The CW Orders Green Arrow Pilot

The CW has ordered a pilot called Arrow that will be based on DC Comics legend Green Arrow, which will be headed up by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, who wrote last year’s Green Lantern film starring Ryan Reynolds, according to ew.com.

Joining Berlanti and Guggenheim as an executive producer and writer will be Andrew Kreisberg, who has worked on Boston Legal, Fringe and Warehouse 13, and has also scripted several Green Arrow and Batman comic books. Kreisberg, Berlanti and Guggenheim previously worked together on ABC’s short-lived Eli Stone in 2008.

Of course, fans of The CW’s Smallville fans will remember Justin Hartley’s portrayal of the character from 2006-2011 on the series. Initially brought into the series to fill the void left by not being allowed to include Batman in the series, Green Arrow quickly became a Smallville fan-favorite character – and arguably had the best superhero costume network television has ever seen.

As the Smallville series finale grew closer, fans were wondering whether or not The CW would spin-off Green Arrow into a series of its own. Despite Justin Hartley being interested in pursuing a Green Arrow series, nothing ever came of it.

Word is that the new pilot that The CW ordered from Kreisberg, Berlanti and Guggenheim has no connection to Smallville. In fact, Hartley is not even attached to this series. That doesn’t necessarily mean he couldn’t be – though it’s highly unlikely at this point.

This isn’t the first time that The CW has been looking for a new comics-based show. Deadman is in the works, and there was a previous order for a pilot based on Dick Grayson’s family of trapeze artists. In DC Comics’s ‘New 52,’ writer Ann Nocenti has taken over the writing reigns for Green Arrow.

Will it make it to the small screen? Stay tuned!

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