The CW has just released the first footage from the upcoming all-new
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This new series will introduce us to a more Batman Begins-ysh take on Oliver Queen. And despite being on the same channel, it won't tie-in with Smallville.
Here’s the official pitch from the network's press release:
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.So apparently, Star City was renamed Starling City, because....?
(these sort of little generic changes always annoy me, because what's their purpose? what does it bring up to the table? nothing? a new trademarked name to copyright?)
Anyways, here's the official first look at the beginning of the show:
Looking interesting so far.
I'll definitively check up the show's start.
Though this guy doesn't strike me as "Oliver Queen" much.
The arrow-carving seems to be ported straight outta the pages of GA: Year One.
Hope it doesn't end up as "emo" (for lack of a better word) and filled with teenage-angst as Smallville... (a Superman/Clark Kent that barely ever smiled? really? and more drama than a soap opera...)
Now, I can't wait for Syfy's own Booster Gold to show up to! Been loving Eureka lately, and I guess with that show ending, Booster will take its place/slot on the shedule.
