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After months of uncertainty, actor Ezra Miller remains to be on the helm for DC Comic’s upcoming movie, The Flash. 

In a brand new trailer launched through the Super Bowl on Sunday, Miller, who makes use of they/them pronouns, reprises their function because the ultra-speedy superhero the Flash.

Miller, 30, beforehand portrayed the Flash, often known as Barry Allen, in 2016’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and 2017’s Justice League.

According to a press launch for the movie, The Flash sees Barry Allen use his superpowers to journey again in time in an try to vary the previous and save his mom.

“But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation,” the press launch reads.

In the trailer, the Flash meets his alternate dimension doppelgänger in addition to each Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck as Batman.

Keaton performed the caped crusader in Tim Burton’s 1989 movie Batman. Affleck put his personal spin on the gravelly voiced superhero first within the 2016 movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, then once more later that yr for a quick cameo in Suicide Squad. In 2017, Affleck additionally performed Batman within the ensemble movie Justice League, alongside Miller.

Last yr, there was ample hypothesis over the way forward for Miller’s involvement with DC and Warner Bros. A string of arrests and erratic behaviour from Miller, together with allegations of assault, grooming and housebreaking, left studio execs reportedly involved.

Miller publicly apologized in August. In a press release to Variety, they mentioned a interval of “intense crisis” prompted their current actions and mentioned they’re now looking for psychological well being remedy.

“Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment,” Miller defined. “I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behaviour. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.”

In January, Miller agreed to plead responsible to a lesser cost of trespassing after they have been accused of burglarizing a Vermont dwelling and stealing a number of bottles of alcohol final yr.

Also final month, DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran mentioned Miller is “completely committed to their recovery.”

“We are fully supportive of that journey they are on right now,” Safran mentioned, including the studio would talk about Miller’s future “when the time is right.”

“But right now, they are completely focused on their recovery. And in our conversation with them, in the last couple of months, it feels like they are making enormous progress,” he mentioned.

The Flash can be launched in theatres on June 16, 2023.

— With recordsdata from Global News’ Kathryn Mannie

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