The news comes out of a presentation at WarnerMedia's HBO Max presentation. We know that the CW’s Greg Berlanti is developing a Green Lantern series for HBO Max. Not this one, where Diggle got the ring. But it felt like a fitting end with all the cast members they managed to reassemble for the finale, and the happy ending this corner of the Arrowverse deserves. At its best, back in the Slade Wilson days, you could call it the best superhero show on TV. You may opt-out by. EY & Citi On The Importance Of Resilience And Innovation, Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit — And Pushing For Change. © 2020 Forbes Media LLC. And yet I would also not rule out the Green Lantern show being disconnected from all this and doing a typical Hal Jordan origin. JJ Abrams, as we reported, might have his own designs for a Green Lantern feature whether that involves the Corps or not. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Diggle’s status as a Lantern on other Earths, and that he is a double for John Stewart, was a fan theory before being adopted as Arrowverse canon in the Elseworld’s crossover. I cover all things DC and Godzilla. With eight years of the Arrowverse under his belt, lord knows he has put the time in and has the experience. It will act as GL's reboot in the DC Cinematic Universe, and will tie in to Justice League in May 2017, right after the Season 2 Finale. That Green Lantern project is one of three new DC Comics-based shows coming exclusively to the HBO Max streaming platform. (Related: Green Lantern Corps Film Characters Officially Confirmed!). CW John Diggle trouve l'anneau de Green Lantern Par ailleurs, à l'automne dernier, on apprenait que la plateforme HBO Max préparait une série entièrement consacrée à Green Lantern ! See why nearly a quarter of a million subscribers begin their day with the Starting 5. I still don’t really understand why after seven years with only ten episodes to go, Emily Bett Rickards sat out all of season 8, including the Crisis, but it’s good that she came around for the finale, as it did feel like the show simply could not have ended without her. In Arrow Season 6, Episode 10, John Diggle (played by David Ramsey) was knocked down after a box crashed down from space and landed very close to him. We sort of have to gloss over how that should theoretically change the entire timeline (those three alone living would have altered the events of pretty much the entire series), and just accept it as a nice final nod. (Related:Report: J.J. Abrams Might Be the Next to Take on Superman and Green Lantern), A Green Lantern Corps film was officially announced via Geoff Johns’ Mad Ghost Productions website. We very specifically negotiated and discussed the parameters, and I feel like to say anything beyond what we have shown you would violate our agreement with DC. Green Lantern Isn't Coming to The CW Anytime Soon. John Stewart wielded a green power ring in the comics before and became very popular as the Green Lantern in Justice League Unlimited and the larger DC Animated Universe. This has previously been hinted at in Arrow. Fan since Batman TAS was brand new. Given his involvement in the Arrowverse and the choice to end on this note, it stands to reason that Lantern-Diggle could be a part of that project, if not its star. You have 4 free articles remaining this month, Sign-up to our daily newsletter for more articles like this + access to 5 extra articles. By subscribing, you agree to receive email communication from Bounding Into Comics. The site confirmed the planned film will feature both Hal Jordan and John Stewart as Green Lanterns. Streaming service HBO Max is currently developing a Green Lantern TV series, leading some to speculate that there will be a crossover between the Earth-12 Green Lantern … Warner Bros. may be hesitant to get bogged down in too many GL projects at once. Opening the box, it bathed Diggle in a green glow. (Related: Report: CW Crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths Will Feature DCEU Characters Plus Lynda Carter, Burt Ward, and Tom Welling!). Arrow is wrapping up its almost decade-long tenure on The CW and will leave the door open for a few possible spinoffs to take its place. He is really gone this time, though Stephen Amell naturally did not sit the episode out completely, appearing in fresh-footage flashbacks and one final afterlife sequence. If Diggle does become the Green Lantern, however, this may be a different version of the character than those that will appear in the upcoming HBO Max Green Lantern series, which according to Den of Geek will be set on Earth-12 as opposed to the Arrowverse's Earth Prime. Do you want more Green Lantern in the Arrowverse? There was no resurrection, which has already happened with a dead Oliver at least twice. While The CW was saying goodbye to one superhero in the Arrow series finale Tuesday night, it may have been saying hello to another as the show seemed to tease that the Arrowverse is getting its version of the Green Lantern character. For example, he told Entertainment Weekly: "In Rocky IV when Rocky did the press conference for his Ivan Drago fight, he said, 'It's going to be on Christmas in Russia,' and people are like, 'Why?' 