Here’s a bunch of assorted news on Arrow, CW’s upcoming series about DC Universe bow-slinger Green Arrow. Comic-book fans will be pleased to learn that Geoff Johns, one of the most consistently great writers of the last decade, will be penning an episode of the show. On a recent post on DC’s blog Johns is quoted as saying, “I’m thrilled to be writing this episode of Arrow, and while I can’t give too much away, I think comic fans are going to like what we have in store for them — keep an eye out for the Huntress.”
CW has also released some new trailers for the show. The first one is pretty sweet. It makes Oliver Queen look like a modern-day warrior (as opposed to a guy with outmoded weapons and an Errol Flynn fascination).
The next one is…not so good. It’s cheesy and more along the lines of what I expect from The CW.
Hopefully the show’s tone is more like the first trailer and the second is something that’s being used to attract the frau.
Anyway, let me know what you think of the two Arrow clips. Are you excited that Geoff Johns will be writing an episode of the show?
I wasn’t too thrilled the last time I watched something that Geoff Johns helped write (Robot Chicken DC Comics Special), so hopefully this will be better. Hopefully the show does well and is more like the first trailer. I have a pretty good chance of getting my wife to watch the show if she sees the second trailer though, especially since she loves her CW shows.