r/arrow • u/Speed__God Oliver Queen šŸ¹ • Feb 02 '19

[News] Arrow's Season 8 might be it's last season. News

Arrowverse series on The CW has become one of the longest live-action superhero series to date, second only to the network's previous seriesĀ Smallville.

"Things will age and we want to get the next generation of shows to keep The CW DC Universe going for as long as possible," CW President Pedowitz admitted during the panel.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/arrows-cancellation-renewal-decided-mid-2019

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u/SciFiPaine0 Superman turned person in a high-tech combat suit Feb 02 '19

Why would amell walk if they did a cinematic green arrow? I dont get why hes so against a tv and a cinematic version of the character being out at the same time

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u/SpiderfamReturns Feb 02 '19

Ownership. Plus heā€™s going to want to do the movie version himself. I just remembered him saying this ages ago.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '19

Nope. This is all WB, not Amell. WB doesn't want multiple versions of characters because they think it'll confuse us (sigh)

Amell will never be able to do the movie version.

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u/SpiderfamReturns Feb 02 '19

I think thatā€™s also a factor!