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Felicity Smoak won’t don a mask and costume in Arrow

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Following her costumed cameo in this week’s episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, executive producer Marc Guggenheim has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that there are no plans to have Emily Bett Rickards’ Felicity Smoak don a mask and costume in Arrow. “There’s two lines in the sand that I’ve drawn for Arrow for myself,” said Guggenheim. “I […]

Arrow Season 5 Episode 18 Review – “Disbanded”

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Jessie Robertson reviews the eighteenth episode of Arrow season five… “We need a little more green in there, hoss” Rene continues to be a bright spot on this show So, the team has been disbanded. Well, sort of. John isn’t giving up, and neither is everyone else, even if Oliver has. They relocate at Felicity’s […]

Arrow Season 5 Episode 20 Review – ‘Underneath’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the twentieth episode of Arrow season 5… Apparently, a young Marc Singer had profound impacts on many a young superhero…. Tonight’s episode was all about trust, which sort of feels like it should have been on The Flash because that team has major issues with this topic, but obviously Arrow doesn’t come […]

John Barrowman won’t be appearing in the Arrowverse shows next season

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John Barrowman has revealed that he’ll be sitting out of the Arrowverse this coming year, with the actor revealing at the Planet Comicon Kansas City that he won’t be reprising the role of Malcolm Merlyn for the next seasons of The CW’s DC shows. Alongside Katie Cassidy (Laurel Lance) and Wentworth Miller (Leonard Snart), Barrowman […]

Arrow Season 5 Episode 19 Review – ‘Dangerous Liaisons’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the nineteenth episode of Arrow season 5… Part Cyber Crime Thriller, Part Heartwarming Family Drama, Arrow does it all! Opening scene tonight was pretty fun albeit feeling a bit Scooby-Doo-ish; Chase was cornered in an arcade but he turned the games against Team Arrow (where was Toymaster from Supergirl’s Earth?) The “chase” […]

Manu Bennett wants a Deathstroke spinoff show

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Actor Manu Bennett is campaigning for a Deathstroke spin off TV show. One of the more popular characters from the CW/DC television series Arrow, is the villain Deathstroke, distinguished by his intimidating mask and combat expertise. The character has recently returned to the series in the season five finale, much to fans’ delight, and now […]

Dolph Lundgren confirms Arrow and The Expendables 4 return

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During an interview with Entertainment Weekly to promote his new film Don’t Kill It [read our review here], action star Dolph Lundgren has revealed that he’ll be reprising the role of the villain Konstantin Kovar in The CW’s DC superhero show Arrow, as well as reuniting with Sylvester Stallone for the fourth and final outing […]

Arrow Season 5 Episode 15 Review – ‘Fighting Fire with Fire’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the fifteenth episode of Arrow season 5… Winter Soldier homages, more political speak, and Curtis’ balls on display….what more could you want? When you stand back and look at the CW’s shows, on the overall scale, it seems the universal opinion that The Flash is the best of them all; I mean, […]

Andrew Kreisberg on why we haven’t seen Arrow and The Flash characters in Supergirl

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Since The Flash spun out of events in Arrow, The CW’s universe of superheroes, dubbed by fans as the ‘Arrowverse’, has grown very much since then. We’ve had the addition of another spinoff, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and since Supergirl’s switch from CBS to The CW, that makes four connected shows, though Supergirl takes place in an alternate universe from the other three. […]