THE FLASH Gets "New 52" Inspired Suit For Season 6; Black Canary's Updated ARROW Costume Revealed

Yes, the chin strap is officially back! The Scarlet Speedster is getting a new costume in season six of The Flash, while we also have a first look at the reborn Black Canary's updated appearance...

By JoshWilding - Sep 07, 2019 04:09 AM EST

Filed Under: The Flash

Fans responded positively to The Flash getting a new costume in season five (especially as the colours were comic book accurate), but most couldn't really get past how bad it looked without the chin strap! Well, that's making its return in season six, and, as you can see from the image below, this updated costume is definitely inspired by the "New 52" era of storytelling.

According to showrunner Eric Wallace, the fact that the infamous Crisis is coming five years sooner than expected will be "like stepping on a landmine" for our heroes and, "All of a sudden the future is today, and that turns everything upside-down. You’ll see each member of Team Flash react in their own unique, and sometimes tragic, way."

Also below is a new shot from Arrow's final season which gives us our first look at the new Black Canary suit that'll will be donned by the version of Laurel Lance from Earth-2.

Season seven is set to delve into Green Arrow's work for The Monitor, and while Oliver Queen thinks he'll be going it alone, "a familial encounter" means that he realises "he’s not going to be allowed to do it alone" according to star Stephen Amell. Needless to say, that sound pretty cool.

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"I’ve kind of grown with this character," says Benoist, who originally played Supergirl on CBS before the show was moved to The CW. "It took me a long time to actually feel that strength [of being a superhero]. I feel like if you don’t feel it from the inside out, it’s not going to translate."

"I get to be the Flash on TV, surrounded by all these other superheroes and it’s something I never want to take for granted," Gustin says when asked what being The Flash means to him.

"[When] they offered me the job [on Arrow], if they had said, ‘Yeah, you can have the job, but you have to pay us $5,000 per episode just to be in the show’ I would’ve been like, ‘Yeah, okay. Sure, I’ll do that,'" Amell says, reflecting on being cast as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow when the show launched in 2012.

"Arrow was the most important thing in my entire life by a wide margin. And then I got married, and it became the co-most important thing in my life. Then my wife and I had [our daughter], and Arrow dropped to number three, but I f–ing care a lot about it. I really, really do. I think about it all the time."

"I didn’t know what I was getting myself into," Lotz says, reflecting on being cast as Black Canary in Arrow. "I remember talking to my friend and was like, ‘I don’t know. I look terrible in this costume.’ She was like, ‘It doesn’t even matter how you look. All that matters is how you feel. If you feel good, you will look good.’ I was like, “Yes, I feel good. I look good. Let’s do it!'"

"I feel like up until now I haven’t really been given the opportunity to play a character that has these dynamics of such severe trauma and such heartbreak and betrayal and loss," Rose says of her role as Batwoman. "She’s heavy. She has a really heavy heart for a lot of very valid reasons."

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“The biggest thing that I’ll walk away [with] from doing this show is my kiddo really admires what I do,” says Amell. “She comes to the set all the time, and I know that won’t last forever, but she sits there in video village, and she wears her cans and calls action every once in a while. Honestly, that’s the coolest thing.”

“There definitely is something special about the Arrowverse,” says Lotz. “You see it in its staying power and all the other shows that have kind of birthed out of it. I think it’s just that we really need heroes right now, and I think it inspires us to be better, do better.”

“The first big [crossover] with the aliens, that one was really fun,” says Lotz. “When we did the wedding scene [in 2017’s “Crisis on Earth-X”], sort of getting the old Arrow crew back together was really fun. I’m curious to see how [the next one, ‘Crisis on Infinite Earths’] is going to go because it’s going to be bigger than all the other ones.”

“[When] they offered me the job [on Arrow], if they had said, ‘Yeah, you can have the job, but you have to pay us $5,000 per episode just to be in the show’ I would’ve been like, ‘Yeah, okay. Sure, I’ll do that,'” says Amell of landing the role of a lifetime as Oliver Queen in 2012. “Arrow was the most important thing in my entire life by a wide margin. And then I got married, and it became the co-most important thing in my life. Then my wife and I had [our daughter], and Arrow dropped to number three, but I f–ing care a lot about it. I really, really do. I think about it all the time.”

