The CW has given wide release to photos and promos from next Wednesday’s new episode of Arrow. And boy does it look like an awesome ride filled with emotions, action, and marriage?
“This Is Your Sword” – Oliver/Al Sah-him (Stephen Amell) finishes his training and is left with two final tasks to become the next Ra’s al Ghul. Ra’s (guest star Matt Nable) threatens Nyssa (guest star Katrina Law) and delivers some shocking news. Meanwhile, Malcolm (John Barrowman) makes a surprising offer to Team Arrow and Thea (Willa Holland) goes to see Roy (Colton Haynes). Wendey Stanzler directed the episode with story by Erik Oleson and teleplay by Ben Sokolowski & Brian Ford Sullivan.
The episode is called “This Is Your Sword” and it will air on Wednesday, May 6. In the episode, it looks like Oliver and Nyssa are destined to be… married?!?!
Next week, Grodd finally makes his long awaited debut! With Barry, Joe, Cisco, and Caitlin hunting down the Reverse Flash, Wells releases Grodd on Central City to keep them occupied while he sets another plan in motion.
CBR has released two stills showing us the true power and might of GRODD!!
GRODD RETURNS! – Barry (Grant Gustin) must deal with the Reverse Flash’s (Tom Cavanagh) latest threat to a member of the group. To make matter worse, Dr. Wells unleashes Grodd on the city in order to distract Barry and the team. Joe (Jesse L. Martin), Barry and Cisco (Carlos Valdes) head down into the sewers to catch Grodd but the gorilla quickly gets the upper hand after he kidnaps Joe. Iris (Candice Patton) and Barry have a heart to heart talk. Dermott Downs directed the episode written by Grainne Godfree & Kai Yu Wu (#121).
The penultimate episode of the first season of the CW’s The Flash will see Barry Allen teaming with the Arrow, Firestorm and… Captain Cold? But are they a match for the dangerous Reverse-Flash!
The CW have also released two new trailer showing what is to come for Team Flash and the fandom itself! Prepare your soul for a bumpy ride:
STEPHEN AMELL, ROBBIE AMELL, WENTWORTH MILLER, LIAM MCINTYRE AND DOUG JONES GUEST STAR — As Wells (Tom Cavanagh) once again gets the upper hand on the S.T.A.R. Labs team, Barry (Grant Gustin) realizes he needs to make a big move and reaches out to an old foe, Captain Cold (guest star Wentworth Miller), for help. Joe (Jesse L. Martin) and Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) warn Barry that Cold can’t be trusted. True to form, Cold has his own agenda that involves the meta-humans trapped in the containment cells. As things seem to be going from bad to worse, The Flash gets reinforcements – Arrow (guest star Stephen Amell) and Firestorm (guest star Robbie Amell). Doug Aarniokoski directed the episode written by Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing.
The CW has released an official synopsis for the penultimate episode of The Flash, titled “Rogue Air,” which airs Tuesday, May 12 at 8/7c.
STEPHEN AMELL, ROBBIE AMELL, WENTWORTH MILLER, LIAM MCINTYRE AND DOUG JONES GUEST STAR — As Wells (Tom Cavanagh) once again gets the upper hand on the S.T.A.R. Labs team, Barry (Grant Gustin) realizes he needs to make a big move and reaches out to an old foe, Captain Cold (guest star Wentworth Miller), for help. Joe (Jesse L. Martin) and Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) warn Barry that Cold can’t be trusted. True to form, Cold has his own agenda that involves the meta-humans trapped in the containment cells. As things seem to be going from bad to worse, The Flash gets reinforcements – Arrow (guest star Stephen Amell) and Firestorm (guest star Robbie Amell). Doug Aarniokoski directed the episode written by Aaron Helbing & Todd Helbing (#122). Original airdate 5/12/2015.
