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DC Is Creating A Justice League In The Arrow Universe

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With the announcement that the CW is expanding its superhero show roster with an Atom/Firestorm/Black Canary team-up show, it looks like we might finally be getting something Smallville tried (and ultimately failed) to do: Create the Justice League on television. But this time, it might actually work.

Aside from their connections having been born out of The Flash and Arrow, if you delve into the comic-book histories of these three characters, their only real connections lie as members of the Justice League over the years — not on the same level as Batman and Superman, sure, but in this instance they don't really have to be. Unlike Smallville, which rushed in to adding Bart Allen, Arthur Curry, Oliver Queen and Victor Stone as quickly as they could, this new opportunity, focusing on what at first might seem like secondary character,s means that DC and the CW are free to try something a little different. This time, it doesn't feel forced, and that means it stands a good chance of sticking and creating a new paradigm in superhero TV.

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Having Your Cake and Eating It

One of the key reasons this new League might work is that it doesn't have to be beholden to whatever happens in Batman V. Superman. Although we might look to Marvel and lament that DC doesn't try to tie their excellent shows to their movie's shared universe, in this case it's actually a benefit to the company.

The movies are untested ground — we don't know if Batman V. Superman and its successors will hit it off yet, so hooking the already successful TV shows to that bandwagon could have been risky. However, by keeping the two branches of adaptations separate, yet allowing them to crossover among themselves. means DC essentially gets to have its cake and eat it, too. They get the benefit of a shared universe on both film and TV, unified projects that have granted the folks at Marvel huge success so far, but they also don't get the problems that shared storytelling can bring — a problem Marvel has already faced, when Agents of SHIELD was stuck grinding its heels and taking flak from fans until it could pull its "Aha!" moment with the release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. With two separate shared universes for different formats, DC is free to do what they want without one being beholden to the other.

Of course, there's always the chance you could cross them over as different realities in the Multiverse as well, but let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet.

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There's Actually a Plan This Time

If we're honest though, this TV Justice League doesn't really need a connection to the heavy-hitting Justice League members we're getting on the big screen. Its equivalents are already the big stars of shows we currently have: You've got Ollie as your Batman stand-in, the darker hero grounded in realism, while Barry represents the more outlandish and the superpowered antics of the likes of Superman. With their own series to themselves, they've had time to get established, to become the main figureheads of this new universe.

And that, unlike Smallville's approach, is another string to this new series' bow (Green Arrow pun unintended, but I'll take it): We've had time to get to know these characters and see them on their own before they're brought together. Smallville rushed to introduce, establish, and then muster its Justice League within a single season of TV, and then essentially promptly forgot about it. Here, we've actually had time to get to know Black Canary, Atom and Firestorm over the course of their appearances in Arrow and Flash before we see them come together. In a way, it's an approach even more careful than the one DC's movie universe is taking (one of the many criticisms thrown at Batman V Superman being that it seems too sudden to go from Man of Steel to establishing the League over the course of a single movie). We don't need to spend time introducing these characters and what they're about, because they'll be entering the show as fully formed characters already.

And the fact that they're established already means the three new heroes mentioned in the initial reports as joining the team — whoever they are — will hopefully get the time they need to be established as they can be anchored by the presence of these already well known heroes.

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No One's Trying to Do This on Television

DC's gotten a lot of flack for essentially being a bit copycat when it comes to their live-action stuff. The decision to forgo Man of Steel 2 for a team-up movie led to many accusations that they were merely chasing the money made by The Avengers, but while in this instance the idea is inherently the same, no one else, and certainly not Marvel at the moment, are trying to do something like this superhero team-up on television. For once, DC is breaking a little bit of new ground — even if it is admittedly something they tried and failed to do with Smallville.

