However, the remark does help to explain the decision to set Green Arrow outside the Smallville universe, and why Stephen Amell was cast in the role instead of Justin Hartley – who began portraying the character in 2006. In Arrow, Amell’s Oliver Queen...

The producers include Greg Berlanti ( Everwood ), Marc Guggenheim ( FlashForward ), and Andrew Kreisberg ( Vampire Diaries , Fringe ). Then the formidable-looking Stephen Amell was cast, taking over the role from Smallville ‘s Justin Hartley. CW’s...

Amell, whose credits also include episodes of Private Practice and the CW’s The Vampire Diaries, will play the playboy by day — who, like Batman — secretly saves the city by night with his enhanced arrows. Amell becomes the latest actor to play the...

On the one hand, some Smallville fans are upset that The CW isn’t spinning-off the Green Arrow character portrayed by actor Justin Hartley on the now-finished Superman origin show. On the other hand, those who never really got into Smallville are happy...

Now, he'll be getting a shot at the spotlight. From the little we know about Arrow, it sounds as if the story will be staying relatively true to the comic books. Are you looking forward to seeing Amell as Oliver Queen? Do you think the CW should have...

The actor has landed the leading role in The CW's Arrow, a modern retelling of the Green Arrow's adventures, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Deadline first reported the news. Similar to Bruce Wayne's Batman, Oliver Queen's Green Arrow has no otherworldly...