. In a public statement from Hawaii police, authorities say that Miller was arrested around 1:30 a.m. during a traffic stop and released from custody at around 4 a.m. pending further investigation. UNRESOLVED - Still an active investigation per the police.

May 16, 2022: Music producer Oliver Ignatious and rapper Ghais Guevara claim that Miller stole the music they worked on and posted it on social media without credits. Ignatious and Miller met up in both the Northeast and Hawaii to collaborate on new music, weeks before their first arrest in Hawaii. Ignatious plans to file a court order for Miller to take the music down. The link to the songs are no longer featured on Miller’s Instagram bio.

June 8, 2022: The parents of 18-year-old activist Gibson Iron Eyes, who is nonbinary, accuse Miller of grooming their child. In court documents obtained by TMZ from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Court, Gibson’s parents, attorney and activist Chase Iron Eyes, and pediatrician Sara Jumping Eagle seek intervention from the court, alleging that Miller has been involved with their child since they were 12. A judge signed the request for a protective order, which says Miller cannot contact the child, Sara, or Chase or be within 100 yards of their residence. 

Gibson and Miller met while they were both protesting for the LandBack Reclamation Movement. in Standing Rock in 2016. According to court documents, Miller allegedly flew Gibson to London in 2017 to visit the set of Fantastic Beasts. Gibson was 14 at the time and Ezra was 25. Their parents allege Miller tried to sleep in the same bed as Gibson and provided Gibson with alcohol, marijuana, and LSD. The parents go on to accuse the actor of influencing Gibson in their decision to drop out of their private school in Massachusetts in December 2021. (Miller offered to pay their tuition when Gibson was 16 and their parents believe this created a “a sense of indebtedness”). They add that when they flew to Vermont in January to check on Gibson, their child had bruises on their body, and was not in possession of their own driver’s license, car keys, or bank card. Since then, Gibson and Ezra have been traveling together, Gibson’s parents claim. They were spotted in Hawaii together in a video, per TMZ. “Ezra uses violence, intimidation, threat of violence, fear, paranoia, delusions, and drugs to hold sway over a young adolescent Tokata,” court documents allege. A hearing is scheduled for July 12.  POTENTIALLY UNRESOLVED and this could be bad for them given the tendency for statutes of limitations to be thrown out in underage sex cases. 

June 9, 2022: Gibson’s parents say that Miller and Gibson remain “on the run,” while the court has not been able to “locate or serve” the actor because their whereabouts are unknown. Gibson releases a video statement on Instagram, saying that “nobody is controlling my Instagram account,” and expresses disappointment in the press coverage. “It’s really distressing that the narrative of the ‘victim’ in question is not being granted any trust. I worked really hard to make really clear what was going on,” they said in the video. “If the statements are too profoundly contrasting to whatever assumptions those of us have garnered and have chosen to carry, I’d like to say that it’s nobody’s business and nobody is owed a story. Or an outcome.”

June 10, 2022: Miller has yet to be served, Gibson’s parents tell the Los Angeles Times.

June 15, 2022: Miller appears to have deleted their Instagram, as reported by CBR, after posting memes to their Story that may have been alluding to authorities’ inability to find them. “I am shielded from negative people & their ill intent. My spirit, mind, body, soul + success are not altered by anyone’s envy,” one post read. “I am protected from all negative NRG people attempt to throw at me. Subconsciously & consciously. I clear any & all hidden peers who are hidden enemies.”

June 16, 2022: The Daily Beast publishes a report speaking with an alleged victim of Miller’s, a 12-year-old nonbinary child who alleges that they were targeted by Miller. On Wednesday, June 15, the child and their mother were granted a temporary harassment prevention order against Miller, claiming that the actor menaced the family on the evening of February 2 at their neighbor’s downstairs apartment and acted inappropriately toward the child. The case was filed at their local courthouse in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Miller came into contact with the family due to their connections with the family’s neighbor, who is in a band with Miller’s friend Whitney Suters. “[Miller] was wearing a bulletproof vest — and I had no idea until later that they were armed,” the neighbor told the Daily Beast. 

According to the neighbor, the evening went sideways after the mother called her friends “her tribe,” causing Miller — whom they believed to be “under the influence” — to accuse her of cultural appropriation. Following this snafu, Miller claimed that the board game Parcheesi was of Rastafarian roots, which the half-Black neighbor questioned. Ezra snapped after this interaction, the neighbor alleges. “Then they opened up their jacket — they had this, like, big Sherpa jacket — and they opened up one side of their jacket, you could see a gun, and they said, ‘Talking like that could get you into a really serious situation,’” the neighbor tells the Daily Beast.

After this altercation, Miller allegedly began to harass the mother and the then-11-year-old child, telling the parents that they are well equipped to mentor the child. “I’ve talked extensively with your child, and they have a lot of power to them. At one point, you’re going to realize that you don’t have any control over them anymore. They’re an elevated being, and they would be lucky to have someone like me guide them,” Miller said, according to the neighbor, mother, and child. The trio claim that Miller additionally asked the mother if she would like to drink their blood because she dresses in a goth style.