"But what about Agent Carter flashbacks in SHIELD?!" you cry. Yes, Marvel's TV shows are connected to each other through the wider umbrella of the MCU, but in terms of actually crossing over, that's not happening any time soon. SHIELD is largely on its own outside of connecting up with the movies and slowly establishing the Inhumans. Agent Carter was an isolated story. Even today, we've had word from Jeph Loeb not to expect Daredevil, A.K.A. Jessica Jones or Defenders to be crossing over among themselves or the rest of the MCU for a while. This new DC show would be an amalgam of all these crossovers and connections between Arrow and The Flash with the addition of more DC Comics characters thrown into the mix — and unlike anything else we're currently seeing from superhero TV: A fully established team of superheroes, kicking ass and taking names on the small screen. That's an incredibly interesting idea, and it's exciting that we could be starting to see a small taste of what we're getting at the movies in a weekly show.

The "Flash vs. Arrow" and "Brave and the Bold" episodes sparked the beginning of something rather special for DC's television ventures with the CW. And although it's highly unlikely they this new show will inherit the Justice League title while the movies are around, let's hope that whatever this new team-up show ends up being, it can be worthy of being the League in all but name.

http://io9.com/dc-is-creating-a-justice-league-in-the-arrow-universe-1689887470
 
has atom been on Arrow ??( i dont watch that)..i've seen Firestorm on The Flash..
i thought that show was corny until the reverse flash and firestorm were in the same ep..it seemed to have picked up a lil'
 
just the fact that it has to be said that it's only in the Arrow/Flash show is under the bar that Marvel cinematics has set.
 
The "Deal-Breakers" for me are story and use of SFX on TV.

Are DC/WB/CW (and MARVEL) willing to put the time and effort into making these stories not looking "TV Cheap"? Instead, making a series that looks and feels "movie level"?

That's been the major problem with a lot of these shows.

Big Heroes usually act in BIG situations. It's going to look cheesy and telling if done on the cheap.

Out of all these Comic Book TV adaptations within the last few years, "THE FLASH" and "CONSTANTINE" have been the more successful and involving. Though the latter's framework is more TV-intimate.

I like that DC has been laying a framework by keeping their Movie/TV universes separate. It keeps one medium from relying on the other.

That's where "S.H.I.E.L.D." has failed (though character-wise, it's got better). People expected BIG things after the movies and hype. And became disappointed.
 
I dig the Flash show but I never watched Arrow. I never liked the character from jump and the one time I tried to watch it...I didn't. The Firestorm character was pretty cool on Flash though.


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I dig the Flash show but I never watched Arrow. I never liked the character from jump and the one time I tried to watch it...I didn't. The Firestorm character was pretty cool on a Flash though.


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i watch both shows....flash is way better than arrow
 
‘The Flash’ Teases ‘Flashpoint’, ‘Arrow’ Hints At Major Changes At PaleyFest

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Fans hoping for big spoilers about upcoming The Flash and Arrow episodes during this afternoon’s PaleyFest panels might have been disappointed, as cast and producers on both shows were adamant – often excruciatingly so – about keeping mum on future developments. But hints and innuendos during both panels suggested huge twists and more crossovers between the two shows, and in the case of The Flash, the adaptation of one of DC Entertainment‘s biggest comic events for the small screen.

First up, the Arrow panel, where moderator Aisha Tyler kept the conversation focused on character and generally hilarious during the Arrow panel. That was thanks in part to Malcolm Merlyn actor John Barrowman, who alternated between trenchant observation and zings. He confirmed, for instance, that his character would have preferred to have Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) as a son rather than Tommy Merlyn, (who died during the season 1 finale but returns in periodic flashbacks). Shortly after, he joked that he’d love to see his character paired off with the cocktail waitress mother of Arrow ally Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards).

As for what to expect when Arrow returns this week, after a two-week hiatus, Oliver Queen had just been asked by Season 3 villain Ra’s al Ghul to take over leadership of the League of Assassins. According to star Stephen Amell, Oliver may be accepting that offer. When the show returns, Arrow will take stock of what he’s accomplished in the two and half years since returning to Starling City, and realize he’s disappointed by the results. “That makes being the idea of being the person who commands the League of Assassins in any way that he sees fit really appealing,” he said. Not that there might be a choice in the matter. “It’s an offer in name only,” Amell said, adding that “If Oliver says no, there will be dire consequences.”

