‘The Flash’: Billy Crudup Departs Film, Maribel Verdú Joins Cast

EXCLUSIVE: Four-time Emmy winner Michael Learned is joining Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the limited series about the serial killer co-created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan that was greenlighted by Netflix last fall. She joins a cast that is further ramping up, with Murphy regular Evan Peters now aboard as Dahmer and Richard Jenkins and Penelope Ann Miller set as his parents.

Jimmy Fallon and Addison Rae caught backlash after performing dances on "The Tonight Show" without crediting the Black creators that came up with the routines.  The TikTok star appeared on the late-night show Friday to perform a series of eight dances that have been taking the popular social media site by storm.

Gisele Bundchen enjoys some solo time with husband Tom Brady during their vacation in Costa Rica this month.

Nate Mann is set to join the ensemble cast for Apple Studios’ Masters of the Air, from Playtone and Amblin Television. Austin Butler, Anthony Boyle and Callum Turner are already on board to star.

Variety reported. The legendarily transgressive filmmaker, best known for writing and directing 1972’s “Pink Flamingos,” 1988’s “Hairspray” and 1990’s “Cry-Baby,” will have a “guest starring role” in the award-winning series’ upcoming episodes.

While fans continue to either lament or argue over the fate of Zack Snyder‘s version of the DC Universe—WarnerMedia recently reiterated that the Snyderverse ends with “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” and won’t continue past that — Warner Bros. and DC Films continue to show they are moving on to new chapters with new characters.

Ron Livingston is joining the upcoming The Flash movie.

Ron Livingston has been tapped to play Henry Allen, father of the Flash aka Barry Allen, in Warner Bros. and DC Films The Flash. Crudup fell off the project due to scheduling conflicts. Ezra Miller is on board to play the title character with Kiersey Clemons set to play Iris West. Sasha Calle is also on board to play Super Girl in the film and Maribel Verdu will play Barry’s mom.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRon Livingston has been cast in “The Flash” and will portray the eponymous superhero’s father, Henry Allen.He replaces Billy Crudup, who recently departed the role because of scheduling conflicts for the Apple TV Plus drama “The Morning Show.” Production for “The Flash” had been postponed due to the pandemic and is expected to begin sometime this year.Ian Loh is also joining the cast as young Barry Allen.

While Zack Snyder can finally breathe a sigh of relief with the recent highly-awaited release of Justice League Snyder Cut, which DCEU (DC Extended Universe) fans unanimously agree was much better than Joss Whedon's 2017 box-office disaster, fans are now demanding #RestoreTheSnyderVerse.

Outlander star Graham McTavish is set to join yet another popular fantasy television show. The Scottish actor, who has just finished on the first season of travel show Men in Kilts with fellow star Sam Heughan, has just been announced as one of the new cast members for the second series of Netflix hit The Witcher.

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In a move that feels very much at home but Barry Allen, “The Flash” movie lost one parent but gained another. While Billy Crudup will not be reprising his role as Henry Allen in the upcoming film, “Y Tu Mamá También” actress Maribel Verdu has joined the cast as Barry’s mother, Nora, instead.

There is some big casting news for the upcoming The Flash movie!

The Flash‘s Barry Allen loses his father, but gains a mother in his upcoming Warner Bros. DC standalone movie. Not literally in the movie, but in regards to the casting of Warner Bros’ pics characters.

Spanish actress Maribel Verdú, best known for roles in Alfonso Cuaron’s “Y Tu Mama Tambien” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth,” is set play Nora Allen, the mother of Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen in “The Flash” solo movie, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.Additionally, Billy Crudup will no longer play Henry Allen, Barry’s father, in film due to scheduling conflicts.More to come…