[07/21/18 - 06:28 PM] Chris Klein Announced as DC Super-Villain Cicada for "The Flash" Season Five Season five pits Team Flash against yet another formidable adversary, the show's second non-speedster Big Bad.
[via press release from Warner Bros. Television]
BARRY'S BIG BAD IS BREAKING NEWS!
CHRIS KLEIN ANNOUNCED AS DC SUPER-VILLAIN CICADA FOR "THE FLASH" SEASON FIVE
BURBANK, Calif. (July 21, 2018) - After outthinking The Thinker, you'd hope that Barry Allen aka The Flash (Grant Gustin) might have some down time to contemplate his future with his new wife, Iris (Candice Patton). But with their speedster daughter from the future, Nora (new series regular Jessica Parker Kennedy), already grown and a part of their lives, they've now got to face Central City's newest menace - the DC Super-Villain Cicada! Season five pits Team Flash against yet another formidable adversary, the show's second non-speedster Big Bad, it was revealed by cast and producers at the show's 2018 Comic-Con panel on Saturday, July 21.
Chris Klein (Election, Oz, American Pie) has signed on as series regular to play next season's scourge of Central City, Cicada. A grizzled, blue-collar everyman whose family has been torn apart by metahumans, Cicada now seeks to exterminate the epidemic - one metahuman at a time.
The Flash returns for season five on Tuesday, October 9, at 8/7c on The CW. Based on the DC characters, the series is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Todd Helbing, Sarah Schechter and Eric Wallace. The Flash is produced by Bonanza Productions in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
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