'The Flash' will face a very different kind of villain in Season 4

After three seasons of speedy villains, The Flash will hit the brakes in Season four.

"Subsequent season we're not going to have a speedster [as the main villain]," showrunner Andrew Kreisberg revealed throughout a panel at Los Angeles' PaleyFest on Saturday, the place the celebs and producers of The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow have been gathered to rejoice the 4 CW exhibits.

However earlier than Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) can sluggish issues down, he must defeat this season's Huge Dangerous. That might be Savitar, a self-proclaimed velocity god, who's threatening to kill Barry's soulmate, Iris West (Candice Patton). 

"With Savitar, we all know who he's beneath there," Kreisberg teased. "We have been planning this for some time and we're actually enthusiastic about it."

In accordance with the showrunner, the opening seasons of Flash have been about reveling in having powers, whereas the present episodes are about their pitfalls. "That is the story we needed to inform and that is why our model of Savitar is the right villain for that story," he stated.

The March 21 episode of The Flash, "Duets," is a musical crossover with Supergirl, that includes Glee alum Darren Criss as Music Meister, who traps Barry and Kara (Melissa Benoist) in an alternate actuality that operates like a film musical. 

Kreisberg stated the episode takes a web page out of Joss Whedon's playbook, noting that even in Buffy the Vampire Slayer's "gimmick" episodes like "Hush" and "As soon as Extra With Feeling," the storylines "did not cease the continued narrative of the season; these episodes actually spoke to what the characters have been going by way of. 

"We set it up in order that in The Flash and Supergirl, Barry and Kara can be at a romantic crossroads…they will go on this journey collectively to both get again the love they misplaced or not."

After his sojourn by way of a number of musical numbers, Barry will probably be making an attempt to determine simply how one can cease Savitar, and episode 18 will function a villain from the longer term referred to as Abra Kadabra. 

"He is aware of who Savitar is and it turns into an ethical conundrum: Do Barry and the group let Abra Kadabra go as a way to get Savitar's id?" Kreisberg defined. "Iris and Barry have an excellent scene, 'Are you able to be a hero should you do one dangerous factor?'"

Episode 19 known as "The As soon as and Future Flash," through which "Barry decides that the one approach he can discover out what he must know is sooner or later," Kreisberg stated. 

Gustin admitted he understands viewers who're annoyed with a few of Barry's questionable decisions in Season three — together with his determination to take a break from his relationship with Iris in episode 316. 

"I agree more often than not, as a viewer, with the backlash that Barry receives," he revealed. "He is all the time been an optimistic character and I feel this yr we simply see his worry dictate issues greater than ever, as a result of how might it not with what he is going via?"  

Supergirl airs Mondays at eight p.m., The Flash airs Tuesdays at eight p.m., Arrow airs Wednesdays at eight p.m. and Legends of Tomorrow airs Thursdays at eight p.m. on The CW.