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Arrow Showrunner Discusses [SPOILER]’s Exit
This past Thursday, The CW’s Arrow said farewell to OG castmember Willa Holland. Speedy sped away in a red car with Roy Harper and Nyssa al Ghul to track down / destroy three Lazarus Pits that her father, Malcolm Merlyn, had discovered at some point prior to his death.
Arrow showrunner Marc Guggenheim sat down with TVLine to discuss Holland’s exit. Here are a few excerpts from the interview.
How long has this been in motion, the plan to write out Willa?
By the end of Season 4, Willa had expressed a desire to reduce her episodic commitment to the show and that was sort of done in sort of conjunction with an indication that it was likely that she wouldn’t want to renew her contract past Season 6. So, we’ve kind of known for a while that this was in the offing. We revisited it with Willa at the beginning of Season 6, and she indicated that she hadn’t changed her mind, that she was still interested in moving on.
We talked about some requests she had for us in terms of how her episodes would be utilized and grouped, and at what point in the season she would be written out, and we accommodated her on all those fronts because, look, at the end of the day we love Willa and we love working with her. She’s done right by us and so we wanted to do right by her.
It’s my understanding that part of what made it difficult for you, in considering her wish, was removing this important part of Oliver’s family.
That’s the thing. Apart from not getting a chance to work with Willa, that was probably the most painful aspect of it, because when we adapted the Green Arrow comic to live-action, one of the earliest and the biggest changes we made from the comic was to give Oliver a family. In the comic, he didn’t have siblings and his parents were both dead. This was a significant relationship for him and also, I think, one of the most effective elements of the show. The relationship between Stephen and Willa on camera was wonderful. But though we went into the season knowing that he’d be losing this relationship, we also knew he’d be—
Gaining a wife, gaining a son.
He’d be gaining a wife. He’d be gaining a son. And while we would do our best not to replace the relationship with Thea, we wanted to maintain a family element in his life.
Was it all that Colton Haynes needed to hear, that he was coming back for Willa’s sendoff, to get him to sign on for another encore?
Actually, it’s funny — no. I had bumped into Colton on the Fox lot months earlier and we started talking and he expressed a desire to come back to the show, because he had a window of free time. I was like, “Actually, that works out great!” It worked out really, really well because we always knew that in a perfect world, Thea’s departure from the show would involve Roy in some way. Roy’s been such a big part of her story that [Colton’s return] was a fortuitous circumstance.
Arrow airs Thursdays @ 9pm ET on The CW.
H/T: TVLine
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Official Season Finale Synopsis
The Legends of Tomorrow season 3 finale is just around the corner and The CW has released the official synopsis.
The season finale is titled, “The Good, The Bad, and The Cuddly,” a play on the Clint Eastwood Western, “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.”
But why a Western title?
Well, the episode takes place in the Old West and co-stars Johnathon Schaech as Jonah Hex, a DC Universe antihero who has recurred on Legends at least once per season.
And the” Cuddly?” It’s possible that this could refer to Beebo, the stuffed animal first seen in the episode “Beebo, the God of War.” Beebo dolls later appeared in an episode of The Flash, and last week’s episode of Legends featured someone wearing a pair of Beebo socks. However, no mention has been made of Beebo.
Read the official synopsis below:
The Legends plan to vanquish Mallus but using the totems doesn’t go as planned, forcing Rip (guest star Arthur Darvill) to improvise. The team finds itself regrouping in the Wild West where they run into their old pal Jonah Hex (guest star Johnathon Schaech). Sara (Caity Lotz) leaves Ray (Brandon Routh) in charge of watching Damien Darhk (Neal McDonaugh), while she comes up with a new plan. Meanwhile, Amaya (Maisie Richarson-Sellers) is determined to find a way to use the totems to destroy Mallus.
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow airs on Monday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT. “The Good, The Bad, and The Cuddly” will debut on April 9, after which Supergirl will return to finish out its season starting on April 16 in the same time slot.
Source: Comicbook
The Flash: Who is This Mystery Girl?
A girl has been hanging around Central City recently on The Flash, only problem is we have no idea who she is.
The mystery girl (Jessica Parker Kennedy) first showed up at Barry (Grant Gustin) and Iris’ (Candice Patton) wedding as a waiter to offer Barry some words of encouragement before his big day. She also kind of fangirled out in the most adorably awkward way. She’s shown up twice since then.
While fans have their theories as to who she is, executive producer Todd Helbing says none of those theories has hit the nail on the head.
“Every year there’s theories all over the place about what we’re doing and some of them get pretty close,” says Helbing. “Some of them they hit like one part of it but they don’t get other parts, so it’s fun to read. I don’t think anybody ever is going to guess exactly what it is.”
The most popular theory at the moment is that she’s Dawn Allen, Barry and Iris’ daughter from the future. Another fan theory is that she’s Jay Garrick’s (John Wesley Shipp) apprentice from Earth 3, who was alluded to in last week’s episode.
Do you have any guesses as to who this mystery girl might be?
The Flash airs Tuesdays at at 8/7c on The CW.
Source: TV Guide
Supergirl: First Look at Purity’s Worldkiller Suit
Purity suits up in this preview of the second Worldkillers costume.
