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.
Tom Felton is Not Set to Return to ‘The Flash’
Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that actor Tom Felton will not be returning to The Flash season 4 as series regular.
Barry Allen’s CSI supervisor was notably absent from the trailer released at this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con. Tom Felton did not attend the con either.
Felton is not set to make an appearance of any kind in the upcoming season, but this could change if his schedule clears up and the storyline needs him.
DC’s ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ Season 3 Trailer Released + More Details Coming Out of SDCC
Like we said before, Comic-Con has dropped all the trailers, now it’s time you watch the one for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.
But first, we have a bunch of new information coming out of the show’s panel.
Wentworth Miller and Neal McDonough will both reprise their roles as Captain Cold and Damien Darhk for the upcoming season, with Miller returning in a recurring capacity and McDonough as a regular. However, he will be embodying a new version of the character.
However, Miller will be embodying a new version of the character. Executive producer Phil Klemmer said, “Mick Rory needs his pal, but unfortunately he’s not going to get the version of his pal that he remembers.”
Damien Darhk will experience some dangerous changes as well. “We’ll be meeting a new version of Damien Darhk, a little less silly, a little more formidable.” Arthur Darvill will also be back as Rip Hunter, but in a recurring role, and it sounds like he’ll be coming into conflict with his former teammates.
Arthur Darvill is also returning as Rip Hunter in a recurring role. It was teased that we’ll see some rivalry between him and his former teammates.
Check out the trailer for the new season below:
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Season 3 of Legends of Tomorrow is set to premiere on October 10.
Source: Comic Book Movie.
SDCC: ‘Supergirl’ Season 3 Trailer Released, Calista Flockhart Will Return
The CW has confirmed that Calista Flockhart will return for season 3 of Supergirl. She now has a recurring status and is set to appear during the season premiere.
Adrian Pasdar, Carl Lumbly, Yael Grobglas, and Emma Tremblay have all joined the cast for the upcoming season as Morgan Edge, a ruthless real estate developer who will find himself at odds with Lena Luthor, J’onn’s father M’yrnn J’onzz, a pacifist religious leader on Mars, Psi, a psychic villain who uses people’s minds against them, and Ruby, a smart kid who’s fascination with Supergirl lands her in serious trouble, respectively.
The CW also released the first season 3 trailer, check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaI6dcoRRQQ
Supergirl is set to premiere on October 9.
SDCC: First Official Trailer for ‘The Flash’ Season 4 Has Dropped
Yesterday at Comic-Con, the DC TV panel dropped ALL the trailers (seriously), and The Flash was certainly not left out.
The trailer features narration by Iris West as she remembers her fiancé a.k.a. the fastest man alive, but she won’t “curl up in a ball and cry all day.”
The trailer also features new villains and the fight to bring the Flash back.
Check it out:
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The Flash is set to premiere 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.
‘Supergirl’ Recasting Announcement
Supergirl fans, we have some interesting news for you.
It’s been announced this morning that Erica Durance (who played Lois Lane on Smallville) will take over the character of Alura Zor-El, Kara Zor-El’s (late) biological mother.
Durance will be replacing Laura Benanti, who executive producer Andrew Kreisberg says, has work commitments in New York and therefore cannot continue to play the role.
Kreisberg said, “We are so blessed that Erica has come aboard to offer her own interpretation of Kara’s mother. We had tremendous success with a former Lois Lane last season with Teri Hatcher. We know Erica will continue the proud tradition of legacy actors joining our shows and creating new and exciting takes on classic DC characters.”
Benanti took to Twitter to address the announcement, saying:
https://twitter.com/LauraBenanti/status/883488259988484097
The new season of Supergirl will debut on October 9.
Source: TV Line.
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.