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It was also revealed that the characterization of Oliver Queen/Arrow will be changed drastically by season’s end, with a more “defeated” and “introspective” interpretation going into future seasons. Among other reveals, confirmation came that (no surprise) Felicity Smoak will be appearing in another crossover with The Flash.

Speaking of The Flash, that panel was adorable, with the actors barely distinguishable from the characters they play, and the audience full of a surprising number of little kids, demonstrating the show’s cross-generational appeal. It was also even more tightlipped than the Arrow panel. Throughout the discussion, the panelists – stars Grant Gustin (“Barry Allen/The Flash”, Jesse L. Martin (“Det. Joe West”), Tom Cavanagh (“Dr. Harrison Wells”), Candice Patton (“Iris West”), Rick Cosnett (“Det. Eddie Thawne”), Danielle Panabaker (“Dr. Caitlin Snow”), Carlos Valdes (“Cisco Ramon”), along with executive producers Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg – fell all over each other to avoid giving even a hint of what to expect when the show returns on March 17.

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Even so, questions from Tyler and from members of the audience prompted a few surprises. Asked by one fan if there were plans to dig even deeper into DC Comics lore for plots on the show, Kreisberg hemmed and hawed a bit, before saying “There’s a fairly big Flash storyline from the comics that were going to tackle in the future.”

Make your own bets, but odds are high he’s talking about “Flashpoint”, a 5-issue miniseries from 2011 that DC used to reboot its entire lineup, heavily speculated as possible since The Flash‘s premier last fall. In it, the timeline is changed drastically, with Barry Allen’s deceased mother now alive, his father never having been framed for her murder, and the DC universe suffering as superpower factions exist in a state of almost permanent war. Barry retains his memories from before history was altered, and is forced to go back in time to fix things, with mixed results.

That ties into themes already introduced in the CW series, particularly involving the supervillain Reverse Flash. Whether or not this adaptation would impact events on Arrow or the as yet-unannounced super hero team up spinoff featuring Brandon Routh’s A.T.O.M. is far from clear, but it’s interesting to see, yet again, how the Arrow/The Flash production team continues to work around the restrictions placed on them by Warner Bros. preventing them from using Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman.

Also of interest, Kreisberg and Berlanti did confirm one huge tidbit: plans are in place during Season 2 to add two important characters from the Flash comic mythos into the tv series. Asked whether Bart Allen or Wally West, both of whom have alternately operated as The Flash in the comics, will appear, Berlanti said “That’s our hope. If we’re going to be doing something like, we’d do it” in Season 2.

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/flash-teases-flashpoint-arrow-hints-032428677.html
 
slightly off topic..here how Superman,Batman,and WW will look after the "Convergence" event

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so Batman a Transformer now? :rolleyes:
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a.k.a "DC stays taking L's".. :smh::lol:
 
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http://deadline.com/2015/03/arrow-flash-spinoff-hawkgirl-ciara-renee-cw-1201401280/

The Arrow/Flash Spinoff Casts Ciara Renée As Hawkgirl


EXCLUSIVE: It has been a fast rise for young actress Ciara Renée, who graduated from Baldwin Wallace University with a degree in music theater in May 2013. Since then, she made her Broadway debut in Big Fish and replaced Patina Miller as Leading Player in the revival of Pippin. Last fall, she made her TV debut with a guest shot on NBC’s Law & Order: SVU. And now, she has landed a lead in The CW’s proposed Arrow/Flash spinoff series, playing the role of Kendra Saunders aka Hawkgirl.

The superhero team-up show, from Arrow creators Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim, was to bring in three new DC superhero characters never seen on TV, along with a slew of Arrow/Flash recurring fan favorites. Hawkgirl is not expected to be one of them as the character has appeared in a Season 9 episode of the WB/CW drama Smallville, played by Sahar Biniaz, as well as in a couple of animated series including Justice League.

In the new series, Saunders is a young woman who is just beginning to learn that she has been repeatedly reincarnated over the centuries. When provoked, her ancient warrior persona manifests itself, along with wings that grow out of her back, earning her the moniker Hawkgirl.

