'The Flash' movie finds new director in Rick Famuyiwa

Warner Bros

has roped in Rick Famuyiwa to helm superhero film 'The Flash,' after

Seth Grahame-Smith

quit the project.

Famuyiwa made a splash with his Sundance sensation, '

Dope

'. The project which is set to release on March 16, 2018, will retain Grahame-Smith's script," said The Hollywood Reporter.

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The movie stars, Ezra Miller as the classic hero known as "the fastest man alive."

Famuyiwa, 42, recently helmed HBO's original film '

Confirmation

,' starring Kerry Washington as Anita Hill.