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And it's a huge tease, and obviously, your mind goes to only one thing—there being a ring and him becoming this wonderful character and joining this galactic police group—but it's still open-ended, and that's the way we wanted to leave it.". Eight seasons of Arrow has been a rollercoaster ride. I also wrote The Earthborn Trilogy. Read my new sci-fi thriller novel Herokiller, available now in print and online. Arrowverse executive producer Greg Berlanti said: "The series is going to span several decades and focus on the origin story of two major Green Lanterns on Earth." Ramsey would still play Diggle; he just becomes the Lantern Corps’ new protector of Earth, designated by Oa as Sector 2814. Arrow Season 8 is streaming now on The CW app and website and is expected to be released on Netflix on Wednesday, February 5. A Green Lantern spinoff being pitched doesn’t mean it is greenlit. In a press release DC revealed the film would be based off Johns’ Green Lantern run in the comics which included the Sinestro Corps War, War of the Green Lanterns, Green Lantern: Agent Orange, Green Lantern: Rebirth, Revenge of the Black Hand, Green Lantern: No Fear, Blackest Night and more. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. This is referenced in passing in like two seconds, but now Laurel and Dinah are back in the present like that never even happened, and I am perplexed as to what we’re supposed to think happened there. JJ Abrams, as we reported, might have his own designs for a Green Lantern feature whether that involves the Corps or not. Sure, why not. Disclosure Information: Some of the organizations with products on our site may pay us a referral fee or affiliate commission when you click to apply for those products. I write about video games, television, movies and the internet. Ramsey is also rumored to bear the ring in the next crossover — Crisis on Infinite Earths — as John Stewart. Green Lantern Movie Plans. That includes crime dropping to zero, but also changing the course of history to save characters like Moira, his mother, Tommy, his best friend, and Quentin Lance, now mayor. Again, it seems like half this cast could go on to new, similar projects within the same universe, whether that’s Green Lantern or Green Arrow and the Canaries, but at the very least, we have seen the last of Oliver and Felicity. Katie Cassidy Rodgers (Laurel and Black Canary on Arrow) said she pitched a new Birds of Prey series as an Arrow spinoff. Back in October 2019, AT&T executives announced a Green Lantern-inspired project for … In the Elseworlds Arrowverse crossover, the Flash of Earth-90 (John Wesley Shipp) asked Diggle why he was not wearing his ring when he met him, and in Season 7 we met Diggle's stepfather Roy Stewart (Ernie Hudson)—a hint that Diggle was very close to being John Stewart. Last week’s episode felt like a backdoor pilot for an entirely new series, but we don’t know if that’s going to pan out or not. ", Ramsey, meanwhile, told TV Guide: "It wouldn't be Arrow if there wasn't some question even after that opened-ended tease. Still, I would love to see David Ramsey star in such a project, though in post-show interviews he’s not confirming or denying the future of the character. But the last few years Arrow has settled into a comfortable rhythm, and last night’s series finale in the wake of Crisis on Infinite Earths felt like as fitting an end to the series as it could manage, given the circumstances, which included a recently-killed Oliver Queen. Streaming service HBO Max is currently developing a Green Lantern TV series, leading some to speculate that there will be a crossover between the Earth-12 Green Lantern Corps in the new series and the Arrowverse on Earth Prime. This could have larger implications for the future or it might just be an easter egg, it’s hard to tell. It’s quite possible the new Abrams deal might supersede Johns’ planned Green Lantern Corps movie. The final moments of the show have the ring falling to earth to “find” him, and while we don’t get a name change to “John Stewart,” and we don’t see the literal ring (only its green glow), it’s clear that he’s meant to take up the Lantern mantle, even if he’s not a comic book Lantern specifically, in the end. However, no word on this film has been heard since June of last year. The most confusing aspect of the finale is what we saw last week. The Green Lantern TV Series by CW is a spinoff of Arrow and The Flash, and reboots the Green Lantern Saga. Green Arrow TV Series Planned on CW