ARROW Producers Answer 'Why Green Arrow' And More

ARROW Producers Answer 'Why Green Arrow' And More ARROW Producers Answer 'Why Green Arrow' And More

Producers Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg answer a few fan questions about their take on Green Arrow for The CW including why Green Arrow was selected and what they hope to accomplish in Season One.

By MarkJulian - Oct 01, 2012 07:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Arrow
Source: The CW






After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he's become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow - a vigilante to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory. By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be - flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle - while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel's father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city. Meanwhile, Oliver's own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.



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Running Time: 60 min
Release Date: October 10, 2012
MPAA Rating: Unknown
Starring: Katie Cassidy, Stephen Amell and Willa Holland
Directed by: David Nutter
Written by: Greg Berlanti (story/writer), Marc Guggenheim (story/writer), Andrew Kreisberg (writer), George Papp (character) and Mort Weisinger (character)

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boyofsteel
boyofsteel - 10/1/2012, 8:19 AM
FIRST!!
boyofsteel
boyofsteel - 10/1/2012, 8:20 AM
dammit

mr2324jgf
mr2324jgf - 10/1/2012, 8:25 AM
shit show
thatdylhooper
thatdylhooper - 10/1/2012, 8:29 AM
Take it easy boyofsteel
jimpinto24
jimpinto24 - 10/1/2012, 9:53 AM
I was watching an episode of Smallville back in 2009, and I said to mysel. "It would be cool if Green Arrow got his own TV series" Three years later, Green Arrow get's his own TV series! Oliver Queen is one of my favorite characters on DC comics. Can't wait until next week.
edwardshiro
edwardshiro - 10/1/2012, 11:24 AM
Awesome!
DC4everLantern
DC4everLantern - 10/1/2012, 1:00 PM
Season 2 will defintly be called "The green ARROW Rises"!
I like his costume. Remembers me to the Dark Knight.
Supershadowbat
Supershadowbat - 10/1/2012, 1:01 PM
I'll give Arrow a shot. It seems they are going for a more action oriented show, with other DC heroes and villains thrown into the mix.
LP4
LP4 - 10/1/2012, 1:12 PM
I hope they introduce Deathstroke. It's his turn now.

LP4
LP4 - 10/1/2012, 1:21 PM
@grif- LOL love havin ya around. Glad you're back to being an angsty teddy bear again btw.

I really like Guggenheim and Kreisberg, both swell guys and real fans. I only wished they had worked on Smallville. Maybe then Superman could have had a proper origins/destiny depiction.

=(
lokibane2012
lokibane2012 - 10/1/2012, 1:29 PM
Real reasons:

-can be done for cheap
-setup makes it easiest to ripoff Nolan's Bat-films.
lokibane2012
lokibane2012 - 10/1/2012, 1:36 PM
Here Lies Green Arrow's Identity and Credibility.

RexDartEskimoSpy
RexDartEskimoSpy - 10/1/2012, 3:14 PM

Real reasons:

-can be done for cheap
-setup makes it easiest to ripoff Nolan's Bat-films.


Bull's eye. Doesn't mean it can't be a decent show, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
lokibane2012
lokibane2012 - 10/1/2012, 3:23 PM
@RexDartEskimoSpy

Well you MIGHT enjoy it if you completely ignore that it's supposed to be a superhero show.

But then again, the premise is ludicrous, and the only reason its getting a free pass on that account is because it's a superhero show in the first place.

So... I think this will just be a confused mess. That will collapse in itself for making a superhero show, while simultaneously trying their best to not make a superhero show.

Even Smallville was more accepting of the superhero nature of their series, and the guy wasn't even Superman till the last 10 seconds or so, out of ten years worth of episodes.
IIIAdamantiumIII
IIIAdamantiumIII - 10/1/2012, 4:40 PM
lol they watched the avengers and was like "oh that hawkeye guy is kinda cool, what WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE!!!!??? LETS MAKE A CRAPPY TV SHOW ASAP"
RexDartEskimoSpy
RexDartEskimoSpy - 10/1/2012, 5:50 PM
For me, the biggest red flag is the promo images. They're all so dark and vague, like the network is embarrassed by what they ended up with.

Personally, I'm not particularly interested because it's young, unsure, finding his feet Green Arrow. I love Ollie as he's portrayed in the comics (and on JLU): a seasoned, cranky, older adventurer who's seen it all, which we're clearly not getting in this show. Hopefully, they'll at least incorporate the leftist, anti-establishment, pseudo-Robin Hood aspects of the character. *cough*occupywallstreet*cough*
hueyfreeman
hueyfreeman - 10/2/2012, 12:57 AM
something isn't quite right with andrew kreisbergs face. It looks like his mouth is slowly sliding off.
cyberthoth
cyberthoth - 10/2/2012, 7:31 AM
I've seen the pilot episode.

Here's the deal. It's pretty good and entertaining to watch as long as you can handle the fact it's not really Green Arrow.

I mean it's sort of Green Arrow from the Longbow Hunters era (showing my age here) but they really are trying to make him into a dark character.

I've always thought of Oliver being very similar to Tony Stark (minus the alcoholism). He's rich, funny and basically doing this because he enjoys it. This version of Oliver is definitely not the smartass you love seeing in print.

Oliver feels very Batman-esk here. He's seeking justice for his city. If you can deal with that you will like the show because a lot of the corny things that plagued Smallville don't seem to be a problem.

Frankly after watching it I was struck by the thought that they'd been better off doing the Question instead of Green Arrow because that's who this version of Oliver really is.
darkjoker1
darkjoker1 - 10/2/2012, 8:36 AM
ARROW looks like a better version of the smallive oliver queen and green Arrow shocker XD haha i hope its not going to be canned.....
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