Stephen Amell Says Warner Bros. Killed the Chance of a ‘Green Arrow’ Movie
The Arrowverse was the DC(E)U before the DC(E)U. It was a coherent television universe that connected several series, with Arrow, focusing on Green Arrow, being the show that kickstarted it all. Several high-profile superhero shows were made later and the whole franchise became exceptionally popular, especially Arrow and The Flash.
As for Oliver Queen, he was played by Stephen Amell in his – arguably – best and most important role. Amell’s character was so popular at one point that the fans demanded a solo movie, as well as his inclusion into the then-main DCEU, which would have been an epic moment in terms of world-building.
But nothing happened, as you know, and the Arrowverse chapter has since been closed, with the DCU moving in a different direction. In a recent interview, though, Stephen Amell confirmed that he would like to see a revival of Arrow, but also that a Green Arrow movie was pitched to Warner Bros. Keep reading to find out what happened!
It has been a while since the Arrowverse ended and Stephen Amell has been quiet about it for a while, but he is seemingly willing to discuss it, all in light of a mini-scandal” he’s currently involved in, related to some comments about his role and the whole franchise. But we’ve reported on that earlier, so it doesn’t matter here.
What interests us here is the brief talk Amell had with ComicBook.com, in which he revealed two interesting pieces of information. The first one is related to an Arrow revival, and it seems that Amell is totally up for it but would like to make it darker and more mature:
“I mean, I joked about it. Because I think that it would be wonderful one of these days to go back and do something that was in a medium where I could break bones and drop an F-bomb and just sort of go the ‘hard r’ [rating] version of Arrow.”
Source: ComicBook.com
He was also asked about a possible Green Arrow movie in which he would reprise his role, and Amell actually revealed that an idea was pitched to Warner Bros., but that the company simply killed it immediately:
“To my understanding, it just got killed at the studio level from people that, I think, were making decisions… that were fear-based.”
The DCEU was not in a great state at the time and it actually makes sense that Amell thinks that the executives were simply too scared to risk an Arrow movie, so this sounds pretty correct if you ask us. Warner Bros. has not responded to this yet, but if they do, we are certainly going to bring you the news as quickly as possible.
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