I don't mind a darker Flash film but definitely no to alternative realities.

i am all for superhero movies being darker and more realistic...except maybe flash. well i want flash movie more realistic than in comics, but i dont really want it dark. it should be like iron man. realistic but also funny.

BARRY ALLEN FOR THE VICTOR MUAHAHAHAHAHA 
 
Cant wait to see this

Nonononononono to dark Flash. NO.

Berlanti.
 
/nitpicking.
 
I wouldn't be surprised if this ties in with Geoff John's new 'generic angst' origin for Barry Allen... which would be a shame, because the Flash is one of the few characters who puts on a costume and fights crime purely because he believes virtue is its own reward.

  
Of the iconic and famous characters, Flash is the fleetest of feet, but also the freest of heart.  

Super speed is not all that unique a power. 
 
More than half of the classic JLA has it in some form or another.  Tons of Marvel characters have it.  A speedster is a team staple for just about any rendition of a super-powered cast whether The Incredibles, Heroes, No Ordinary Family, etc.  However, Flash is set apart from the vast majority of comic book speedsters not just because of the scope of his powers but because of the tone of his character.  It's not the power.  It's not Barry being a cop- Hal is a space cop, Batman is a criminologist detective, the Punisher is an ex-cop. 

It's the wish-fulfillment without the burdens and entanglements of being a superhero that no other big hero has!  Hal was wild at heart but tamed or tempered by the awesome responsibility and space-cop procedures of the Corps.  Superman is burdened with the awesome power and responsibility of being the world's greatest hero (great because he bears it, but a burden no less), capable of hearing all the world's cries.  Batman and Spider-Man are pushed into heroism out of psychosis, guilt complexes, and tragedy.  Wonder Woman has the solemnity of a diplomatic mission and Hulk is naught but destructive rage.  Where does the Flash fall on that spectrum? 
 
He's entirely free!   Powers gained by accident, not tragedy, and harmlessly abused for good.  Jay became a football star.  Barry became his favorite comic book character.  Wally became like his greatest idol in the world.  That's pure joy! 
 
That unique freedom makes him light on his feet and in spirit… the audience can feel that kind of speed.  But if you leaden his feet with twisted tragedy, grisly crime, morbid CSI elements, psychotic serial killings, and gruesome soul wrenching perversion… you lose that.  You suck all speed right out of the speedster because now his powers are just a tool with which to wipe away a burden the audience didn’t have before they came to the theater.  This doesn't mean you can't have death, crime, and CSI... but keep the tone light (as shows like Bones or Monk are able to do).
 
Here's the thing.  Flash is one of the few characters where you get to tell a light super-power abuse type story and that should distinguish him from the glut of oh-so-serious and real-world rationalized superhero films.  You can't do that with a character that has the gravity of Superman, the darkness of Batman, the troubles of Spidey, etc. 
 
Flash is uniquely positioned to be a fun film. 
 
That little glimpse of fun is what made Iron Man resonate with audiences, which made people cheer for Peter exploring his powers, or laugh when Dash earnestly giggles at discovering he can run on water. 
 
When a major film release canonizes a comic book icon into the pantheon of popular culture, it's distillation makes a major mark on the public for years and years to come.  PLEASE do not make Flash another also ran in the realm of dysfunctional hero who comes to cope with the darkness only via superpowers. Flash ought to be the clear leader, far and away, of the superhero who enjoys being a superhero more than any other (and, hopefully, that feeling being infectious to the audience).
 
Flash Fact: Flash is supposed to be fun! 

Wally is The Flash indeed, i want him to be The Flash in the movie :)!

Flash will make a good comedy relief hero in the Justice League movie but I am not at all excited about a Flash solo movie.

" Not Guggenheim, not Guggenheim, ANYONE but Guggenheim. T "

My issue with the CSI elements is that they were never a significant part of the Flash mythos... certainly not for Jay or Wally and even for Barry forensics rarely defined the story.  In all the modern Flash stories, the only one to lean on forensics was Ignition and, while I like that story, it generally gets mixed reviews... it's an unusual story that fits with the plot of Wally not being The Flash... but that's sort of the point, a dark, crime, story that turns on forensics wasn't really a [typical] Flash story. 
 
When you're introducing a character to the public at large for the first time, you'd think you'd want to tell a "typical" or "true to the character" story.

"   
Of the iconic and famous characters, Flash is the fleetest of feet, but also the freest of heart.  

Super speed is not all that unique a power. 
 
More than half of the classic JLA has it in some form or another.  Tons of Marvel characters have it.  A speedster is a team staple for just about any rendition of a super-powered cast whether The Incredibles, Heroes, No Ordinary Family, etc.  However, Flash is set apart from the vast majority of comic book speedsters not just because of the scope of his powers but because of the tone of his character.  It's not the power.  It's not Barry being a cop- Hal is a space cop, Batman is a criminologist detective, the Punisher is an ex-cop. 

It's the wish-fulfillment without the burdens and entanglements of being a superhero that no other big hero has!  Hal was wild at heart but tamed or tempered by the awesome responsibility and space-cop procedures of the Corps.  Superman is burdened with the awesome power and responsibility of being the world's greatest hero (great because he bears it, but a burden no less), capable of hearing all the world's cries.  Batman and Spider-Man are pushed into heroism out of psychosis, guilt complexes, and tragedy.  Wonder Woman has the solemnity of a diplomatic mission and Hulk is naught but destructive rage.  Where does the Flash fall on that spectrum? 
 
