The first full-length trailer for The Flash is now out in the open for the public to see, and it appears as though James Gunn may not have been lying when he claimed it was one of the greatest superhero films he ever saw.
Barry Allen, who plays Batman in Ezra Miller's first decade, creates multiversal chaos, while Sasha Calle's Supergirl fights the threat of Michael Shannon's General Zod in a timeline where there is no such thing as Henry Cavill's Big Blue Boy Scout.
As Bruce Wayne, the main villain in the mythology, Ben Affleck is also there to connect the film to the DCU canon, but it's one of the more subtle Easter Eggs hidden in the background of the teaser that's mostly gone unnoticed. Back in 2007, I Am Legend teased a Batman v Superman crossover in the overgrown apocalyptic ruins of New York.
The Flash hasn't forgotten where the idea of seeing DC's heaviest players come from.
There's also a one-sheet from the Pacific Rim: Uprising series on the walls of Barry's sanctuary, which may or may not be a nod to director Steven S. DeKnight's long tenure as a writer and director on Smallville. DC hasn't forgotten its roots, then, but even the most dedicated of fans may have missed the nomination the first time around.