New CW Promo Features Clips from All DC Shows
With the Fall TV season quickly approaching, networks are trying to get your attention before anyone else does.
The CW is playing the game by releasing a short promo for their DC TV shows, including The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl.
They gave us a lot to look forward to in those short clips, including a possible Barry/Iris reunion (or dream sequence) and a team up between Kid-Flash and Citizen Steel.
Check it out:
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Kirk Acevedo Joins Cast of Arrow Season 6 as New Villain
Oz actor Kirk Acevedo is the latest addition to the cast of Arrow season 6.
According to Deadline, Acevedo will play Richard Dragon a.k.a. Ricardo Diaz, a “hardened ex-con,” expert in hand to hand combat who’s yet to be defeated. The character has just been released from prison, he served a sentence that convicted him of a crime he didn’t commit.
Ricardo Diaz set himself on the mission of taking over Star City’s criminal underworld.
The villain had previously been teased during last month’s San Diego Comic-Con. Executive producer Marc Guggenheim had teased the character from the comic during the Arrow panel.
Acevedo has worked in TV shows like Fringe and Band of Brothers, as well as movies like The Thin Red Line and more recently, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Sydelle Noel Joins the Cast of Arrow Season 6
GLOW actress Sydelle Noel has joined the cast of Arrow in its sixth season.
According to Variety, Noel is set to recur as Samanda Watson, an FBI agent investigating Oliver Queen’s connection to the Green Arrow.
The character has been described as dedicated woman who won’t stop until the Green Arrow’s secrets are revealed, as well as “intelligent and poised with a no nonsense attitude.”
Season 6 of Arrow will premiere October 12.
Two-Night Arrowverse Crossover Announced
The CW has announced that the 2017-2018 television season’s Arrowverse crossover event will take place over two nights at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.
The crossover event beings Monday, November 27 on Supergirl, followed by a special Monday episode of Arrow. The crossover continues Tuesday, November 28 on The Flash, then concludes on that night’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.
CW boss Mark Pedowitz said that with The Flash and Legends already paired up on Tuesdays — and after discussions with producers and the marketing department — “We felt that it would be better and tighter in storytelling…. This was the best way to go.”
“Next year we may go back to four nights,” he allowed.
Pedowitz also made clear that unlike last year’s event, which technically started but barely took place on Supergirl, “It’s a full, four-episode crossover.” As for how one tops an alien invasion as a premise for the all-star team-up, all he would say is, “Romance is in the air.”
The Arrowverse’s very first crossover took place in December 2014 and started on The Flash and concluded on Arrow. In December 2015, Legends of Tomorrow villain Vandal Savage targeted Central City barista Kendra Saunders, triggering the involvement of Flash and Arrow heroes. Last year’s four-show, three-night event included Supergirl, as the many Superfriends battled the alien race known as The Dominators.
Arrow Season 6 Episode 3 Title Revealed
Almost a week after releasing the official first trailer for season 6, Arrow showrunners have released the title of the third episode of the season.
Episode 6.03 will be called: “Next of Kin.”
Season 6 of Arrow will premiere October 12.
Source: SpoilerTV.
DCTV Casting Scoop: Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
There has been an incredible amount of casting news announced for our favorite DC/CW superhero shows. The following is a round up of all the important casting news that has been announced recently.
- Arrow
Manu Bennett (Slade Wilson) will recur during Season 6. “I can report that Manu Bennett is back to being a part of the show and I think we will see him multiple times this year, which is awesome,” star Stephen Amell announced during Heroes & Villains FanFest.
Michael Emerson is joining Season 6 in the recurring role of… Well that isn’t known quite yet. But Stephen Amell is totally on board with this announcement.
Arrow premieres October 12.
- The Flash
Britne Oldford will reprise her Season 1 role as villainous metahuman Peek-a-Boo in the season 4 premiere of The Flash. Details on what brings Peek-a-Boo back are being kept under wraps.
Neil Sandilands will play the villainous metahuman known as Clifford Devoe aka “The Thinker”. Devoe is “a megamind who embarks on a season-long battle” with the Scarlet Speedster, per the official description. He is “a true genius” who has “devised an intricate plan to fix all that he deems wrong with humanity.”
Kim Engelbrecht will play Devoe’s partner-in-crime, the DC Comics character The Mechanic. A true believer and a highly intelligent engineer who designs devices for The Thinker to help him implement his plan.
Danny Trejo has been cast as Earth-19 bounty hunter, Gypsy’s imposing father, Breacher.
The Flash premieres October 10.
- Supergirl
Odette Annable is joining as a series regular. She will play the new Big Bad “Worldkiller” Reign.
Supergirl premieres October 9.
- DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
Tala Ashe has joined the cast as Zari Adrianna Tomaz, a Muslim-American computer nerd with a wry, combative attitude who hails from the year 2030.
Billy Zane will play politician and showman P.T. Barnum, who founded Barnum & Bailey Circus (aka “The Greatest Show on Earth”).
Tracy Ifeachor will play Season 3 Big Bad Kuasa. Kuasa is the sister of Mari McCabe, a.k.a. Megalyn E.K.’s version of Vixen. So that means Kuasa is also the granddaughter of Maisie Richardson Sellers’ version of Vixen, Amaya.
