At the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour today, the CW announced that Kevin Smith will direct an episode of The Flash this season. The episode will be one of the last of Season 2, airing in May.

This will be the second time Smith will direct for the CW, having helmed the pilot of Reaper in 2007, which he was also an executive producer on. Smith's comic book fandom is of course well-known and he was one of the screenwriters behind the unproduced Superman Lives movie in the 1990s, but The Flash will mark his first time directing a DC project.


Smith is a big fan of The Flash, having spoken in glowing terms about the series on his podcast of late.