Network. Obviously, the most headline-making development of the finale is the culmination of something that has been teased on and off for close to five years now, John Diggle getting the nod to become Green Lantern. The same goes for a Green Lantern pitch which could be hurt by plans for a Green Lantern Corps movie that’s been in the pipeline for a while. Whether one of these will be Diggle, or a parallel Earth version of him also played by David Ramsey, or whether the Arrowverse and HBO Max versions of the character will cross over in future has not been revealed yet. With a new streaming service comes an all-new superhero show. Leave a comment. Ragman! Sources close to We Got This Covered say a spinoff starring David Ramsey as not Spartan but, in fact, Green Lantern was pitched to the network. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Green Lantern movie writers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim working on the pilot for a brand new series based on … That was a “Green Arrow and the Canaries” episode where Laurel and Dinah end up in the future fighting crime alongside Mia. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. During Crisis, we saw a glimpse of the Green Lantern Corps, but on another, parallel earth. We did not see what was in the box, but fans are speculating that the box is the perfect size to contain a certain all-powerful ring. It was a somber evening, as you might expect with a show that killed off its hero two full episodes ago. Arrowverse showrunner Marc Guggenheim has told multiple publications that production firm DC Entertainment asked him to include this scene, but also that they had told him he was not allowed to say why. Green Lantern Rumor: Shortlist Of Blonde Actors For Alan Scott Revealed, One A Game of Thrones Alum, New Report Claims Zack Snyder Wanted Hal Jordan To Be Green Lantern In Justice League. The show tried to hit all the beats it could in just 42 minutes, including a flashback that included probably the single best Green Arrow fight scene in the show’s history. He co-created and served as showrunner on the hit CW series “Arrow” as well as “Legends of Tomorrow.” He also co-wrote the 2011 “Green Lantern” film starring Ryan Reynolds. Copyright 2018, Bounding Into Comics. Legends of Tomorrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim shoots down rumors that Green Lantern is joining the DC TV universe. Outside of these three, pretty much the entire cast was reassembled, from the al Ghul sisters, to Thea (who agrees to marry Roy) to even Ragman. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. One result of Oliver sacrificing himself to save the multiverse was that his little corner of it, Star City, was much better off. All Rights Reserved, This is a BETA experience. WGTC’s coverage of new shows was accurate in the case of Ms. Marvel which is happening for Disney+. And he's just like, 'That's what I was told. Related: Green Lantern Corps Film Characters Officially Confirmed! ', "And every time David [Ramsey] and I field questions about what was in the box, [it's] basically like, that's what I was told. And of course, it brought back Felicity at last to say goodbye to Oliver, both in this life, and in the next, as the final moment of the series. (Related:Report: Ms. Marvel Disney+ Series in Development). We know that the CW’s Greg Berlanti is developing a Green Lantern series for HBO Max. ArrowCWDavid RamseyGreen LanternJohn DiggleJohn Stewart. Favorite character is between Swamp Thing and Darkwing Duck. The Arrow showrunners have not confirmed the box contains Green Lantern's ring, but seeing as the signature jewelry is up there with Aquaman's trident, Wonder Woman's lasso of truth and Batman '66's shark repellent bat spray in the hall of fame of DC Comics iconic items, this glowing green box seems to hint that John Diggle will be the Arrowverse version of the John Stewart Green Lantern. John Wesley Shipp’s Barry Allen from Earth-90 recognized John and wondered why he wasn’t wearing his ring — a clear reference to the Corps. One of those could star DC’s other emerald knight, however, there would be a new angle to it. Ryan Reynolds’ stab at the cosmic adventurer floundered critically and commercially, failing to launch the Extended Universe. It felt really disconnected from this week in a way that was disorienting, so I’m not sure what that was all about. Chances of that might be helped or hurt by the movie coming out in February. What I mean by that is: This was something that was worked out over a year ahead with DC Entertainment. To continue reading login or create an account. The same goes for a Green Lantern pitch which could be hurt by plans for a Green Lantern Corps movie that’s been in the pipeline for a while. At its worst (Felicity diverting a nuke), it was borderline unwatchable. The series finale of "Arrow" sees John Diggle find a green glowing box.