Young British actor Franz Drameh rounds out the main cast of the CW’s Arrow/Flash spinoff. He will play Jay Jackson, a former high school athlete whose pro career was derailed by injury. Now making ends meets as an auto mechanic, Jay will come to have a surprising affiliation to the S.T.A.R. Labs crew. The project’s producers are keeping the character’s superhero identity a mystery. Online speculation about Jay’s alter ego has ranged from Static to Black Lightning and Black Vulcan.
The superhero team-up show, eyed for next midseason, features three newly cast roles, played by CW logoDrameh, Arthur Darvill (Rip Hunter) and Ciara Renée (Hawkgirl), as well as several actors who play recurring characters on Arrow and The Flash, including Brandon Routh (Arrow‘s Ray Palmer/The Atom), Wentworth Miller (The Flash’s Leonard Snart/Captain Cold), Dominic Purcell (The Flash’s Mick Rory/Heat Wave), Victor Garber (Dr. Martin Stein) and Caity Lotz. Like Drameh’s, Lotz’s role is still TBA as her Arrow character Sara Lance was killed off, with her sister Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy) taking over as the Black Canary.
The new series comes from Arrow creators Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheim who executive produce alongside Sarah Schechter for Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti Prods.
Drameh made his film debut in Hereafter and got his break in the British sleeper Attack The Block and Hollywood’s Edge of Tomorrow. He will next be seen in A Hundred Streets alongside Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton.
DR answered that what Ra’s does to the team will irreversibly change the dynamic & reverberate into S4 of Arrow. — Cindy (@CiViiLy) April 19, 2015
.@david_ramsey: the show’s found its heart in Ollie, Felicity, Dig. Would be thrown off he’s Green Lantern or Felicity’s Oracle. #Calgar … — Suzette Chan (@SuzetteChan) April 19, 2015
DR kinda spilled the possible title of the spinoff show. He keeps saying Legends when he talks about the show. — Cindy (@CiViiLy) April 19, 2015
We’re going to see more bonding between Dig and Felicity over the next few eps. — Cindy (@CiViiLy) April 19, 2015
DR says Dig will have something. A costume or something in S4. Calling it Dig 2.0. He’s been scanned for something in a Vancouver. — Cindy (@CiViiLy) April 19, 2015
Marc Guggenheim talks with The Hollywood Reporter on the consequences of the Lazarus Pit:
Everything in the show has consequences, and that’s something we’ve been consistent about, It’s something you will continue to see not just through the end of season three, but into season four.
Get more scoop thanks to TVGuide on things to expect from Arrow’s final episodes of the season:
1. Thea might never be the same: After Thea (Willa Holland) was stabbed by Ra’s al Ghul (Matt Nable), Oliver realizes he has no choice but to place his sister in Nanda Parbat’s Lazarus Pit this week. However, the Pit’s powers of resurrection come with a few serious consequences. “We sort of established very clearly that the Lazarus Pit returns you, but not always in the condition in which you left,” executive producer Marc Guggenheim said. “So there’s a lot of stories to be told with Thea and her recovery.”
2. Roy will be back to say goodbye: Three weeks after faking his death, Roy (Colton Haynes) will return to say goodbye to Thea in the penultimate episode (airing May 6). “Certainly, we owed the audience some closure for this three-season-long love story between these two characters,” Guggenheim said.
3. Team Arrow gets a new lair: Since Lance’s raid last week, Team Arrow has found themselves homeless. Thankfully, Ray is kind enough to offer his assistance in housing the vigilante organization. “You’re going to see them hanging out a great deal in Palmer Technologies,” Guggenheim said. We’ll also get to see one final appearance of the lair in theApril 29 episode. Get scoop on Arrow and more must-watch finales
5. Oliver will reconnect with his dark side: Team Arrow won’t take Oliver’s decision to join the League of Assassins lightly, but his choice will become even harder to bear in the April 29 episode. The emotional episode “is a villain-of-the-week episode. It just so happens the villain of the week is Oliver,” Guggenheim revealed.
6. Nyssa is in trouble: Oliver joining the League has huge consequences for Nyssa (Katrina Law), particularly when the organization sets its sights on her in the April 29 episode. Luckily, Nyssa will have the protection of Laurel (Katie Cassidy), as well as the remaining members of Team Arrow. And through all these trials and tribulations, viewers will get to learn more about Ra’s mysterious daughter. “Not in terms of backstory, but in terms of how she reacts to things and how she’s dealing with life post-[Ra’s offer to Oliver],” said Guggenheim.
7. Team Arrow will soldier on: What is Team Arrow anymore? That is one of the questions the group will struggle with after losing Oliver and Roy. “There’s a real trinity formed between Laurel, Diggle (David Ramsey) and Felicity. And they’re all sort of leaning on each other and they’re processing things in different ways,” Guggenheim said. While Laurel distracts herself by trying to save Starling City and Felicity struggles with her grief over Oliver’s departure, the April 29 episode will “really [upend] Diggle’s world, certainly vis-a-vis Oliver,” Guggenheim said. “That’s something that will certainly have repercussions in the remainder of the season.”
Promo For ARROW Season 3 Episode 21: “Al Sah-Him”:
After some fun in the Lazarus Pit, next week, the League Of Assassins come after Nyssa! Laurel recruits Felicity and Diggle to help her protect her new friend. Meanwhile, Oliver undergoes a rigorous transformation.
THE LEAGUE OF ASSASSINS SETS THEIR SITES ON NYSSA — Oliver (Stephen Amell) goes through a rigorous transformation. The League of Assassins sets their sites on Nyssa (guest star Katrina Law), who is back in Starling City training Laurel (Katie Cassidy). When Nyssa realizes they are coming, she arms up to face them alone but Laurel asks Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) and Diggle (David Ramsey) to help protect her new friend. Thor Freudenthal directed the episode with story by Beth Schwartz and teleplay by Brian Ford Sullivan & Emilio Ortega Aldrich (#321). Original airdate 4/29/2015.
Season 3, Episode 22 Description; “This Is Your Sword”
AL SAH-HIM TAKES HIS FINAL STEPS TO ASCENSION; ROY AND THEA REUNITE — Oliver/Al Sah-him (Stephen Amell) finishes his training and is left with two final tasks to become the next Ra’s al Ghul. Ra’s (guest star Matt Nable) threatens Nyssa (guest star Katrina Law) and delivers some shocking news. Meanwhile, Malcolm (John Barrowman) makes a surprising offer to Team Arrow and Thea (Willa Holland) goes to see Roy (Colton Haynes). Wendey Stanzler directed the episode with story by Erik Oleson and teleplay by Ben Sokolowski & Brian Ford Sullivan. Original airdate 5/8/2015
Season 3, Episode 23 Description;“My Name Is Oliver Queen,”
THE HEART-STOPPING SEASON FINALE — Everyone’s lives are in danger as Ra’s al Ghul (guest star Matt Nable) puts forth his final plan. Oliver/Al Sah-him (Stephen Amell) must decide if he’s strong enough to take on this new role and what it will mean for everyone on Team Arrow, and his soul. John Behring directed the episode with story by Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg and teleplay by Marc Guggenheim & Jake Coburn (#323). Original airdate 5/13/2015.
The truth is out! Team Flash finally learned the truth behind the day Harrison Wells became a different man and next week, they set a trap to catch the man that murdered Barry’s mother and gave his father a life sentence. Come check out the extended promo for next week’s episode now!
THE TEAM SETS A TRAP FOR WELLS – Barry (Grant Gustin), Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker), Cisco (Carlos Valdes) and Joe (Jesse L. Martin) set a trap for Wells (Tom Cavanagh). Cisco uses himself as prey which puts him in grave danger. Meanwhile, Eddie (Rick Cosnett) makes a decision regarding Iris (Candice Patton), which leaves Joe a bit unsettled. Steve Shill directed the episode written by Alison Schapker & Brooke Eikmeier (#120).
During an appearance at Missouri’s Cape Comic Con, actor John Wesley Shipp dropped a few major hints about “Flash’s” future as the CW series races towards the conclusion of its debut season. When asked if the show, which recently brought time travel elements to the forefront of its narrative, would ever include Barry Allen’s grandson Bart, Shipp stated that anything is possible on the show.