The child accuses Miller of uncomfortably moving their chair closer to them, hugging them, and touching their hips. The child alleges that Miller asked them to follow them on Instagram, and told the child that they would purchase horses for them to raise on their Vermont farm. “It was really uncomfortable. I was really nervous. I was scared to be around them after he’d yelled at my mother and she was crying,” the child remembers. According to the report by the Daily Beast, Miller returned to the home dressed as a cowboy on June 4 to apologize.  POTENTIALLY UNRESOLVED but more likely that it would result in a civil case against them.

June 23, 2022: A Rolling Stone investigation revealed that a 25-year-old woman and her three children, ages 1 to 5, have been living at The Flash actor’s Vermont farm in a roommate situation that worries the children’s father as well as two sources close to the situation. The two sources say they’re concerned with the living arrangements because Miller’s home has unattended guns strewn across the living room and mature marijuana plants growing on the property. According to one of the sources, the 1-year-old child allegedly played with a loose bullet and placed it in her mouth. According to Instagram posts reviewed by the site, the mother and children — who remain anonymous — appear to still be living at the Vermont farm. Rolling Stone asked why the father has not confronted Miller or gone to the police. “I don’t want [the children] to see anything like that. I just want them to see that, ‘Hey [Dad] showed up, let’s get in the car and go.’ It’s been traumatic enough,” he says. Vulture has reached out to Miller for comment.

June 30, 2022: A woman identified as Nadia alleges to Variety that Miller harassed her in Germany in February 2022. She and Miller had a consensual sexual encounter in 2020 and were friends for two years before she invited them to her Berlin apartment. She alleges that she was worried that the actor could “somehow attack me physically” after she told them they couldn’t smoke in her home that night. “That just set them off,” Nadia recalls. “I asked them to leave about 20 times, maybe more. They started insulting me. I’m a ‘transphobic piece of mess.’ I’m a ‘Nazi.’ It became so, so stressful for me.” She adds that Miller subsequently went around her house in a way that felt “disgusting and very intrusive,” touching everything and spreading tobacco leaves on the floor. According to Nadia, it took a call to the police and a half-hour of pleading before she convinced Miller to leave.

In the same Variety piece, the woman whom Miller appeared to choke in Iceland in April 2020 gives her account of the incident. Before the scuffle, she spoke to the actor at the bar about scrapes on their feet that were visible in flip-flops. According to the woman, who remains anonymous, Miller explained that the wounds were battle scars from a fight. At the end of the conversation, she reportedly joked, “But just so you know, I could take you in a fight.” When they asked if she really wanted to fight, she told them to meet her in the smoking area in two minutes. Miller eventually confronted her outside the bar. “I think it’s just fun and games — but then it wasn’t,” she remembers.

August 8, 2022: The Vermont State Police confirms that Miller has been charged with the “offense of felony burglary into an unoccupied dwelling” in Stamford, Vermont. According to a police report, several bottles of alcohol were taken from the home. Probable cause was found after a review of surveillance videos and statements, and Miller was issued a citation on August 7. They are scheduled to appear in court on September 26.

August 9, 2022: Dalíland, the Mary Harron film starring Miller as a young Salvador Dalí, is set to close the Toronto International Film Festival on September 17. In the announcement, TIFF leaves Miller off of the cast list, but The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Miller is still appearing in the film amid … everything you just read.

August 15, 2022: Through a representative, Miller issues a statement revealing that they are being treated for “complex health issues” after having recently “gone through a time of intense crisis.” Miller apologizes to anyone who has been alarmed or upset by their past behavior, and commits to returning to a” healthy, safe and productive” stage of life. Translation? The Flash press tour just might be back on, baby.

September 18, 2022: A report from Vanity Fair reveals new details about Miller, including the actor’s manipulative behavior and “whack-a-mole” legal strategy. “The actor’s legal problems,” the report claims, “have mostly gone poof,” because Miller has reportedly paid off alleged victims and issued nondisclosure agreements. No charges were pressed for the incidents in Iceland, and other charges, like the ones made in Hawaii, have been subsequently dropped. Miller is, however, scheduled to appear in Vermont court on September 26 for arraignment on a felony burglary charge. Miller is the subject of an ongoing Massachusetts investigation into their relationship with the unnamed 12-year-old nonbinary child.

The Vanity Fair report details Miller’s allegedly emotionally abusive behavior. Miller’s former fiancée, Erin, told Vanity Fair that Miller gaslit her. “For years he convinced me and all our friends that I was abusive,” she said. “But looking back, I would be calling out his disrespect and he wouldn’t take responsibility and just call me abusive because of my reaction.” Another source close to the actor said, “The way I describe it is, it’s like you’re in a nonconsensual emotional BDSM relationship with Ezra.” Miller’s upcoming film, The Flash, will still be released in 2023, and the actor is reportedly working with producers to shoot additional scenes.

October 17, 2022: Miller pleads not guilty to one count each of burglary and petit larceny in Vermont Superior Court for charges of stealing liquor from their neighbor’s unoccupied house. Miller accepts the court’s conditions that they no longer have contact with the neighbor, whom they had known for 18 years. 

December 5, 2022: Warner Bros. seems confident moviegoers have forgiven and or forgotten Miller’s alleged crimes, because they have moved up the theatrical release of The Flash to Father’s Day weekend 2023. The film, per Deadline, will now compete with Disney’s Elementals and Sony’s JLaw-helmed No Hard Feelings.

