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From ALIAS to ARROW Villain

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David Anders will play a brand new villain on The CW’s Arrow according to Zap2It. Anders will play Cyrus Vanch – a career criminal released from prison who returns to his evil ways in Starling City.

You may have seen Anders on Once Upon a Time and The Vampire Diaries but I will always love him from the J.J. Abrams spy drama Alias. Anders played the sinister and smarmy Julian Sark. I was among a group of Alias addicts who got to meet the charming actor while promoting a charity event.

Anders is the latest actor from the sci-fi/fantasy genre to join the series. Ben Browder, John Barrowman, Tahmoh Penikett and Seth Gabel will be guest starring on the series. This week the DC vigilante Huntress (played by Jessica De Gouw) comes to Starling City.

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Top Comic Book Picks for 11/28/12

All-New X-Men #2 courtesy Marvel

All-New X-Men #2 New mutants are popping up across the world. Cyclops has gone full-blown revolutionary. An X-Man travels back to a key point in the team’s history in hopes of saving the mutant race. How will the original five students of Xavier (including Jean Grey!) react upon seeing their future?

Arrow #1 Brand new adventures of DC’s crusader from the creators of the hit CW series and legendary Green Arrow comic creator Mike Grell.

Batman Incorporated #5  Bruce Wayne’s son is now the Batman? Bruce is in Arkham Asylum? Grant Morrison takes you back to the dark future he created in the modern classic Batman #666.

FF #1 Meet the new Fantastic Four? Medusa, Ant-Man, She-Hulk,  and She-Thing take the place of Marvel’s First Family in a brand new adventure by Matt Fraction and Mike Allred.

Uncanny Avengers #2 The Red Skull committed one of the most shocking and heinous acts I’ve seen in comics – and now he’s more powerful than ever with a freakish new army and bizarre new weapon. Can Captain America, Thor, Havok, Wolverine, Scarlet Witch and Rogue stop more mutant acts of terror?

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Vertigo Strikes Arrow, New Team on Green Arrow

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  What a great time for Green Arrow fans! ARROW on The CW is throwing some of DC’s most dangerous criminals at the vigilante. China White and Deadshot have come to Starling City. Count Vertigo is on the way. Seth Gabel (Fringe, Nip/Tuck, Dirty Sexy Money) will play the villain according the TV Line. The character uses the drug Vertigo to disorient his victims.

 Sci Fi Vets Ben Browder (Farscape) and Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse) and John Barrowman (Doctor Who, Torchwood) will be guest starring in upcoming episodes.

The Huntress will soon be appearing in a multi-episode arc as a love interest of Oliver Queen.

 

Green Arrow #17 courtesy DC Comics

  Back to comics – acclaimed writer Jeff Lemire and artist Andrea Sorrentino will be the creative team on the Justice League’s archer with Green Arrow #17 this February. In that issue Oliver will deal with the loss of his family fortune and the evil archer called Komodo.

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ARROW Casts Farscape, Stargate Star

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Producers of The CW hit ARROW are making it hard for die-hard sci-fi fans not to tune in! Ben Browder (Farscape, Stargate SG-1) will join the series as DC Comics character Ted Gaynor according to IGN.

The Blackhawk Squadron member will be the former commanding office of bodyguard Diggle on the series. Browder recently guest starred on the Doctor Who episode A Town Called Mercy. I LOVED Browder as John Crichton on Farscape. Ted Gaynor hits Starling City in the eleventh episode.

John Barrowman (Torchwood, Doctor Who) will join the series in a yet undisclosed role.

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ARROW On Target

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The new series based on Green Arrow must be on target! The CW has given a full season order to Arrow. Stephen Amell (Hung) stars at Oliver Queen and Katie Cassidy played Dinah Laurel Lance. My favorite cast member so far is Colin Donnell. He steals the show every week at Tommy Merlyn and I’m looking forward to the upcoming clash between Ollie and Tommy.

