Arrowverse – Wikipedia

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Arrowverse

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Some protagonists of the franchise

L’ Arrowverse It is a media franchise consisting of several television series based on the characters of the DC Comics comics, and transmitted since 2012 on the via CW cable channel and on the CW Seed digital platform.

The actors protagonists of the Arrowverse television series are: Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen / Arrow in Arrow ; Grant Gustin in those of Barry Allen / Flash in The Flash ; Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El / Supergirl in Supergirl . The cast of Legends of Tomorrow è invece composto da Arthur Darvill come Rip Hunter, Caity Lotz come Sara Lance / White Canary, Brandon Routh come Ray Palmer / Atom, Dominic Purcell come Mick Rory / Heat Wave, Victor Garber e Franz Drameh come Martin Stein e Jefferson “Jax” Jackson / Firestorm.

The Arrowverse also includes two animated webseries concluded: Vixen , con protagonista mari ji mccabe / Vixen Interprestatta da Megalyn Echinwoke, Freedom Fighters: The Ray starring Ray TerRill / Raggio, played by Russell Tovey.

The first series to be aired was Arrow , which debuted in October 2012. The universe expanded with The Flash In October 2014 and again with the webserie Vixen in August 2015 and with Legends of Tomorrow in January 2016. The franchise had crossover with other series based on DC Comics characters and broadcast on other channels such as Constantine of the NBC e Supergirl of the CBS. At Comic with 2018 a new series was announced starring Batwoman, a character who made his debut in the 2018 crossover.

The series is announced on 28 October 2019 Superman and Lois , starring Tyler Hoechlin, already appeared in Supergirl , in the role of Superman and Bitsie Tulloch as Lois Lane.

Some actors have appeared in multiple series of the franchise such as Wentworth Miller, John Barrowman and Katie Cassidy, interpreters of Leonard Snart / Captain Cold, Malcolm Merlyn / Dark archer and Dinah Laurel Lance / Black Canary, Laurel Lance / Black Siren (evil version then then Redent of Black Canary).

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TV shows [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Arrow (2012-2020) [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Based on the green arrow character, superhero protagonist of a series of comics published by DC Comics, is broadcast from 10 October 2012 on the CW channel. [first]

The eighth and last season was broadcast on The CW channel from 15 October 2019 to 28 January 2020.

The Flash (2014-2023) [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Based on the flash character, superhero protagonist of a series of comics published by DC Comics, is broadcast from 7 October 2014 by the CW issuer. [2]

On March 22, 2022 he was renewed for a ninth season, becoming the longest series of Arrowverse, and on August 1st it is announced that it will be the last season of the series.

Constantine (2014-2015) [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Based on the character of John Constantine, superhero protagonist of a series of comics published by DC Comics, is broadcast from 24 October 2014 on the NBC channel and returned to the Arrowverse retroactively thanks to several crossover with Arrow It is Legends of Tomorrow .

The series was canceled prematurely on May 7, 2015.

Supergirl (2015-2021) [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Based on the Supergirl character, it was broadcast, starting from 2015, first by CBS and then by The CW.

On September 22, 2020, the television broadcaster announced that the sixth would be the last season for the show.

Legends of Tomorrow (2016-2022) [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The series tells of a group of superhero-reinforcers of the original time of the arrowverse and non-existent in the comics, has been broadcast by the The CW channel since 21 January 2016. [3] [4]

On February 3, 2021 The CW renewed the series for a seventh season. Finally, on 30 April 2022 the series was canceled.

Black Lightning (2018-2021) [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Based on the black lightning character, it was broadcast, starting from 2018, by The CW.

On January 7, 2020, the series is renewed for a fourth and final season broadcast from February 8, 2021.

Batwoman (2019-2022) [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Announced at Comic with 2018 in San Diego, it is the first original series of Arrowverse After Legends of Tomorrow And he initially starring Kate Kane and then Ryan Wilder, both under Batwoman’s identity.

On April 30, 2022 the series was canceled, after three seasons.

Stargirl (2020-2022) [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Based on Courtney Whitmore, known as Stargirl, played by Brec Bassinger. The first appearance of the character takes place in the last episode of the crossover Crisis on infinite lands . The series began on May 18, 2020 and in July 2020 it was renewed for a second season.