January 13, 2023: Ezra Miller appears in a Vermont court to agree to a plea deal. They plead guilty to misdemeanor unlawful trespass charges for a May 2022 incident when they allegedly stole liquor from a neighbor’s home. “Ezra Miller pled guilty this morning to a misdemeanor unlawful trespass in Vermont Superior Court and accepted the conditions imposed by the court,” attorney Lisa Shelkrot stated on Miller’s behalf. “Ezra would like to thank the court and the community for their trust and patience throughout this process, and would once again like to acknowledge the love and support they have received from their family and friends, who continue to be a vital presence in their ongoing mental health.”

Miller will serve one year of probation and pay a fine of $500 with an additional surcharge of $192, per the conditions of the deal. The other charges are dismissed without prejudice, however the burglary charges can be refiled if Miller violates their probation.  NOTE: To clarify, this is resolved as long as Miller obstains for alchohol and completes the rest of his year long probation.  If they fails to do those, they could have their 90 day jail sentence reinstated.

January 30, 2023: DC Studios reiterates its support for the Flash star and insists that the movie will go down in the superhero-film canon. “Ezra is completely committed to their recovery,” co-chairperson and CEO Peter Safran says at a presentation of the DCU slate. “And we are fully supportive of that journey that they’re on right now.” He adds that the future of The Flash beyond the upcoming movie still remains an open question. “When the time is right, when they feel like they’re ready to have the discussion, we’ll all figure out what the best path forward is,” Safran says. James Gunn, DC’s other co-chairperson and CEO, gives the upcoming movie a ringing endorsement: “I will say here that Flash is probably one of the greatest superhero movies ever made.”

February 12, 2023: The Flash trailer premieres in a Super Bowl spot. Miller’s character, the titular superhero also known as Barry Allen, appears to have created a rupture in the space-time continuum, giving way for another Multiverse of Madness comic-book movie. Michael Keaton reprises his role as Batman, alongside Ben Affleck.

April 25, 2023: Warner Bros. releases multiple promo images for The Flash, including a poster with its titular hero, Batman (Michael Keaton), and Supergirl (Sasha Calle) rising from the rubble. A second trailer arrived at 3 p.m. showing not just Ben Affleck and Keaton as Batman, but also Michael Shannon as Zod. It’s a Justice League family intervention reunion. The Flash is taking its time for a June 16 release.

 

May 2, 2023: Co-star Michael Shannon describes his on-set experience with Miller to Vanity Fair: “I thought Ezra was lovely — very kind to me when I was there,” he says. “It’s difficult to talk about, but I always give people a lot of slack in this business, because there’s a lot of people in this business that have issues. And some people have more privacy than others. Any time somebody is out in the spotlight getting picked on, I feel for them. Even if it’s warranted, it’s still a horrible situation.”

May 3, 2023: Paul Austerberry, Oscar-winning production designer behind The Flash, commends Miller for their “superb” performance as Barry Allen/the Flash in an interview with CBC. He says “people will forget” Miller’s erratic behavior when they see the movie.

May 31, 2023: The Flash producer Barbara Muschietti confirms that the film was never at risk of being pulled due to Miller’s erratic behavior. When asked if there was any fear regarding the matter, she tells Entertainment Weekly, “That was never real.” Director Andy Muschietti adds that Miller wouldn’t be recast if a sequel moves forward in the preview for an upcoming episode of The Discourse podcast. “I don’t think there’s anyone that can play that character as well as they did,” he says. “The other depictions of the character are great, but this particular vision of the character, they just excelled in doing it. And, as you said, the two Barrys — it feels like a character that was made for them.”

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Looks like the Flash is just reinforcing what the latest Sony Spider-Man films have established regarding Michael Keaton:

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On 6/6/2023 at 9:32 PM, Dr Zen said:

 

It will be very interesting to see the box office here. It is difficult to project but given the time of year, the pandemic over, and the return of Michael Keeton it should do gangbusters.  

Here is an interesting parallel time thing for a movie about time travel and multiverses…. What would the box office have been if Ezra Miller wasn’t a terrible person and/or got the help they needed sooner?  What would the box office be if a different actor had been cast before BvS? We will never know but it is interesting to speculate. 

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It will be interesting if this thread can attempt to focus on the movie, and less on trying court cases.

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The Flash has already been touted by many within Hollywood as an unmissable experience, from Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav calling it the best superhero movie he’s ever seen to James Gunn declaring it as one of his new favorites of the genre. While some of these reactions have been criticized for being hyperbolic, it’s hard to disagree that The Flash is honestly a sensational blockbuster, tying elements from various franchises and weaving them into an enjoyable narrative that has high-action stakes with excellent payoff.

 

Across the board, the performances in The Flash are generally great. Ezra Miller does a top-tier job of not only bringing new dimensions to their own interpretation of Barry Allen after their first appearances in the franchise but also when playing their younger doppelganger. They successfully capture a unique, fully-fleshed take on Barry within the multiverse, creating two separate characters that surprisingly bounce off each other really well. Whereas the original Barry acts more experienced and prudent when trying to solve the mess of time travel at hand, the younger Barry is more reminiscent of the hero’s appearance in Zack Snyder’s Justice League as more fresh-faced and excited about being a superhero for the first time ever.