“They’re already talking about that,” said Shipp, who plays Barry Allen’s father Henry on the series. Think of the amount of story that we have burned through in eighteen episodes… They’re talking about all that stuff.”
Shipp expanded on his answer by mentioning the still-unnamed “Flash”/”Arrow” spinoff starring Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Victor Garber and Wentworth Miller among others. The actor casually referred to the spinoff as “Legends,” a title that has resonance with the DC Universe; a limited series titled “Legends” was published in 1986 and formed the backbone of first major crossover event following the reboot of the DC Universe in “Crisis On Infinite Earths.” This goes against earlier rumors that listed “Atom” as the series’ working title, and lines up with executive producer Andrew Kresiberg’s comments debunking those rumors.
CBR News has reached out to Warner Bros. Television and The CW for comment.
Shipp mentioned that the spinoff has a 13-episode order, and he also included CBS’ upcoming “Supergirl” series when running through a list of shows that will comprise the ever-expanding shared DC TV universe. Since “Supergirl” shares a producing team with the CW’s DC shows, it’s been hinted at and assumed that the series will have ties to “Flash” and “Arrow.”
You can see part of Shipp’s dialogue with fans in the video below.
In a report from Cannes MipTV event, Variety has seemingly confirmed the title of the upcoming “Flash”/”Arrow” spinoff series, which has so far been kept under wraps and has become the subject of much speculation. The passage from Variety reads:
With MipTV wrapped, the focus now shifts to the L.A. Screenings in May. Big product suppliers were using MipTV to talk up L.A. Screenings bows that include, in terms of shows attracting attention for WBITVD, “Supergirl” for CBS, “Blindspot” for NBC, “Legends of Tomorrow” for CW, and also “The Curse of the Fuentes Women,” for NBC.
The title falls in line with the one casually mentioned by “Flash” actor John Wesley Shipp during a convention panel over the weekend. Shipp called the spinoff “Legends,” a name that harkens back to the 1986 DC Comics limited series. Variety’s report seemingly reveals the show’s full name — “Legends of Tomorrow.”
With “of Tomorrow” added, the show’s title does not immediately ring any DC bells. If not for Shipp’s recent reveal that the word “Legends” is part of the spinoff’s name, the title might have slipped by unnoticed in the roll call at the end of the Variety piece. Earlier rumors listed “Atom” as the series’ working title; this new title lines up with executive producer Andrew Kresiberg’s comments debunking those rumors.
The “Flash” and “Arrow” spinoff is set to star Brandon Routh (Ray Palmer/The Atom on “Arrow”), Wentworth Miller (Leonard Snart/Captain Cold on “Flash”), Dominic Purcell (Mick Rory/Heat Wave on “Flash”), Victor Garber (Martin Stein/one-half of Firestorm on “Flash”) and Caity Lotz in an as-yet undisclosed role, following the death of her “Arrow” character of Sara Lance at the start of this season. Ciara Renee and Arthur Darvill have also joined the show as Hawkgirl and Rip Hunter, respectively. “Flash” and “Arrow” vets Andrew Kreisberg, Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim will executive produce.
The CW has released an official synopsis for episode 1×21 of The Flash, titled “Grodd Lives,” which airs Tuesday, May 5 at 8/7c.
GRODD RETURNS! — Barry (Grant Gustin) must deal with the Reverse Flash’s (Tom Cavanagh) latest threat to a member of the group. To make matter worse, Dr. Wells unleashes Grodd on the city in order to distract Barry and the team. Joe (Jesse L. Martin), Barry and Cisco (Carlos Valdes) head down into the sewers to catch Grodd but the gorilla quickly gets the upper hand after he kidnaps Joe. Iris (Candice Patton) and Barry have a heart to heart talk. Dermott Downs directed the episode written by Grainne Godfree & Kai Yu Wu (#121). Original airdate 5/5/2015.
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