▁Ped ow itz ▁reg rett ed ▁passing ▁on ▁the ▁series ▁when ▁presented ▁it ▁in ▁mid - 2 0 1 4 , ▁saying , ▁" We ▁hadn ' t ▁launched ▁The ▁Flash ▁yet , ▁we ▁wer en ' t ▁ready ▁to ▁take ▁on ▁another ▁DC ▁property . ▁In ▁h inds ight ▁we ▁probably ▁should ' ve ▁gone ▁that ▁direction ... S ometimes ▁you ▁lose ▁great ▁shows ." ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁during ▁the ▁Television ▁Crit ics ▁Association ▁press ▁tour , ▁he ▁said ▁that ▁The ▁C W ▁was ▁still ▁interested ▁in ▁a ▁c ros so ver ▁with ▁Super g irl ▁if ▁the ▁produ cers ▁could ▁find ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁do ▁it , ▁and ▁Berl anti ▁added ▁that ▁while ▁no ▁official ▁convers ations ▁had ▁taken ▁place , ▁internal ▁ones ▁had ▁concerning ▁how ▁a ▁c ros so ver ▁would ▁work . ▁He ▁also ▁noted ▁that ▁for ▁a ▁c ros so ver ▁to ▁happen ▁during ▁Super g irl ▁first ▁season , ▁it ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁figured ▁out ▁" in ▁the ▁next ▁month ▁or ▁so ". ▁Gl enn ▁G eller , ▁T ass ler ' s ▁successor ▁at ▁CBS , ▁then ▁stated ▁on ▁the ▁matter , ▁" I ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁really ▁careful ▁what ▁I ▁say ▁here . ▁Watch ▁and ▁wait ▁and ▁see ▁what ▁happens ." ▁ ▁On ▁February ▁ 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁Grant ▁Gust in , ▁who ▁appears ▁as ▁Barry ▁Allen ▁/ ▁Flash ▁on ▁The ▁Flash , ▁would ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁episode