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Previously, Warner Bros.  CEO Kevin Tsujihara let it be known at an investors  meeting that the new Ben  Affleck Batman would be a seasoned veteran, and now new details have become  known about the direction of the DC movie universe.

Yahoo has a transcript of the investors meeting with  Kevin Tsujihara being questioned by Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Jessica Reif. The transcript doesn’t look to be all that  well transcribed, but there seems to be enough present to understand.

Tsujihara lets it be known that multiple  DC movies are being planned as he notes the basis of WB’s 12-14 movies will have  the DC characters as the foundation.

Then you have 12 to 14 pictures coming from Warner Bros. And I think the  basis, foundation of those 12 to 14 pictures are going to be coming from DC  Entertainment. We have Batman versus Superman coming out in  ’15, but those are going to be in the coming months a lot of announcements  regarding kind of the future movie, television, games and consumer product pieces that are going to be coming from  DC.

Tsujihara continues with mention of Ben Affleck and the Batman Vs. Superman movie. Note: I  believe “Jake” is supposed to be director Zack [Snyder], and the “15” mentioned  is the year 2015, otherwise it would be read as “the next 15 movies,” but Tsujihara just stated  above 12-14. At least that is my reading of it.

We couldn’t be happier about the movie that Jake and with Chris Nolan’s help  can be created. It was a total reboot of the Man of Steel or Superman  and it really gives credibility to that character and Henry did a great job. It’s a perfect springboard to then move  into next 15, we think Jake is going to be directing Batman and Superman.  Batman, in the movie we haven’t titled it yet and we are really excited about  the fact that we were able to convince Ben to play Batman. It is a perfect for  the role and it’s going to be a Batman that you’ve absolutely never seen before,  he’s kind of tired and kind of weary,  he’s been doing this for a while and Ben is the exact perfect for the vision that Jake has for that character and  the fact that you saw such a passionate response and that is really kind of a  testament to the love that people have for this character and it’s really  exciting to see kind of where this is going and exact vision of how he’s going  to put that movie together. We think it’s going to be huge.

Interestingly enough, the source close to Warner Bros. that told us Bryan  Cranston is cast as Lex Luthor also told us  a  lot is leading up to the Justice League movie. Cosmic Book  News is also told that Bryan Cranston signed on for 6-10 movies  with Ben Affleck signing a multi-picture deal as well, possibly as high as 13. We are told Warner  Bros. wants to create a more connected world than what Marvel has done.

Tsujihara also  states DC will be the focus of things related to video games and more.

And as you said it’s being driven – the new  franchises that we are going to be zoning are going to be DC franchises.  We think there is big opportunities to  build off of what we are doing throughout the rest of the company in games as  well.
And as I said, we are number one in – we are really well positioned  for that transition on the home entertainment side and with the DC pushing, if you are in consumer products and games we think there is opportunities  there as well. So we are able to get some margin expansion also through the  digital initiatives and continuing to look for ways to be more efficient and we  are very confident that we can grow this business going  forward.

Grant Gustin is the  new Barry Allen – aka The Flash – set to appear in three episodes of Arrow Season 2 before getting his own spinoff series.

The 23-year-old actor is known for Glee and 90210 and will  appear in episodes 8, 9 and 20 of Arrow.

Barry Allen is described as an assistant forensics scientist working for  the Central City police department, where a string of unexplained robberies may  have a connection to a tragedy in his past. It’s also said Barry Allen is a  comic book fan boy who is obsessed with the Arrow and is unaware  that working with Oliver Queen and Felicity to solve the crime has  brought him right into the dangerous world of the vigilante.

Greg Berlanti,  Andrew Kreisberg and  Geoff Johns will executive-produce the Flash spin-off, with David  Nutter directing the  pilot (Nutter also directed the pilot episodes for Arrow and  Smallville) and episode 20.

The Flash Arrow episode begins filming at the end of September.  Previously, Greg  Berlanti offered that  The Flash will have powers and the red suit.

“That said, he does need powers to become The Flash. And he will be The  Flash. He will wear a red costume, and he will go by that name.”

Arrow Season 2 returns Wednesday, October 9th at 8pm ET on the CW;  it’s thought The Flash episode will air in December.