The DC TV shows are in a weird position where those working on the show are forced not to use certain characters depending on what they're up to on the big screen. It makes zero sense when you consider the fact two versions of The Flash are running around but it's just the way things go and Arrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim has confirmed we can forget about seeing Deathstroke return.
That's despite the fact Slade Wilson has made a number of appearances in season six and it seems we'll never learn what happens next with his crazy son, Joe. "These are DC's characters, we're just renting them ya know, so we use the characters that they tell us we can use when we can use them, and we work around whatever limitations that places us," explains in the video interview below.
"For a time they were saying 'you can't use Deathstroke', and that changed and we were able to have Slade Wilson back on the show, and now we're back to 'you can't use him'." So, why the change? It's down to the movies, obviously. "They're working on the feature film version, it really is sort of now that you've got obviously Slade, spoiler alert, Deathstroke appears at the end of the Justice League movie." Are you disappointed that we've seen the last of Manu Bennett's Deathstroke?
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