Since Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) changed his past by keeping his mother alive, season 3 of "The Flash" will begin with the Flashpoint arc where Barry and everyone else is living in an alternate timeline. Although this timeline arc originated from Geoff Johns' "Flashpoint" comic story crossover, it looks like "The Flash" season 3 will have a different version of the alternate timeline.
Candice Patton — who plays Iris West — explained that season 3's Flashpoint will differ from the original comic book crossover by Johns in an interview with IGN at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con last July.
"We know what fans are kind of expecting, Geoff John's version of Flashpoint 2. But we're doing our own version of that. It's very different. So I don't want fans to get too excited about something they've already seen or read. We're doing our own spin on it. But I think fans will be pretty pleased with our rendition," Patton said.
With that, fans can expect some surprising twists for the upcoming season of "The Flash." One thing that they can expect, though, is Barry and Iris finally getting together in season 3. Patton shared that they are going in that direction and that season 3 will be focused on Barry and Iris' working relationship.
"He's very much in love with Iris. I think he's gonna do whatever he can to get back to her and try and make that relationship work," Patton explained.
With a whole new different timeline, "The Flash" season 3 will be introducing many new characters and possibly bring back old ones as well. ET Online reports that one of the new characters that will be introduced in season 3 is Julian Dorn, a crime scene investigator of Central City Police Department. Dorn will be played by "Harry Potter" star Tom Felton. Felton teased that his character may be a threat to Barry in season 3.
"The Flash" season 3 premieres Tuesday, Oct., 4 at 8 p.m. EDT on The CW.