On the Arrow/Flash spinoff, eyed for next midseason, Renée joins 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 and Caity Lotz whose role is still TBD as her Arrow character Sara Lance was killed off, with her sister Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy) taking over as the Black Canary.

Per the released breakdowns, the Arrow/Flash spinoff has been casting three new roles. With one of them turning out to be Hawkgirl, Lotz could end up playing one of the three new-to-TV DC characters, along with the two new male roles, now casting.

Berlanti and Kreisberg, who also co-created The Flash, executive produce the new series alongside Guggenheim and Sarah Schechter for Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti Prods.
Renee, repped by Stone Manners Salners Agency, recently starred as Esmeralda in a workshop production of the Disney musical The Hunchback Of Notre Dame at the Papermill Playhouse in New Jersey and the La Jolla Playhouse.

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http://deadline.com/2015/03/arrow-flash-spinoff-hawkgirl-ciara-renee-cw-1201401280/

The Arrow/Flash Spinoff Casts Ciara Renée As Hawkgirl


EXCLUSIVE: It has been a fast rise for young actress Ciara Renée, who graduated from Baldwin Wallace University with a degree in music theater in May 2013. Since then, she made her Broadway debut in Big Fish and replaced Patina Miller as Leading Player in the revival of Pippin. Last fall, she made her TV debut with a guest shot on NBC’s Law & Order: SVU. And now, she has landed a lead in The CW’s proposed Arrow/Flash spinoff series, playing the role of Kendra Saunders aka Hawkgirl.

The superhero team-up show, from Arrow creators Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim, was to bring in three new DC superhero characters never seen on TV, along with a slew of Arrow/Flash recurring fan favorites. Hawkgirl is not expected to be one of them as the character has appeared in a Season 9 episode of the WB/CW drama Smallville, played by Sahar Biniaz, as well as in a couple of animated series including Justice League.

In the new series, Saunders is a young woman who is just beginning to learn that she has been repeatedly reincarnated over the centuries. When provoked, her ancient warrior persona manifests itself, along with wings that grow out of her back, earning her the moniker Hawkgirl.

On the Arrow/Flash spinoff, eyed for next midseason, Renée joins 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 and Caity Lotz whose role is still TBD as her Arrow character Sara Lance was killed off, with her sister Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy) taking over as the Black Canary.

Per the released breakdowns, the Arrow/Flash spinoff has been casting three new roles. With one of them turning out to be Hawkgirl, Lotz could end up playing one of the three new-to-TV DC characters, along with the two new male roles, now casting.

Berlanti and Kreisberg, who also co-created The Flash, executive produce the new series alongside Guggenheim and Sarah Schechter for Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti Prods.
Renee, repped by Stone Manners Salners Agency, recently starred as Esmeralda in a workshop production of the Disney musical The Hunchback Of Notre Dame at the Papermill Playhouse in New Jersey and the La Jolla Playhouse.

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I wonder what li'l Ms. Rodriguez is gonna think about this :cool:
 
I wonder what li'l Ms. Rodriguez is gonna think about this :cool:

It should not be an issue the red head is actually Shayera Hol, Two different characters.

This is the the post Flashpoint/New 52 version Kendra Munoz Saunders, a black hispanic

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It should not be an issue the red head is actually Shayera Hol, Two different characters.

This is the the post Flashpoint/New 52 version Kendra Munoz Saunders, a black hispanic

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:eek: - OOOOH YEEEAHH THE ONE FROM EARTH2!!! I completely forgot about her:hithead:
 
They fucked up letting their shows be split in different universes. Marvel has 1 for movies and TV. DC now has 5. JLA movies, Arrow, Constantine, Teen Titans, Supergirl. And this is the company with their properties all under one roof. :smh: A movie and TV universe would have been just fine.
 
They fucked up letting their shows be split in different universes. Marvel has 1 for movies and TV. DC now has 5. JLA movies, Arrow, Constantine, Teen Titans, Supergirl. And this is the company with their properties all under one roof. :smh: A movie and TV universe would have been just fine.

you may have a point....

unless they trying to do a multiverse and one day show the MOVIE Flash vs. the TV FLASH?
 
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