He's entirely free!   Powers gained by accident, not tragedy, and harmlessly abused for good.  Jay became a football star.  Barry became his favorite comic book character.  Wally became like his greatest idol in the world.  That's pure joy! 
 
That unique freedom makes him light on his feet and in spirit… the audience can feel that kind of speed.  But if you leaden his feet with twisted tragedy, grisly crime, morbid CSI elements, psychotic serial killings, and gruesome soul wrenching perversion… you lose that.  You suck all speed right out of the speedster because now his powers are just a tool with which to wipe away a burden the audience didn’t have before they came to the theater.  This doesn't mean you can't have death, crime, and CSI... but keep the tone light (as shows like Bones or Monk are able to do).
 
Here's the thing.  Flash is one of the few characters where you get to tell a light super-power abuse type story and that should distinguish him from the glut of oh-so-serious and real-world rationalized superhero films.  You can't do that with a character that has the gravity of Superman, the darkness of Batman, the troubles of Spidey, etc. 
 
Flash is uniquely positioned to be a fun film. 
 
That little glimpse of fun is what made Iron Man resonate with audiences, which made people cheer for Peter exploring his powers, or laugh when Dash earnestly giggles at discovering he can run on water. 
 
When a major film release canonizes a comic book icon into the pantheon of popular culture, it's distillation makes a major mark on the public for years and years to come.  PLEASE do not make Flash another also ran in the realm of dysfunctional hero who comes to cope with the darkness only via superpowers. Flash ought to be the clear leader, far and away, of the superhero who enjoys being a superhero more than any other (and, hopefully, that feeling being infectious to the audience). Flash Fact: Flash is supposed to be fun!  "

Consider that his first wife was murdered by his worst enemy, & that he, in turn, murdered that same enemy for trying to kill his second wife, then spent the last year & a half of his own series standing trial for said murder. After he was acquitted... & rosily reunited with his first wife, in one of the most convoluted story twists ever.... he got to live happily ever after for a couple of months before being disintegrated trying to save the universe. I'd say there's plenty of precedent for a much darker view of the Flash. 

" then spent the last year & a half of his own series .... before being disintegrated trying to save the universe. I'd say there's plenty of precedent for a much darker view of the Flash.  "

" There was a Dark Flash before.  While he did look cool and the stories while he was the Flash were pretty good, he wasn't even close to as likable as Wally or even Barry. "

My point is that the issue is narrowed because we're not simply cherry picking any portrayal of Flash, but how Flash is introduced.  Even if I agreed his last six years were dour (and I think that's pretty debatable), the point is those are his last six years... and not in the sense of "current" or "past six years" but the last years before he's substantively seen again for decades.  In my post right above, I mention that I'm game for darker tones eventually since every franchise has them, but my issue is that we're being told GL is lighter than Flash which sounds like a missed mark.  Since people aren't as familiar with the characters, that may sound fine to many... but to me that's almost like saying the next Batman film aims to be lighter than Superman.
 
As for whether that's the Flash that was brought back... it's difficult to say, as that seems to be one of the predominate reasons Rebirth hasn't seen the universal praise that GL's got.  Johns hasn't really decided if his Barry is burdened or not and has, more or less, shelved the issue during Dastardly Death, filling it with- guess what- non-stop Rogue action over Barry characterization (which, frankly, is a relief from Rebirth's attempt at it).  But this is all neither here nor there since that's the end / middle of Barry's story and we're talking about introducing Flash for the first time to a lot of people. 
 
There were a lot of non-creative reasons the CBS Flash series failed, but one creative one, in my opinion, was trying to shoehorn Flash into Batman's boots... it was released right after Burton's Batman made it big, the score was by Elfman and sounded suspiciously familiar, the costume had the same overbuilt and rubberized look, Flash's origin story is the literal avenging of dead family members, and he operated predominately at night as a shadowy ghost-like vigilante! 
 
I'm not big on "It was a dark and stormy night" Flash... Marc tried it with CBS's Flash, he tried it with Bart's beginnings in Fastest Man Alive, and sounds like he's adapting it to the Flash film.  I would have hoped he learned his lesson the first two times but he's at it again!

@  Mainline I completely agree.   
 
It sounds like they want to ape the success of Nolan's films.  Honestly, I am amazed that they are doing a GL movie, a character that very few people outside of comics know rather than a much more known and relatable character like The Flash.  How they are going to pull of GL without it looking silly, because let's face it there is something inherently goofy about the Lanterns powers. 
 A Flash movie would be amazing but I do feel the tone should be decidedly lighter than the Batman films.  Please God no more CSI.  I think we have had more than enough silly CSI none sense on T.V. for the past 10 years.

"where he met Jay Garrick and knows there was Earth Prime and things like that. There's an avenue for these films to broaden the DC Film Universe" 
 
Huh...no... don'ttry that on screen please!
I know what they're trying. To tie in the Nolan's Batman with all the other future DC projects! Separate worlds/universe said C.Nolan? No problem, let's tie those worlds later on at some point!
 
Bad. Idea.
 
And stop making movies darker!! The world (Hollywood to be exact) is turning too much emo for me :/
 
On a separate note: I for one grew up with Barry as the flash. Not that I'm "that old", but with the Live TV Show  and grabbing ol' Flash issues and all~
When I think of Wally I think of...Kid Flash :P 
(And Bart=Impulse for me)

Where's Geoff Johns in the scriptwriting? I thought he was DC's entertainment director or something. He knows how to write for all these big characters like GL and Flash. He'd be perfect for translating comics onto big screen. I love the Smallville episodes he's written!

Yes! I can't wait, finally some mainstream Flash recognition. Now if we could get a decent Wonder Woman movie.