 

Where the film truly shines is within the biggest emotional beats with Barry. Christina Hodson and Andy Muschietti combine forces in such a splendid way for these sequences that are written with such heart and directed with a loving passion. As mentioned earlier, there are some scenes that are intended to be emotional to the audience but fall flat due to the nature of the pacing upending any sense of stakes, however, the scenes that do work as some of the best from recent comic book adaptations. Pivotal moments between Ezra Miller and Maribel Verdú, as well as Ron Livingston as Barry’s father Henry Allen, are core examples of this effectiveness. Even if The Flash fails in building up the supporting cast around Barry Allen, Miller’s shared chemistry with Verdu and Livingston sell the entire viewing experience.

It’s no surprise why big Hollywood names across the board have been hyping up The Flash. It’s a true comic book epic with palpable stakes and a heavy cinematic weight that comes with (most of) its visuals. When the problems of pacing and establishing the supporting cast arise, these issues are often squashed by the pure power of the emotional core of this film. The Flash may not get everything right, but it does succeed in flourishing a superhero tale filled with heart… more than plenty of other comic book movies that’s for sure. And, sometimes, all you need is a good story that tugs on the heartstrings.

3.5/5 stars

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From its opening seconds, Andy Muschietti's "The Flash" is concerned with time.

 

It's ironic for a movie that's taken so many years to finally make it to the big screen, but the finished film makes the passage of time into of its main themes. If you have the ability to run faster than the speed of light and physically turn back the clock, what types of sacrifices would you be willing to make for those you care about?

 

There are plenty of callbacks to lines and moments from his two-film Bat-run from '89 to '92, and while some fans will scream and point at the screen when he repeats memorable lines from those films, it doesn't always make narrative sense for this version of the character to do so. If you're like me and are generally allergic to this type of cringy and pandering fan-baiting, you'll have to hold your nose and endure a few eye-rolling instances of it here.

 

Still, as obnoxious as I tend to find those moments, I think the fact that I came away from this film still feeling positive about it says something about the overall quality of the rest of the movie, and indicates that these nudges and winks don't sink the whole vibe like they have for some other films.

 

While I have a few complaints and there are a couple of head-scratching loose ends, "The Flash" is still a funny, emotional, action-heavy crowd-pleaser that ranks among the best DC movies ever made. Stay tuned to /Film after the film's release, because there is an abundance of angles to discuss once we can talk freely about spoilers.

7.5/10 overall

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As the Flash, the nonbinary actor Ezra Miller suggests a more faun-like Jeff Goldblum — lithe and angular, talking fast and falteringly to cover insecurities, neurotic, a bit twerpy. In their tight-fitting red suit, they could be an Olympic skater perpetually worried that they’ve got gum on their blades. This is Miller’s fourth time in the role — technically, fourth and fifth, because they end up playing not one but two Flashes — and their first time shouldering the weight of an entire D.C. Justice League vehicle.

 

They carry the whole thing easily, practically in the palm of their hand, as if it were the remote control to the Batcave's garage door.

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As the Flash, the nonbinary actor Ezra Miller suggests a more faun-like Jeff Goldblum — lithe and angular, talking fast and falteringly to cover insecurities, neurotic, a bit twerpy. In their tight-fitting red suit, they could be an Olympic skater perpetually worried that they’ve got gum on their blades. This is Miller’s fourth time in the role — technically, fourth and fifth, because they end up playing not one but two Flashes — and their first time shouldering the weight of an entire D.C. Justice League vehicle.

They carry the whole thing easily, practically in the palm of their hand, as if it were the remote control to the Batcave's garage door.

Ezra Miller Makes Surprise Appearance at CinemaCon to Promote 'The Flash'
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These films are often as sodden as sponge cake left in a rising tide, but The Flash seems to have shape-shifted to accommodate the eccentric comic gifts of its star, whose career has often been overshadowed by what they have called “complex mental health issues.”

 'The Flash' Director Andy Muschietti Wants Ezra Miller to Reprise Title Role in Sequel If It 'Happens'

A time-traveling, time-tripping fantasy, The Flash is funny, inventive and giddy — like the Back to the Future franchise for superheroes. In fact, there’s a running gag here that imagines an alternate reality where those films ended up starring Eric Stolz instead of Michael J. Fox. (In our own reality, of course, Stolz was replaced by Fox shortly after shooting began.) It's complicated, but time traveling usually is.

Directed by Andy Muschietti (2017’s It and 2013’s underrated Mama), the film opens with a spectacular segment in which time appears slowed to a molasses drip, as the Flash rescues infants (and an emotional-support dog) who have been flung from a high-rise hospital maternity ward into the air. They drift through the air like down.

Then we get to the nub of the plot. Out of uniform, the Flash is a forensic scientist, Barry Allen, whose father (Ron Livingston) is on trial for murdering Barry's mother (Maribel Verdú).  Barry wants to prove his father’s innocence, and he wants to be released from his endless grieving for his now-absent mother. The solution: Run fast enough to disrupt and reverse time. This results in a phenomenon that looks sometimes like a giant molten bubble, sometimes like a stadium crowded with two-dimensional figures from the past, like the cover of Sgt. Pepper replicated to infinity.

Ezra Miller Makes Surprise Appearance at CinemaCon to Promote 'The Flash'
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All he needs to do is make one tiny adjustment on the day of his mother’s killing. It amounts to nothing more than adding a can of tomatoes to a grocery cart at the supermarket.

