Flash's Grant Gustin Says Flashpoint Story Line Could Happen On The ipakita 

, the universe-shattering DC Comics event story, could take place on the series.

Note: This story discusses spoilers from the upcoming pilot for 

story spoils the ending of the pilot, in which fans discover that, as actor Tom Cavanagh has hinted, there\'s more to S.T.A.R. Labs founder Harrison Wells than meets the eye.

"We\'re going to slowly find out more about Harrison Wells and what the hell is going on there," Gustin said. "What the coolest thing about that moment, to me, is they\'re setting up the fact that the

story line [from the comics] could potentially happen — that Speed Force could be an aspect and time travel is potentially a part of the show."

Of course, time travel was a strong aspect of 

took place, and the scene in question doesn\'t actually tease 

 specifically but rather time travel in general. In fact, there is another, major DC Comics event story teased specifically and by name in that scene, which neither Gustin nor 

 are seeded throughout the pilot, though; the notion of the Reverse-Flash killing Barry\'s mother, an idea created by 

, is clearly alluded to, and that plot beat was the impetus behind the events of 

It\'s probably safe to assume that a universal reboot won\'t happen in the 

is used in some way. The storyline, which gave way to DC\'s The New 52 publishing initiative, was also adapted into an animated feature film as 

. That film, which was released on the same day The CW announced that The Flash would appear on 

 with an eye toward getting his own series, rebooted the DC Universe animated feature films as a coherent universe, rather than the series of stand-alone movies they had been.

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Hmm I wonder if they\'d be using flashpoint as a way to connect flash and arrow universe to the movie universe

i would say that the scene at the end of the pilot would be setting up crisis on inifinite earths based on the headline

That\'s what I was trying to imply in the story, but I didn\'t see any particular reason that I needed to spoil WHICH story it could be.

Not saying YOU shouldn\'t. You\'re in the comments. But in the story itself I try to only spoil EXACTLY as much as I need to in order for the point to be clear. ;)

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