WB executives are shitting bricks over this nonbinary troon loon.
This isn't just about the Flash film this involves 2 DC films.
Eating the cost of the Flash movie would be a bitter pill on it's own yet this film is directly connected to the Batgirl movie they're filming now.
The Batgirl film is set in the DCEU it has JK Simmons as Jim Gordon reprising his Justice League role. But it's not Affleck playing Batman it's Keaton playing Batman and serving as a mentor to Barbara Gordon. The Flash film and its events are why Keaton has replaced Affleck in the DCEU.
So yeah they either have to replace Ezra and he's the lead and playing multiple versions of his character so not cheap or just dump it on HBOMAX and make no money theatrically and nonprofit venture. Because just shelving it means also shelving Batgirl.
No matter what between this and Heard WB is learning pandering to the Woke SJW Mob by hiring these loons is insanely costly.
Say what you will about the MCU and most is true. But Fiege has to be happy to have their film leads to be Cumberbatch, Pratt, Hemsworth, and Holland all normal dudes.