THE FLASH Will Handle Flashpoint Differently Than The Comics

The Flash is going to take on Flashpoint in its season 3 premiere, but it will be different than what we are familiar with in the comics. Producer Todd Helbing elaborated on the process in a roundtable discussion with Slashfilm and a few other outlets:

“You want to make sure you do right. But it’s also, the way we approach all these stories are we know what happened in the comics but we take that event and we sort of run it through the Flash television show filter so we can tell the same story with our spin. It was challenging but it wasn’t impossible...One part that was hard is you’re asking the audience in the first episode to experience, very much like Earth-2 the first time, to experience a different reality...We always approach it like would our mother understand what is going on right now? Because she doesn’t read comic books. If we can get her to get it, I feel like we’ve been successful and I feel like she’ll understand it.”

That means that people who already aren't in the Flash TV universe will not be making their debut in the Flashpoint storyline, which will not continue the length of the entire season.

We once again received confirmation (after conflicting reports from staff and cast) that Flashpoint would affect the other DC shows in some way. One thing that seems to be confirmed (from my speculation of reading articles) is that the four-show crossover will NOT involve the events of Flashpoint. I kind of figured that when I heard the season would only cover Flashpoint for around three episodes or so.

The Flash premieres its third season on The CW on October 5, 2016, and make sure to check out the new Comic-Con trailer if you haven't seen it yet!