It has long been rumored thatStephen Amell’s Oliver Queen will no longer go by the crime-fighting monikerArrowwhenSeason 4debuts next month, with the actor revealing in May that “Arrowis done,” and that he has worn the costume for the last time. The actor showed up at Comic-Con this summer showing off a brand new costume, prompting rumors that he may start calling himself Green Arrow, like the comic books the show is based on. Today, Television Promos has released a new trailer for the Philippines TV networkJack TV, which features newArrowfootage that shows Oliver Queen stating “I have become the Green Arrow.”
After defeating his most formidable foe to date and riding off into the sunset with longtime flame Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards),Oliver Queen(a.k.a. TheArrow) left Starling City with the hopes of beginning a new life. But will Oliver ever truly be able to leave behind his past as the Arrow, and, if so, what becomes of the team he has worked so hard to assemble? Will Diggle (David Ramsey), Thea (Willa Holland), and Laurel (Katie Cassidy) be left to continue Oliver’s crusade without him? And with Malcolm Merlyn having ascended to the top of the League of Assassins as the new Ra’s al Ghul, is anyone really safe?
We saw in atrailerreleased earlier this month that Diggle, Thea and Laurel track down Oliver and ask him to come back to his hometown, which has now been renamed Star City to honor Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh), who is still thought to be dead. We know the actor is already set to return in the midseason seriesDC’s Legends of Tomorrow, but it isn’t known when he will surface again onArrowquite yet. Green Arrow isn’t the only one to get a new costume, though with Diggle suiting up in a new costume as he tries to clean up the Star City streets with Thea and Laurel.
New characters slated to debut inSeason 4includeNeal McDonoughasDamien Darhk, Alexander Calvert as Anarky,Echo Kellumas superhero Mister Terrific andJimmy Akingbolaas the villainous Baron Blitzkrieg.Caity Lotz, whose character Black Canary was killed in theSeason 3premiere, will also make her return in aSeason 4episode ofArrow, where she will be reportedly brought back to life through the Lazarus Pit and resurrected as White Canary. There is speculation that this will happen in the same episode thatMatt Ryanwill guest star asJohn Constantine, since his character has expert knowledge of the Lazarus Pit.
This international trailer also features footage from The CW’sThe Flash, NBC’sHeroes Rebornand CBS’Supergirl, since they are all a part of the Jack TV lineup in the Philippines. With just over one week left untilArrowreturns, hopefully we’ll learn more about why Oliver has decided to become the Green Arrow inSeason 4. Do you have any theories about why he’s turning into Green Arrow? Let us know what you think after checking out this international trailer.
