Lord and Miller Wanted For THE FLASH and a New GHOSTBUSTERS

Take all of this with a grain of salt, but El Mayimbe from Latino-Review and The Wrap's Jeff Sneider say that The LEGO Movie and Jump Street directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are on the top of Warner Bros.' wish list to direct The Flash standalone film that's scheduled for 2018. On his podcast, Sneider also adds that Sony also wants the directing duo for a new Ghostbusters film. No deals have been made yet, and this is all early in the process, but let's break these two options down just in case one of them pans out.

First up, The Flash. Lord and Miller have been the kings of taking bad ideas and turning them into enjoyable (and even occasionally brilliant) movies. Some have said that having Ezra Miller star as Barry Allen in the film when there's already a perfectly good actor portraying the character on a popular TV show is a bad idea, so this would sort of keep the directors' streak alive. Warner Bros. and DC's Cinematic Universe appears to be extremely dark and humorless, which goes against everything Lord and Miller stand for, but if the studio really does want them for The Flash, maybe they're finally looking to embrace some of the lightheartedness and comedy in some of its superhero movies. By having creative control over this movie (they'd have to write it as well, I'd imagine), these guys could completely change the conversation about the DCCU, and that might be an appealing opportunity for them.

As for Ghostbusters, we assume that the film Sony wants them for is the recently-announced companion piece to Paul Feig's all-female Ghostbusters movie that may star Channing Tatum and Chris Pratt (and likely a few female counterparts as well — the film was initially misreported as an all-guy version). The Russo brothers were supposed to be directing that movie, but as you know, they're now attached to direct the two-part Avengers: Infinity War films, so that means that they might not have enough time to direct this Ghostbusters project after all. Enter Lord and Miller, who have worked with both Tatum (Jump Street) and Pratt (LEGO) before. This movie sounds much more in line with their sensibilities, and it's essentially still a blank slate right now with plenty of room to make this however they'd like.

If this tug of war between studios is actually happening, which would you rather see Lord and Miller direct: The Flash, or a new Ghostbusters movie?