6 Unexpected Directors Who Could Easily Helm The Flash Movie

2) Adam McKay

Adam McKay has flirted with a number of Marvel projects (after deciding against directing Ant-Man, he penned the script with Paul Rudd and did the same for the sequel), but pretty much everyone was surprised when it was recently revealed that he’s adapting Boom! Studios’ Irredeemable.

As of right now though, that doesn’t appear to be on the fast track, so there’s at least a chance the Anchorman and The Big Short helmer could be talked into dipping his toes into the DC Films Universe. After all, it doesn’t look like Marvel has anything for him in the near future.

McKay has proven himself both in the realm of comedy and drama, and delivered the perfect balance of that in The Big Short. The Flash would benefit immensely from a similar sort of tone, and seeing what he could do with a huge budget and a very visual superhero like this one would be fun to say the least.

Warner Bros. wants someone they can trust and who has experience to make sure the movie is a hit, and McKay could deliver exactly that for them. Again, his commitments to Marvel and Irredeemable might pose a problem here, but we could be on to a winner if that can all be figured out.