 

Well, a lot more than that happens, as Flash 1 and Flash 2 get carried away zipping back and forth through different realities with crazed slapstick energy, trying to repair the cosmic fallout from those damned tomatoes. In the process of expanding their multiverses, the film pulls off an ingenious reevaluation of all its predecessors and iterations — the Batmans, the Supermans. 

 

The Flash, though, is fabulous. And Miller is super.

 

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On 6/7/2023 at 3:43 AM, Bosco685 said:

It will be interesting if this thread can attempt to focus on the movie, and less on trying court cases.

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On 6/7/2023 at 2:43 AM, Bosco685 said:

It will be interesting if this thread can attempt to focus on the movie, and less on trying court cases.

but trying court cases is fun, juries especially.

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Prediction time!

My amazing box office instincts tell me that this film is probably strong/well-reviewed enough to avoid the status of complete flop; however, the continuing issues with it's star, protests, boycotts, unavoidable bad press and general super-hero fatigue will keep it from break-out-hit status.  

I am seeing a WW box office on the low end probably no worse than ~500m, but on the top end likely no higher than ~700m. 

(i.e. the primary "guess" is in the ~600m range)

Edited June 7, 2023 by Axelrod

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On 6/6/2023 at 4:00 PM, SkOw said:

Not @Bosco685 but I found this timeline and yes several cases are still pending criminal.  Here is a portion of the timeline with ones I flagged as UNRESOLVED in terms of criminal cases.  This is just my opinion, but I would be surprised if any new charges are filed at this point, but that doesn't mean that others won't have civil cases popping up in the next few years.  I would be surprised if they don't.  But as of now, yes there are pending legal cases. (Whole article: https://www.vulture.com/article/ezra-miller-grooming-allegations-career-timeline.html)

February 2020: When filming for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Miller reportedly took up residence at an Airbnb in an Iceland suburb along with “artists, expats, and spiritual confidants,” according to an August 4 Business Insider report. One anonymous woman, who compared the house to a “commune,” felt like “everyone was hypnotized.” Miller reportedly paid for food, weed, and lodging at the Airbnb, where they were said to have held speeches about spirituality, alluding to possessing spiritual powers. Several sources told BI they were afraid of Miller’s emotional outbursts.

April 1, 2020: In a since-deleted tweet, a disturbing video alleges to show Miller choking a woman and throwing her to the ground at Prikið Kaffihús, a bar in Reykjavik, Iceland. Variety confirms that the altercation took place at the trendy bar and employees identify Miller in the video, who they escort from the premises. The seven-second clip makes its rounds on Twitter on April 6, and shows a person saying, “Oh you wanna fight? That’s what you wanna do?” to a woman in a bar. She appears to be jokingly readying herself for a fight. The person, identified as Miller, then grabs the woman by the throat and throws her to the ground. “Woah, bro,” says the person filming the incident. “Bro.” A source at the bar tells Variety that the situation began after “pushy” fans confront Miller, until Miller physically attacks the woman. Restaurant staff escort Miller from the premises. They are not under investigation by authorities following the incident, police confirm to The Wrap. That month, BI later reported, Miller rented out parts of a hotel in northern Iceland to record music with local musicians. One young woman, who was 18 at the time, began a sexual relationship with Miller during the six days she stayed at the hotel. “Ezra was super-manipulative. They kind of had us all under their finger,” she said, describing several verbal altercations. “They were able to twist and pull everything that I thought I knew about the world.”

January 28, 2022: In a since-deleted video posted to their Instagram account, Miller tells members of a North Carolina chapter of the Ku Klux Klan to “kill themselves” with their own guns, or else “we’ll do it for you if that’s what you want.” It’s unclear if Miller is responding to a specific incident. The video goes viral on social media.

March 4, 2022: Asking for It premieres. The revenge film tackles sexual assault and co-stars Ezra Miller, Vanessa Hudgens, Kiersey Clemons, and Alexandra Shipp. On April 20, director Eamon O’Rourke allegedly punches trans comedian Grace Freud twice in the head.

March 27, 2022: Miller is arrested in Hawaii and charged with disorderly conduct and harassment following a physical confrontation with patrons at a karaoke bar. In a public statement from the Hawaii Police Department Hilo Patrol, police allege that Miller became “agitated” while patrons began singing a karaoke rendition of “Shallow” from A Star is Born. They began yelling “obscenities” at the patrons and grabbed a microphone from a woman singing karaoke and later lunged at a man playing darts, according to police. “The bar owner asked Miller to calm down several times to no avail,” police state. Miller’s $500 bail is paid by a couple they live with at a hostel. Per TMZ, a video circulates of a weeks-earlier confrontation with police in Hawaii. (NOTE: The article doesn't mention it but this one is actually resolved.  Miller pled No Contest and was fined $500 by the judge.  The only way this one ever pops back up again is if Miller visits the bar again as he will be arrested for criminal tresspass.)