DC Comics fans are finding plenty of the publisher’s top villains on the series. Kelly Hu played China White in episode two. Deadshot is the guest villain in this week’s episode. Deathstroke will strike in episode five.

The Huntress will appear in a multi-episode arc as a love interest for Oliver Queen. John Barrowman (Torchwood) will guest star in upcoming episodes. No word on who he will play yet.

Have you seen Arrow yet? What do you think? Which DC Comics character do you want to see on the show?

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ARROW Fights Deathstroke!

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  The CW recruit DC Comics’ ultimate assassin for their new take on Green Arrow . Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke the Terminator will appear on an upcoming episode of Arrow.

  In this week’s first episode there was a glimpse of the classic mask in a scene on the island where Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) was stranded before returning to Starling City to become a vigilante.

  Here’s a first look at the assassin courtesy IGN who says to watch for Deathstoke (played by Jeffrey Robinson) to appear in the fifth episode of Arrow. Could this mean Oliver was trained by Slade on the island during those missing five years?

The showdown in Starling City is next month.

Kelly Hu plays China White in the second episode. Watch for the Huntress to appear in multiple episodes as a love interest.

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Geoff Johns Writes “Arrow”

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DC Comics Creative Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns will pen an episode of the new series Arrow on The CW. Johns will write episode 107 titled Muse of Fire.

“I’m thrilled to be writing this episode of ARROW, and while I can’t give too much away, I think comic fans are going to like what we have in store for them – keep an eye out for the Huntress,” Johns tells The Source.
The Huntress is a vigilante, starred in her own series, has been a member of Birds of Prey and part of the Batman family. Helena Bertinelli is the daughter of a mafia boss out for revenge when her family is wiped out.

Huntress #1 courtesy DC Comics

Here’s the official character description:

“Helena is a potential love interest for Oliver Queen; a fellow vigilante, set on destroying her father’s organized crime empire. But Helena’s blind pursuit of revenge will put her on a collision course with the Arrow.”

Jessica De Gouw will portray The Huntress. I’m thrilled to Helena on television and hope she may appear in a Batman movie some day.

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Green Arrow, Wonder Woman Date Night On The CW?

Could The CW become the destination for DC heroes? Producers of the upcoming Arrow television series express support for a potential Wonder Woman series on the same network. The CW, Warner Brothers and DC Comics are reported to be developing a script called Amazon. Allan Heinberg is working on an origin script.

  Arrow producers say they welcome another hero on The CW.

“It harkens back to the years of my childhood where you had The Six Million Dollar Man and Wonder Woman and all these superhero-like genre shows all on the dial and all you had to do was change the channel,” Arrow Executive Producer Marc Guggenheim tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I think there’s totally room for both shows. It would be fun to share a night with them; the CW programs two hours a night and that’d be a pretty kick-ass night of television.”

Andrew Kreisberg points out the focus of Arrow and how it will differ from Smallville or a potential Wonder Woman series..

“Our show definitely takes place in a much more realistic world,” Kreisberg adds “There’s no superpowers, superheroes and aliens. With Wonder Woman, Diana of Themyscira, there are superpowers. I don’t foresee crossovers but one of the great things about superheroes is that they’re constantly being reimagined. There’s the Adam West and Christopher Nolan versions of Batman and one doesn’t obviate the other. The Lynda Carter version was great and now the CW is hopefully developing another wonderful version that will be a nice compliment to Arrow.”

Producers will introduce villainess China White (played by Kelly Hu aka Lady Deathstrike of X2: X-Men United) and Huntress (played by Jessica De Gow) as a potential love interest for Oliver Queen.

Arrow debuts October 10th.

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Op/Ed: When I was a kid there were live action superheroes all over television! Wonder Woman, Six Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman in prime time. Batman and Robin afterschool and Shazam and Isis on Saturday mornings!

I have to raise issue with comparing Lynda Carter to Adam West in terms of their portrayals. Lynda Carter was physical and emotional perfection as Diana. While the series had camp moments – Carter was a Wonder and did justice to the Amazon!

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