Green Arrow Aims For The CW

Posted by banson on January 15th, 2012 | Comments Off

The CW Aims For DC’s Emerald Archer

According to Deadline, The CW has ordered a pilot for a hour long superhero drama based on the Green Arrow comic book character from DC Comics. Green Lantern screenwriters Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, and Fringe writer Andrew Kreisberg will team-up to script the pilot. Smallville pilot director David Nutter will direct the Green Arrow pilot. Justin Hartley, who played Green Arrow on Smallville, is currently not associated with the upcoming pilot. And while the show is based on the comic book character, it is being said that the TV series will set the character “in a new world with an original story that is not based on the comics.”

Green Arrow, who first appeared in More Fun Comics in 1941, was created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp. One time billionaire Oliver Queen became the crime fighting archer who is part Batman, part Robin Hood. During his history he took in the sidekick Speedy, became close friends of  Green Lantern, has had a long time love affair with Black Canary, and became a member of the Justice League.

The new pilot is a second go-around for Green Arrow and The CW. Justin Hartley played the archer in a seven-episode arc on Smallville during the 2006 season. Since the end of Smallville, the network has been milling around the library of their sister company, DC Comics, to find another super hero to adapt for TV. Ideas have been floating around for shows based on Raven, Death, the Sandman, and Supernatural creator Eric Kripke is working on an idea for Deadman.
The writing team previously worked together on the ABC drama Eli Stone, and they have comic book experience. Kreisberg was a writer on Green Arrow and Black Canary and Batman Confidential for DC, Helen Killer for Arcana, and scripted two episodes of the Justice League animated series. Guggenheim has had a stint writing The Flash for DC, as well as The Amazing Spider-Man for Marvel and Resurrection for Oni Press.

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