March 29, 2022: The couple who lived with Miller at the hostel file a restraining order against the actor. In documents obtained by Radar Online, the couple ask the court to order Miller to not contact them in any form and to stay away from their home and places of work. Following the incident at the karaoke bar, the couple claims that Miller returned home and threatened the couple, saying “I will bury you and your wife.” The petition alleges that Miller stole the wife’s passport and the husband’s wallet, which contains his credit cards, social-security card, and driver’s license. It’s unclear whether the items were returned. A judge grants the couple the restraining order the following day. The order is dropped in mid-April. (Note: Court papers do not specify the amount paid to the couple to drop the PPO, but with it likely that it included some type of gag order we will likely never know.)

April 6, 2022: Sources tell Rolling Stone that Warner Bros. and DC executives held an emergency impromptu meeting to discuss Miller’s recent controversies and their future with the studio. “According to a knowledgeable source, the consensus in the room was to hit pause on any future projects involving Miller including possible appearances in the DC Extended Universe,” Rolling Stone reports. An inside source says that Miller had “frequent meltdowns” during last year’s production of The Flash, although the sources stresses that Miller did not yell or have violent outbursts.

April 19, 2022: Three weeks after their March arrest, the actor was again taken into custody in Hawaii for allegedly throwing a chair which hit a woman at a private party, leaving the 26-year-old woman with a half-inch cut on her forehead. In a public statement from Hawaii police, authorities say that Miller was arrested around 1:30 a.m. during a traffic stop and released from custody at around 4 a.m. pending further investigation. UNRESOLVED - Still an active investigation per the police.

May 16, 2022: Music producer Oliver Ignatious and rapper Ghais Guevara claim that Miller stole the music they worked on and posted it on social media without credits. Ignatious and Miller met up in both the Northeast and Hawaii to collaborate on new music, weeks before their first arrest in Hawaii. Ignatious plans to file a court order for Miller to take the music down. The link to the songs are no longer featured on Miller’s Instagram bio.

June 8, 2022: The parents of 18-year-old activist Gibson Iron Eyes, who is nonbinary, accuse Miller of grooming their child. In court documents obtained by TMZ from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Court, Gibson’s parents, attorney and activist Chase Iron Eyes, and pediatrician Sara Jumping Eagle seek intervention from the court, alleging that Miller has been involved with their child since they were 12. A judge signed the request for a protective order, which says Miller cannot contact the child, Sara, or Chase or be within 100 yards of their residence. 

Gibson and Miller met while they were both protesting for the LandBack Reclamation Movement. in Standing Rock in 2016. According to court documents, Miller allegedly flew Gibson to London in 2017 to visit the set of Fantastic Beasts. Gibson was 14 at the time and Ezra was 25. Their parents allege Miller tried to sleep in the same bed as Gibson and provided Gibson with alcohol, marijuana, and LSD. The parents go on to accuse the actor of influencing Gibson in their decision to drop out of their private school in Massachusetts in December 2021. (Miller offered to pay their tuition when Gibson was 16 and their parents believe this created a “a sense of indebtedness”). They add that when they flew to Vermont in January to check on Gibson, their child had bruises on their body, and was not in possession of their own driver’s license, car keys, or bank card. Since then, Gibson and Ezra have been traveling together, Gibson’s parents claim. They were spotted in Hawaii together in a video, per TMZ. “Ezra uses violence, intimidation, threat of violence, fear, paranoia, delusions, and drugs to hold sway over a young adolescent Tokata,” court documents allege. A hearing is scheduled for July 12.  POTENTIALLY UNRESOLVED and this could be bad for them given the tendency for statutes of limitations to be thrown out in underage sex cases. 

June 9, 2022: Gibson’s parents say that Miller and Gibson remain “on the run,” while the court has not been able to “locate or serve” the actor because their whereabouts are unknown. Gibson releases a video statement on Instagram, saying that “nobody is controlling my Instagram account,” and expresses disappointment in the press coverage. “It’s really distressing that the narrative of the ‘victim’ in question is not being granted any trust. I worked really hard to make really clear what was going on,” they said in the video. “If the statements are too profoundly contrasting to whatever assumptions those of us have garnered and have chosen to carry, I’d like to say that it’s nobody’s business and nobody is owed a story. Or an outcome.”

June 10, 2022: Miller has yet to be served, Gibson’s parents tell the Los Angeles Times.

June 15, 2022: Miller appears to have deleted their Instagram, as reported by CBR, after posting memes to their Story that may have been alluding to authorities’ inability to find them. “I am shielded from negative people & their ill intent. My spirit, mind, body, soul + success are not altered by anyone’s envy,” one post read. “I am protected from all negative NRG people attempt to throw at me. Subconsciously & consciously. I clear any & all hidden peers who are hidden enemies.”

June 16, 2022: The Daily Beast publishes a report speaking with an alleged victim of Miller’s, a 12-year-old nonbinary child who alleges that they were targeted by Miller. On Wednesday, June 15, the child and their mother were granted a temporary harassment prevention order against Miller, claiming that the actor menaced the family on the evening of February 2 at their neighbor’s downstairs apartment and acted inappropriately toward the child. The case was filed at their local courthouse in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Miller came into contact with the family due to their connections with the family’s neighbor, who is in a band with Miller’s friend Whitney Suters. “[Miller] was wearing a bulletproof vest — and I had no idea until later that they were armed,” the neighbor told the Daily Beast. 