Though we already know Krys Marshall has been cast to play Purity (the second Worldkiller), we first saw Marshall two episodes ago and last episode was the focus of much of the action. However, we had yet to see her in costume.
Well, Krys Marshall changed that when she took to Twitter to share a photo of her all decked out in her suit.
https://twitter.com/KrysMarshall/status/970815213904809984
Supergirl returns to The CW on April 16 with new episodes airing Monday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Source: Comicbook
The Flash: Iris West Suits Up in New Promo Poster
It looks like Barry Allen won’t be the only speedster in his relationship.
The CW released a poster of Candice Patton’s Iris West in her new snazzy speedy superhero outfit. Check it out below.
Iris is set to unveil her stylish purple-and-white masked-hero getup in the upcoming episode appropriately titled “Run, Iris, Run.”
Directed by Harry Jierjian and written by Eric Wallace, it follows Team Flash as they confront a new bus meta, Matthew aka Melting Pot (guest star Leonardo Nam). He has the ability to swap people’s DNA, so during a battle with Team Flash, he transfers Barry’s (Grant Gustin) super speed to Iris (Candice Patton). Now, with a new threat unleashed on Central City, Barry must act as the team leader while Iris takes on the mantle of superhero speedster in order to defeat their new foe. And because of that, we see Iris in her new superhero threads.
New episodes of The Flash return Tuesday, February 27. “Run, Iris, Run” will air on March 13 at 8 PM ET.
Source: Deadline
The Flash’s Violett Beane to Appear in Legends of Tomorrow Episode
The speed in Legends of Tomorrow is about to double.
The Flash’s Violett Beane, a.k.a. Jesse Quick, will be making an appearance in the fifteenth episode of Legends of Tomorrow.
Details as to why she will be visiting are being kept under wraps. The episode she will be appearing in is titled “Necromancing the Stone.” Her appearance follows shortly after the arrival of Wally West (Keiynan Lonsdale) to the Legends team.
Beane will also return to The Flash in the Tuesday, March 6 episode, teaming up with the Scarlet Speedster and Jay Garrick (John Wesley Shipp) to stop a nuclear bomb from destroying Central City.
Legends of Tomorrow airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.
Source: EW
Constantine’s Return To Legends of Tomorrow Confirmed
Matt Ryan is confirmed to return to Legends of Tomorrow as Constantine in March.
Warner Bros. confirmed for Comicbook.com that Ryan will return for the fifteenth episode of the season, titled “Necromancing the Stone,” which is set to air in five weeks.
In a new photo from the set of Legends of Tomorrow, actor Nick Zano told his Instagram followers that he was going into production on the final episode “like…,” and featuring a photo of himself, bruised and bloodied but with his hands up as if to fight.
Some fans noticed that the photograph appeared to feature John Constantine standing in the background, a head of tousled blonde hair and the character’s signature trench coat visible behind Zano’s head.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfL5QlsBWUe/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_profile_upsell_control
Warner Bros. only confirmed that Constantine would be back only for the episode, “Necromancing the Stone,” and not the finale.
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow airs on Monday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW. “Necromancing the Stone” will debut on March 19.
Source: Comicbook
Max Adler Joins The Flash Cast As Pyro
Another Glee alumni is joining The Flash cast. Max Adler will be joining the Arrowverse as Pyro, a DC comics villain.
Adler will play Jaco Birch, a character described as “an obsessive music fanatic who worships at the altar of classic heavy metal.”
In the DC Comics, Pyro was granted extraordinary, superhuman abilities by a 45,000 year-old sorcerer, and became one of Power Girl’s many villains. As his super-pseudonym suggests, he’s a pyrokinetic and he’s seemingly about to have Barry hot on his heels.
Adler’s appearance is said to debut on the small screen in March.
Welp….cats outta the bag! 🙀 Excited to share…. https://t.co/qQ5EXxZugj
— Max Adler (@Mr_Max_Adler) January 29, 2018
The Flash airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on The CW.
Source: CBR
Trailer Released For Legends of Tomorrow Midseason Return
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC5s7QeJYRM
Legends of Tomorrow fans should get excited, a new teaser trailer has been released for the midseason premiere.
The promo teases Constantine’s arrival in “Daddy Darhkest” which will see John Constantine (Matt Ryan) joining forces with the team.
The promo also hints at the ever-looming threat of Mallus (John Noble), the supernatural being that has been haunting the Legends all season. Fans have speculated quite a bit about Mallus’ true identity, and there’s a chance that the new batch of episodes will reveal more.
Legends of Tomorrow will return on Monday, February 12th, at 8/7c on The CW.
Source: Comicbook
The Flash and Arrow Will Take A Break in February
Two CW shows will be taking a break in February.
The same week Supergirl begins a hiatus to make way for the return of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash and Arrow will be taking a week off mid-February.
There’s no word yet on when the shows will return, but it’s likely they will return the next week or after a short hiatus. Breaks of one to three weeks are common for each of the three shows, either to accommodate scheduling on The CW or to get ahead on post-production.
Arrow and The Flash will both air re-runs during the break. Supergirl will return on April 16 and run through June.