“I get to be the Flash on TV, surrounded by all these other superheroes and it’s something I never want to take for granted,” says The Flash‘s leading man.

“I’ve kind of grown with this character,” says Benoist of portraying Kara Danvers on Supergirl. “It took me a long time to actually feel that strength [of being a superhero]. I feel like if you don’t feel it from the inside out, it’s not going to translate.”

“I didn’t know what I was getting myself into,” says the DC’s Legends of Tomorrow star, recalling her debut as Sara Lance/Black Canary on Arrow. “I actually felt so weird in costume. I remember talking to my friend and was like, ‘I don’t know. I look terrible in this costume.’ She was like, ‘It doesn’t even matter how you look. All that matters is how you feel. If you feel good, you will look good.’ I was like, “Yes, I feel good. I look good. Let’s do it!'”

“I feel like up until now I haven’t really been given the opportunity to play a character that has these dynamics of such severe trauma and such heartbreak and betrayal and loss,” says Rose, who made her debut as Kate Kane in last year’s “Elseworlds” crossover. “She’s heavy. She has a really heavy heart for a lot of very valid reasons.”

“It’s been amazing,” says Amell of the Arrowverse. “I’m so proud of Grant and Melissa, and I really like that Caity has grown into the leader that she has. I’m pumped for Ruby. It’s great [that] you do a show and it births other shows.”

Portraying the Scarlett Speedster has “definitely become a job and it’s a grind and I work long days, as does most of the cast and all of the crew. But there’s always something in a season that kind of snaps you out of the fact that this isn’t normal,” says Gustin. “Like last year when we did the crossovers and Tyler Hoechlin was working as Superman and I got to be on set with Superman for the first time. That was a big moment for me — and then being in the Fortress of Solitude was a mind-blowing moment.”

“That was one of the craziest things I’ve ever done,” says Benoist, recalling the epic heroes uniting scene on the Waverider in 2017’s “Crisis on Earth-X” crossover. “It was everyone from Legends, Arrow, and The Flash. At first, I was like, ‘This is Halloween. This feels so silly,’ but then we all stood there and the strength and the power in that room — just putting on the costume — can make you feel like such a different person. We do that all the time, acting, but these suits, they speak volumes. That particular moment is going to stick with me forever because I think we all felt it.”

“There’s a lot of things that I identify as with Kate, and some things where I feel like I’ve evolved  certain ways from particular traits she has, and in other ways she has traits that I aspire to get throughout life. So we can kind of learn from one another,” says the Orange is the New Black alum. “She loves love. There’s not a lot that she wouldn’t do for love, and I am much the same in that regard.”

“I think it’s pretty ambitious what we try to accomplish on a weekly basis, just each individual show,” says Gustin about the entire Arrowverse, crossovers and all. “To do something like this on TV and try to set a new standard for what can be done on TV is pretty special. It’s cool to be a part of it.”

“I think our show has always done well with a little bit of politics,” says Benoist. “We started wanting to do something super strong and feminist, and really talk about strength in women, what that means and how to empower more women. Every day on set we’re thinking about what we want to say to little girls that are watching, and little boys, anyone. We just want to send hope and inclusivity.”

“I consider the show like [showrunner/EP Caroline Dries] does: [It’s a] show that we wish we actually had when we were growing up and how much of a difference in our lives it would have made to have something like this,” says Rose, who identifies as a lesbian and is starring on the first TV show headlined by an out LGBTQ superhero.

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KWilly - 9/7/2019, 4:54 AM

Aye, they brought back the chinstrap. Thank God, I don't know what they were thinking with S5's costume.

Heck, S1 still has the best costume of the series.

Ha1frican - 9/7/2019, 5:00 AM

Way better than that megamind crap he had last time.

RageDriver2401 - 9/7/2019, 5:24 AM

Amell's new suit looks much better in the show/sizzle real. Looks like the he didn't have the muscle suit during the EW shoot.

