Green Arrow And The Canaries Updates: Is The Spinoff Actually Happening?
Green Arrow And The Canaries is a planned spinoff of the hit Arrowverse series but after various delays is it actually going to happen?
BY PADRAIG COTTER5 DAYS AGO
Is the planned Arrowverse spinoff
Green Arrow And The Canaries actually moving forward?
Arrow is a CW series based on the classic DC superhero of the same name. It followed the adventures of Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), a billionaire who returns to Starling City after being stranded on an island for five years. Once home he becomes a vigilante who fights against corrupt forces in the city, and as his name implies he's really, REALLY good with a bow and arrow.
Arrow evolved from a solid, character-focused superhero show into a sprawling narrative that introduced countless other heroes and villains. It also led to an even more sprawling shared universe dubbed
The Arrowverse, which included shows like
Supergirl and
The Flash.
Arrow itself came to an end in 2020 after eight seasons, with the title character sacrificing himself to quite literally save the universe, but before the show ended, the second last episode of season 8 "Green Arrow & The Canaries" was supposed to set up a spinoff of the same name.
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Green Arrow And The Canaries set up Oliver's daughter Mia (Katherine McNamara) and Black Canaries Dinah Drake (Juliana Harkavy) and Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy) defending Star City in 2040. Word on the series has gotten quiet in recent months, so is it actually happening?
A Green Arrow And The Canaries Decision Was Expected In May
Fans were expecting to hear news about the fate of
Green Arrow And The Canaries shortly after
Arrow itself came to an end, and in March 2020 Arrowverse producer Marc Guggenheim announced on
Twitter a decision was expected in May.
That same month, Stephen Amell spoke with fans on social media about the show ending, stating he hadn't watched the
Green Arrow And The Canaries episode yet and that "
everything’s kind of on hold right now," implying a decision about the show was still way off.
Guggenheim's June 2020 Update On Green Arrow And The Canaries
In April 2020
Green Arrow And The Canaries' stars Katie Cassidy and Kat McNamara both offered updates, with the former uncertain but hopeful about it being greenlit while the latter stated the COVID-19 pandemic could have been delaying The CW's decision.
In June 2020 Marc Guggenheim updated fans again, revealing a decision was expected "
very, very" soon about the show's future.
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Green Arrow And The Canaries' Future Is Uncertain
The
Green Arrow And The Canaries backdoor pilot was one of the highest-rated episodes of
Arrow when it aired and seemed almost certain to move ahead, but with each new update it's future feels less certain. With the COVID pandemic impacting productions,
Supergirl coming to an end with season 6 and the network attempting to rebrand their superhero line-up as
The CWverse, it appears there will be a period of adjustment moving forwards in the shared universe.
This led to fears the Arrowverse itself could be coming to an end soon, but with new shows like
Superman & Lois on the horizon in addition to new series of mainstays like
The Flash incoming, this doesn't appear to be the case. For now, it seems fans are going to have to wait and see if
Green Arrow And The Canaries have a future on the network.