Arrow will be wrapping up its fifth season come late April with a string of episodes that also finish off explaining Ollie’s complex past. Which means, in turn, the show has a bunch of budget and time freed up, so it’s bringing on more superheroes and cementing this season’s motley crew of vigilantes as an ongoing concern.
Rick Gonzalez and Juliana Harkavy, who play Wild Dog and the current Black Canary, respectively, are being promoted to series regulars, joining Echo Kellum as Curtis/Mister Fantastic who got the nod last season. Katie Cassidy is also returning as Evil Fun Laurel as a series regular as well, meaning Arrow will presumably have a lot of plotlines to juggle.
The main question, of course, is what this means for the show. Arrow‘s shift to an ensemble focus has been a bit bumpy, as the show has settled who has which role and where everyone fits. This will bump the number of series regulars up to eight, so that raises the question of how much screen time everybody can get and where the show will go now that it’s about a team. We’ll see as season five goes into its last run of episodes starting April 26th.
(via The CW)