The positive reception of critics on Gustin during his two appearances as Barry Allen on “Arrow” has prompted executives to develop a full pilot, instead of the earlier planned backdoor pilot, TV series to make use of a larger budget and help flesh out Barry’s world in more detail. The series is being filmed primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Barry’s beginnings on crime fighting emanate from his unfortunate past. After witnessing his mother’s supernatural murder and his father’s wrongful conviction for the crime, Barry Allen is taken in by Detective Joe West and his family.
Allen becomes a brilliant but socially awkward crime scene investigator for the Central City Police Department. His obsession with his tragic past causes him to become an outcast among his peers.
Some 14 years after his mother’s death, an advanced particle accelerator malfunctions during its public unveiling, bathing the city center with a previously unknown form of radiation and creating a severe thunderstorm. Allen is struck by lightning from the storm and doused with chemicals in his lab.
Awakening after a nine-month coma, Allen discovers that he has the ability to move at superhuman speeds. He soon discovered that he is not the only one who was changed by the radiation, known as metahumans. He also vowed to protect Central City from the escalating violence of metahuman criminals. The Flash is being aided with a few close friends and associates who guard his secrets.