Will Wally West Be Flashing Up On The Cartoon Network?

I've heard - and it's just a rumour, currently, though one with some fairly convincing back-up - that an animated series based on The Flash is coming from WB!, with Cartoon Network agressively bidding for the first season.

Apparently it will centre on Wally West, and seems to start with an origin and deal with his early days as The Flash. What makes it particularly interesting, of course, is that The Flash is one of the lesser known members of the Justice League and getting him back on TV will do the upcoming League movie no end of good in awareness tracking. And indeed, there's even some talk of introducing the JLA concept to the show - though I haven't been told quite how.

I like Wally West. Fingers crossed that this comes off and has at least some of the qualities of, say, Paul Dini's animated superhero work.

Ryan Reynolds Up For A Bit Of Flash Action

This isn't news as such, but plenty of people will be interested.

Speaking to MTV, Ryan Reynolds has confirmed that he'd like the role of the Flash in the JLA film. Well, of course he would. He also mentioned that he's aware of the Flash film to be directed by Shawn Levy but then again, anybody who reads Variety (or, for that matter, film ick) knew about that one.

This is, plain and simple, Reynolds trying to keep his name in circulation in connection with the project. He needn't bother - he's well enough associated with the role now that he's bound to get discussed in the production meeting at least. What else could he possibly hope to engineer?