WB inks directors for 'Flash,' 'Green Lantern'

WB scores a pair of directors for a pair of DC icons, inking David Dobkin for "The Flash" and Greg Berlanti for
"Green Lantern."

Dobkin, whose credits include the upcoming "Fred Claus," "Wedding Crashers" and "Shanghai Knights," tells MTV that "Flash" will feature Wally West — the third Flash after Jay Garrick, the 1940s version, and Barry Allen, the beloved 1950s version who died in Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985. Dobkin also says the film will spin out of George Miller's "Justice League of America." He also revealed a tagline for the pic: "You can't outrun yourself."

Berlanti, meanwhile, will direct "Green Lantern" based on a script he will write with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green. Looks like the pic will focus on the Hal Jordan version of the character, which may set it apart from being a "Justice League of America" spinoff as that film is rumored to be using the John Stewart version of Green Lantern. Like "Flash," there are multiple characters who have used the identity, including Alan Scott in the 1940s, Guy Gardner in the 1980s and Kyle Rayner in the 1990s. Jordan remains the most popular with fans, and stars in the current DC comicbook sereis.

Berlanti and his crew have extensive TV and comics credits, Berlanti as a writer and exec producer on "Everwood," "Brothers & Sisters" and "Dirty Sexy Money. Guggenheim is currently with Berlanti on "Brothers & Sisters" and has penned segs of "Jack & Bobby" and "CSI: Miami." He's also penned "Blade" and "Wolverine" for Marvel Comics. Green's TV credits include "Smallville" and co-exec producer on "Heroes"; he's also written "Superman/Batman" for DC.