According to the neighbor, the evening went sideways after the mother called her friends “her tribe,” causing Miller — whom they believed to be “under the influence” — to accuse her of cultural appropriation. Following this snafu, Miller claimed that the board game Parcheesi was of Rastafarian roots, which the half-Black neighbor questioned. Ezra snapped after this interaction, the neighbor alleges. “Then they opened up their jacket — they had this, like, big Sherpa jacket — and they opened up one side of their jacket, you could see a gun, and they said, ‘Talking like that could get you into a really serious situation,’” the neighbor tells the Daily Beast.

After this altercation, Miller allegedly began to harass the mother and the then-11-year-old child, telling the parents that they are well equipped to mentor the child. “I’ve talked extensively with your child, and they have a lot of power to them. At one point, you’re going to realize that you don’t have any control over them anymore. They’re an elevated being, and they would be lucky to have someone like me guide them,” Miller said, according to the neighbor, mother, and child. The trio claim that Miller additionally asked the mother if she would like to drink their blood because she dresses in a goth style.

The child accuses Miller of uncomfortably moving their chair closer to them, hugging them, and touching their hips. The child alleges that Miller asked them to follow them on Instagram, and told the child that they would purchase horses for them to raise on their Vermont farm. “It was really uncomfortable. I was really nervous. I was scared to be around them after he’d yelled at my mother and she was crying,” the child remembers. According to the report by the Daily Beast, Miller returned to the home dressed as a cowboy on June 4 to apologize.  POTENTIALLY UNRESOLVED but more likely that it would result in a civil case against them.

June 23, 2022: A Rolling Stone investigation revealed that a 25-year-old woman and her three children, ages 1 to 5, have been living at The Flash actor’s Vermont farm in a roommate situation that worries the children’s father as well as two sources close to the situation. The two sources say they’re concerned with the living arrangements because Miller’s home has unattended guns strewn across the living room and mature marijuana plants growing on the property. According to one of the sources, the 1-year-old child allegedly played with a loose bullet and placed it in her mouth. According to Instagram posts reviewed by the site, the mother and children — who remain anonymous — appear to still be living at the Vermont farm. Rolling Stone asked why the father has not confronted Miller or gone to the police. “I don’t want [the children] to see anything like that. I just want them to see that, ‘Hey [Dad] showed up, let’s get in the car and go.’ It’s been traumatic enough,” he says. Vulture has reached out to Miller for comment.

June 30, 2022: A woman identified as Nadia alleges to Variety that Miller harassed her in Germany in February 2022. She and Miller had a consensual sexual encounter in 2020 and were friends for two years before she invited them to her Berlin apartment. She alleges that she was worried that the actor could “somehow attack me physically” after she told them they couldn’t smoke in her home that night. “That just set them off,” Nadia recalls. “I asked them to leave about 20 times, maybe more. They started insulting me. I’m a ‘transphobic piece of mess.’ I’m a ‘Nazi.’ It became so, so stressful for me.” She adds that Miller subsequently went around her house in a way that felt “disgusting and very intrusive,” touching everything and spreading tobacco leaves on the floor. According to Nadia, it took a call to the police and a half-hour of pleading before she convinced Miller to leave.

In the same Variety piece, the woman whom Miller appeared to choke in Iceland in April 2020 gives her account of the incident. Before the scuffle, she spoke to the actor at the bar about scrapes on their feet that were visible in flip-flops. According to the woman, who remains anonymous, Miller explained that the wounds were battle scars from a fight. At the end of the conversation, she reportedly joked, “But just so you know, I could take you in a fight.” When they asked if she really wanted to fight, she told them to meet her in the smoking area in two minutes. Miller eventually confronted her outside the bar. “I think it’s just fun and games — but then it wasn’t,” she remembers.

August 8, 2022: The Vermont State Police confirms that Miller has been charged with the “offense of felony burglary into an unoccupied dwelling” in Stamford, Vermont. According to a police report, several bottles of alcohol were taken from the home. Probable cause was found after a review of surveillance videos and statements, and Miller was issued a citation on August 7. They are scheduled to appear in court on September 26.

August 9, 2022: Dalíland, the Mary Harron film starring Miller as a young Salvador Dalí, is set to close the Toronto International Film Festival on September 17. In the announcement, TIFF leaves Miller off of the cast list, but The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Miller is still appearing in the film amid … everything you just read.

August 15, 2022: Through a representative, Miller issues a statement revealing that they are being treated for “complex health issues” after having recently “gone through a time of intense crisis.” Miller apologizes to anyone who has been alarmed or upset by their past behavior, and commits to returning to a” healthy, safe and productive” stage of life. Translation? The Flash press tour just might be back on, baby.

September 18, 2022: A report from Vanity Fair reveals new details about Miller, including the actor’s manipulative behavior and “whack-a-mole” legal strategy. “The actor’s legal problems,” the report claims, “have mostly gone poof,” because Miller has reportedly paid off alleged victims and issued nondisclosure agreements. No charges were pressed for the incidents in Iceland, and other charges, like the ones made in Hawaii, have been subsequently dropped. Miller is, however, scheduled to appear in Vermont court on September 26 for arraignment on a felony burglary charge. Miller is the subject of an ongoing Massachusetts investigation into their relationship with the unnamed 12-year-old nonbinary child.