On October 31, 2022, the cancellation of the series is announced after three seasons.

Superman & Laws (2021-in course) [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The series is announced on 28 October 2019 Superman & Laws , spin-off of Supergirl , starring Tyler Hoechlin, in the role of Superman, and Bitsie Tulloch as Lois Lane.

Webserie [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Arrow: Blood Rush (two thousand and thirteen) [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Transmitted simultaneously with the American airing of the second season of Arrow , the six -episode webseries features Roy Harper as its protagonist. The series tells of a mysterious mission entrusted to Roy by Felicity, thus showing the first meeting between Felicity Smoak and Roy Harper/Arsenal.

Vixen (2015-2016) [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Based on the history of the homonymous character DC Comics Mari Jiwe McCabe / Vixen, it was published on the website of the I broadcaster The CW from 25 August 2015.

The Flash: Chronicles of Cisco (2016) [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The webserie narrates the adventures of Cisco Ramon, a brilliant scientist of the S.T.A.R. Labs, head of the uniform and devices used by the protagonist of The Flash . The series tells the vicissitudes of the character between one episode and the other, that is, when Flash is not busy saving the situation and the laboratory is deserted.

Freedom Fighters: The Ray (2017-2018) [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

An animated series starring Ray TerRill / Raggio, the right arm of the leader of “Freedom Fighters”, a group of fighters on Earth-X.

Legend

  • A gray cell indicates that the character does not appear in the series.
  • The R It indicates that the actor has a recurring role in the series.
  • The G It indicates that the actor appeared in the series as guest star.
  • The IN It indicates that the actor gave only voice to the character (in the original version).

The Arrowverse is set in the imaginary universe that is the background to the narrated events and which takes inspiration from the Multiverse theory. Most of the series that compose it are set on earth-1 ( Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow , Constantine It is Batwoman ), While Supergirl It is set on Earth-38 e Black Lightning On Earth-BL. After the events of the crossover “crisis on infinite lands” all series including the series Superman & Laws , exit subsequently, are set on Earth-Prime. As for the other ongoing television productions with DC characters, it has been established, always by the crossover, which are set in parallel lands: Stargirl On the new land-2, Titans on earth-9, Swamp Thing on earth-19 e Doom Patrol on earth-21. The animated series Freedom Fighters: The Ray It is set on Earth-X.

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Episodes: The Flash Supergirl [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

For more information see the “reception” section of each series

Title Seasons Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
Arrow first 85% (285 reviews) [5] 73 (30 reviews) [6]
2 95% (266 reviews) [7] N.D.
3 89% (365 reviews) [8] N.D.
4 85% (369 reviews) [9] N.D.
5 88% (193 reviews) [ten] N.D.
6 64% (186 reviews) [11] N.D.
7 87% (213 reviews) [twelfth] N.D.
8 95% (125 reviews) [13] N.D.
The Flash first 92% (528 reviews) [14] 75 (38 reviews) [15]
2 94% (362 reviews) [16] 81 (4 reviews) [17]
3 85% (272 reviews) [18] 80 (4 reviews) [19]
4 80% (221 reviews) [20] N.D.
5 94% (294 reviews) [21] N.D.
6 85% (92 reviews) [22] N.D.
7 95% (25 reviews) [23] N.D.
8 N.D. [24] N.D.
Supergirl first 92% (371 reviews) [25] 75 (38 reviews) [26]
2 92% (326 reviews) [27] 81 (4 reviews) [28]
3 78% (289 reviews) [29] N.D.
4 88% (189 reviews) [30] N.D.
5 92% (111 reviews) [thirty first] N.D.
6 88% (13 reviews) [32] N.D.
Legends of Tomorrow first 65% (267 reviews) [33] 58 (28 reviews) [34]
2 88% (166 reviews) [35] N.D.
3 88% (36 reviews) [36] N.D.
4 98% (107 reviews) [37] N.D.
5 100% (13 reviews) [38] N.D.
6 100% (7 reviews) [39] N.D.
7 100% (7 reviews) [40] N.D.
Batwoman first 80% (236 reviews) [41] N.D.
2 85% (20 reviews) [42] N.D.
3 N.D. [43] N.D.

Arrowverse had some derivations also in comics. These are not both adaptations and sequel O prequel or insights of events only mentioned in the TV series.

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