The CWs potential new Flash and Arrow spin-off is slated to feature a mashup of DC Comics heroes and villains that aims to take our generations super series to the next level.
The untitled dramawhich is being developed by Arrow and Flash executive producers Andrew Kreisberg and Greg Berlanti, as well as Arrow boss Marc Guggenheim and Sarah Schechteris tentatively slated to star Brandon Routh (Ray Palmer/The Atom), Wentworth Miller (Leonard Snart/Captain Cold), Victor Garber (Martin Stein/Firestorm) and Caity Lotz, though its unclear whether shell be portraying a new role since her Arrow character, Sara Lance, died earlier this season.
For me, it honors all of the great team up movies, whether its Oceans Eleven or whether its the superhero books, Berlanti tells EW. Thats what its about. If you go back to the old westerns, there would be The Lone Gunman, but there would also be The Magnificent Seven. Its very much in the spirit of those kinds of movies and shows.
Berlantiwho is also executive-producing CBS Supergirl pilot with Kreisberg, Schechter and Ali Adlerstresses that the new project would be quite different than what were used to. I only want to do them when I know that theyll feel distinct from the other shows were doing, he says. This is really its own thing.
One of the main burning questions after the projects announcement was why Robbie Amell was missing from the cast list, considering he makes up the other half of Firestorm, Ronnie Raymond. Unfortunately, it sounds like bad news could be on the horizon as Berlanti admits there is a particular reason for his absence, but I cant say why.
The new super drama, which is not part of the current pilot season, was first mentioned by CW president Mark Pedowitz at the Television Critics Associations semi-annual press tour in January. Get more on that here.
