The various movies and TV shows based on DC Comics have had a whirlwind of a week, with a lot
of updates regarding their potential futures (or lack thereof). This began on Monday with the
confirmation that The Flash will be ending with its upcoming ninth season on The CW, which
will air on the network beginning in 2023. This final season will most likely serve as the end of a
chapter for the network's Arrowverse of shows, but there's also been the question of if and how
it will factor into the larger DC multiverse. In particular, one question has come up, considering
the timing of things — could the final season of The Flash show dovetail directly into the
upcoming The Flash movie? The two current live-action versions of the Scarlet Speedster have
been tied together almost from the jump — the pilot of the television series, which stars Grant
Gustin's iteration of the character, premiered just a matter of days before it was publicly