They need to give Gustin some of that S4 padding though.

MaximusTheMad - 9/7/2019, 5:33 AM

The costumes are the best thing about these CW series.

That includes Titans.

Reeds2Much - 9/7/2019, 5:34 AM

Say what you will about every other aspect of the show, but the costume department definitely goes above and beyond representing the books' costumes.

Kumkani - 9/7/2019, 5:46 AM

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dragon316 - 9/7/2019, 6:01 AM

I like it actullay look like piece costume not half most costumes look like he had coat with pants for bottom bulky on top sleek on bottom

bs77 - 9/7/2019, 6:50 AM

I like this. The head piece from last season was so awkward looking. This is much sleeker.

TheUnworthyThor - 9/7/2019, 7:11 AM

Good looking costumes. You’re doing nice work there CW.

THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 9/7/2019, 7:22 AM

Wow, they finally did it. Looks so damn good! They took the best of the S1-4 suits and the S5 suit and combined them. Love how the cowl actually looks like it's connected to the bodysuit. And the wings are perfect. Never was a fan of the thunderbolt ones.

BillyBatson1000 - 9/7/2019, 7:55 AM

Batwoman, so tough, they're throwing knives at her and she takes the time to look into camera.

cyclopstb - 9/7/2019, 8:15 AM

The New suit's cowl better not have a zipper.

HeavyMetal4Life - 9/7/2019, 8:28 AM

Thank freaking god they updated the Flash suit to bring the cowl back, god did the suit look bad last season. Otherwise, who gives a shit about Flash, show is garbage. Arrow, heck yeah, looking forward to what should be a final but stellar season.

TheManWithoutFear - 9/7/2019, 8:38 AM

How can the Supergirl costume look so consistently good while the Flash costume looks so consistently bad.

TheLight - 9/7/2019, 10:19 AM

This is the most accurate the suit has ever looked in the show's current history. And yet, people are still trying to find reasons to hate it.

inkniron - 9/7/2019, 11:02 AM

Everything looks good to me except the gold seams. Not a fan of that.

MrCamw1 - 9/7/2019, 11:04 AM

@TheLight - I dont hate the costume. I hate the guy in it. And I dont mean hate the actor hes great but to quote Vince McMahon "Look at BROCK, LOOK AT LASHLEY, LOOK AT CORBIN. THEY HAVE THE MASS...THEY HAVE....BEEEEFFF". Grabt is a twig of a man and it just looks funny no matter what costume hes in. Point being he needs more gains. That's said when Oliver put on the costume he looked terrible and appeared to have a beer gut.

johnnymarr - 9/7/2019, 11:42 AM

I like the new "ear wings". They are more comic book accurate.

NinnesMBC - 9/7/2019, 12:55 PM

Not gonna lie, I was pretty apprehensive and taken back when this pic first came out earlier this week. Maybe the angle of the picture wasn't exactly the best one so it worried me. But surprisingly the new suit has been almost unanimously embraced by the fandom.

And after a couple of hours and day, I dig it now. And the chinstrap and cowl are indeed now connected as one costume as a whole and to the entire suit. Meaning that now there shouldn't be no more cuts when Barry removes his mask.

And yeah the ear-bolts headpieces have been updated to be the bolts from the comics. The lines/seams are definitely from the 52 era, as long as they don't glow when he runs it'll be good.

Now to see if he also has the yellow boots. Overall all Big 3 (Oliver, Kara and him) have updated suits for their new Seasons and will look great during Crisis.

I wasn't aware that Canary was Black Siren. She looks pretty great.

Can't wait for October to arrive.

4thMaster - 9/7/2019, 1:18 PM

Show me some yellow boots and we will have reached peak Flash costume. That suit looks fantastic!!!

Beerus - 9/7/2019, 3:29 PM

Excited for new season of Flash =D

Couldn't care less for Arrow >_>

Himura - 9/9/2019, 2:11 AM

Everyone is talking about the chinstrap but no ones gonna mention the bolts on the side of his head?

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