Showrunner Marc Guggenheim announced during Comic-Con that the show has had “really good conversations” with Matt Ryan to reprise his role as Constantine on Legends, but for now, the actor is busy with other projects.
Legends of Tomorrow premieres October 10.
New Comic-Con Trailer for ‘Arrow’ Season 6 Looks Brutal
The full cast of Arrow was present at their panel yesterday, but they were not so present in this new trailer.
In the trailer, we find out that Slade made it off Lian Yu before Prometheus‘ trap could blast him to smithereens, but can we say the same about the rest of our Team Arrow?
Check out the trailer:
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Season 6 of Arrow premieres October 12.
‘Empire,’ ‘The Flash,’ and ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Among the Nominees for Teen Choice Awards
Earlier today, FOX released all the nominees for this year’s Teen Choice Awards, and some of the shows featured in our podcasts got nominated!
Empire got a nomination in the category #ChoiceDramaTVShow alongside Riverdale, Famous in Love, Pretty Little Liars, Star and This is Us.
Jussie Smollett from Empire was nominated in the category #ChoiceDramaTVActor for playing Jamal Lyon in the show. Cole Sprouse (Riverdale), Ian Harding (Pretty Little Liars), Milo Ventimiglia and Sterling K. Brown (This is Us), and Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy) were also nominated in the category.
Jennifer Morrison and Lana Parrilla (a.k.a. Emma Swan and The Evil Queen from Once Upon a Time) were nominated for #ChoiceSciFiTVActress alongside Abigail Spencer (Timeless), Eliza Taylor (The 100), Emeraude Toubia (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments), and Kat Graham (The Vampire Diaries). The show itself, however, did not get a nomination.
In the category of #ChoiceActionTVShow we have Arrow, Gotham, Lethal Weapon, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Supergirl, and The Flash.
For #ChoiceActionTVActor: Supergirl‘s Chris Wood, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s Gabriel Luna, The Flash‘s Grant Gustin and Arrow‘s Stephen Amell are all nominated alongside Clayne Crawford from Lethal Weapon and Wentworth Miller from Prison Break.
As for #ChoiceActionTVActress, Caity Lotz from Legends of Tomorrow, Candice Patton and Danielle Panabaker from The Flash, Emily Bett Rickards from Arrow, Jordana Brewster from Lethal Weapon, and Melissa Benoist from Supergirl are nominated.
The awards will air live August 13 on FOX.
Check out the full list of nominees in all categories from movies to TV and music!
You can vote for your favorites on the Teen Choice Awards’ website or via Twitter using the hashtags and your nominee’s Twitter handle.
Arrow Season 6, Episode 1 Title Revealed
Writer for Arrow, Marc Guggenheim took to Twitter this morning to announce the start of production for the new season, posting a picture of first episode’s script.
We already knew what the synopsis for the season premiere looked like, but now we have an official title.
Arrow's sixth season begins production today. @MericlesHappen @JamesBamford @StephenAmell pic.twitter.com/8jqY9cd630
— Marc Guggenheim (@mguggenheim) July 7, 2017
Season 6, Episode 1: “Fallout” will air on October 12.
Synopses for Season Premieres of Three DC TV Shows Revealed
With SDCC only weeks away, the CW is building momentum by officially releasing the synopses for upcoming seasons of Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.
Synopsis for Season 6 premiere of Arrow:
“With the future of the team left hanging in the balance, Arrow gave new definition to the phrase “blowing up the show.” The emotional showdown between Oliver Queen and Adrian Chase was the perfect conclusion to a stellar fifth season of The CW’s gritty DC Super Hero series. Now, the focus shifts to uncovering the fate of each and every member of Team Arrow. Could anyone have possibly survived an island-wide explosion, or has the book closed on them, as it has on Oliver’s five-year flashback story? Returning to San Diego Comic-Con for a sixth consecutive year, cast members Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Willa Holland, Emily Bett Rickards, Paul Blackthorne, Katie Cassidy, Echo Kellum, Juliana Harkavy, Rick Gonzalez and producers will be on-hand for an eye-opening conversation about the upcoming season.”
Synopsis for Season 4 premiere of The Flash:
“Running up against an evil time remnant version of yourself is something no one should ever have to do, but that’s exactly what faced Barry Allen (aka The Flash) as he fought to save the life of fiancée Iris West from the God of Speed known as Savitar. Barry’s victory was short-lived, however, as an unbalanced Speed Force began to wreak havoc on Central City, forcing Barry to sacrifice himself for the greater good. With The Fastest Man Alive now trapped inside an extra-dimensional energy, and unknown dangers lurking in the shadows, it will be up to Team Flash to free Barry from his own personal Hell.”
Synopsis for Season 3 premiere of Legends of Tomorrow:
“After crash landing the Waverider in a version of 2017 Los Angeles where dinosaurs roam the streets and the skyline is adorned with London’s iconic Big Ben clock tower, the Legends were quick to realize that “we broke time.” Last year, the loveable band of misfit heroes traveled throughout the timeline fixing a series of Aberrations.”
We can all expect a lot more information on these shows to come out of this year’s San Diego Comic Con later this month.
Source: ComicBookMovie.