The Vanity Fair report details Miller’s allegedly emotionally abusive behavior. Miller’s former fiancée, Erin, told Vanity Fair that Miller gaslit her. “For years he convinced me and all our friends that I was abusive,” she said. “But looking back, I would be calling out his disrespect and he wouldn’t take responsibility and just call me abusive because of my reaction.” Another source close to the actor said, “The way I describe it is, it’s like you’re in a nonconsensual emotional BDSM relationship with Ezra.” Miller’s upcoming film, The Flash, will still be released in 2023, and the actor is reportedly working with producers to shoot additional scenes.

October 17, 2022: Miller pleads not guilty to one count each of burglary and petit larceny in Vermont Superior Court for charges of stealing liquor from their neighbor’s unoccupied house. Miller accepts the court’s conditions that they no longer have contact with the neighbor, whom they had known for 18 years. 

December 5, 2022: Warner Bros. seems confident moviegoers have forgiven and or forgotten Miller’s alleged crimes, because they have moved up the theatrical release of The Flash to Father’s Day weekend 2023. The film, per Deadline, will now compete with Disney’s Elementals and Sony’s JLaw-helmed No Hard Feelings.

January 13, 2023: Ezra Miller appears in a Vermont court to agree to a plea deal. They plead guilty to misdemeanor unlawful trespass charges for a May 2022 incident when they allegedly stole liquor from a neighbor’s home. “Ezra Miller pled guilty this morning to a misdemeanor unlawful trespass in Vermont Superior Court and accepted the conditions imposed by the court,” attorney Lisa Shelkrot stated on Miller’s behalf. “Ezra would like to thank the court and the community for their trust and patience throughout this process, and would once again like to acknowledge the love and support they have received from their family and friends, who continue to be a vital presence in their ongoing mental health.”

Miller will serve one year of probation and pay a fine of $500 with an additional surcharge of $192, per the conditions of the deal. The other charges are dismissed without prejudice, however the burglary charges can be refiled if Miller violates their probation.  NOTE: To clarify, this is resolved as long as Miller obstains for alchohol and completes the rest of his year long probation.  If they fails to do those, they could have their 90 day jail sentence reinstated.

January 30, 2023: DC Studios reiterates its support for the Flash star and insists that the movie will go down in the superhero-film canon. “Ezra is completely committed to their recovery,” co-chairperson and CEO Peter Safran says at a presentation of the DCU slate. “And we are fully supportive of that journey that they’re on right now.” He adds that the future of The Flash beyond the upcoming movie still remains an open question. “When the time is right, when they feel like they’re ready to have the discussion, we’ll all figure out what the best path forward is,” Safran says. James Gunn, DC’s other co-chairperson and CEO, gives the upcoming movie a ringing endorsement: “I will say here that Flash is probably one of the greatest superhero movies ever made.”

February 12, 2023: The Flash trailer premieres in a Super Bowl spot. Miller’s character, the titular superhero also known as Barry Allen, appears to have created a rupture in the space-time continuum, giving way for another Multiverse of Madness comic-book movie. Michael Keaton reprises his role as Batman, alongside Ben Affleck.

April 25, 2023: Warner Bros. releases multiple promo images for The Flash, including a poster with its titular hero, Batman (Michael Keaton), and Supergirl (Sasha Calle) rising from the rubble. A second trailer arrived at 3 p.m. showing not just Ben Affleck and Keaton as Batman, but also Michael Shannon as Zod. It’s a Justice League family intervention reunion. The Flash is taking its time for a June 16 release.

 

May 2, 2023: Co-star Michael Shannon describes his on-set experience with Miller to Vanity Fair: “I thought Ezra was lovely — very kind to me when I was there,” he says. “It’s difficult to talk about, but I always give people a lot of slack in this business, because there’s a lot of people in this business that have issues. And some people have more privacy than others. Any time somebody is out in the spotlight getting picked on, I feel for them. Even if it’s warranted, it’s still a horrible situation.”

May 3, 2023: Paul Austerberry, Oscar-winning production designer behind The Flash, commends Miller for their “superb” performance as Barry Allen/the Flash in an interview with CBC. He says “people will forget” Miller’s erratic behavior when they see the movie.

May 31, 2023: The Flash producer Barbara Muschietti confirms that the film was never at risk of being pulled due to Miller’s erratic behavior. When asked if there was any fear regarding the matter, she tells Entertainment Weekly, “That was never real.” Director Andy Muschietti adds that Miller wouldn’t be recast if a sequel moves forward in the preview for an upcoming episode of The Discourse podcast. “I don’t think there’s anyone that can play that character as well as they did,” he says. “The other depictions of the character are great, but this particular vision of the character, they just excelled in doing it. And, as you said, the two Barrys — it feels like a character that was made for them.”

 

On 6/7/2023 at 3:43 AM, Bosco685 said:

It will be interesting if this thread can attempt to focus on the movie, and less on trying court cases.

A question was asked. I responded. Please let me know how one won’t affect the other. There are going to be people who refuse to bury their head in the sand in regards to their actions whether you like it or not. 

[CGC Mike]

I will make a post just so there is no conflict as to what is ok and what is not ok to discuss.  People are entitled to their opinions regarding the actual movie, and background surrounding Miller.  Please refrain from any conflict, keep the discussion civil, and keep in mind that others opinions may differ from yours.  Any posts that break the terms of use will be dealt with.