It seems the end of an era regarding live-action comic book media has arrived. Running for 6 years since 2012, the eponymous progenitor of the Arrowverse, Arrow, has been announced to be canceled after it's upcoming eight season. The news first broke on March 6th, with lead actor Stephen Amell taking to social media to announce the news to fans in an emotional video. Though no reason has been given as to why the show has been announced to end, most speculate that actor Stephen Amell desires to move on in his career and avoid the show limping to its conclusion. Many Arrowverse actors who started on Arrow, like Katie Cassidy and lead of The Flash Grant Gustin, spoke on social media about their joy working on the show and with its cast and crew. It had been speculated before that two shows in the Arrowverse would be ending after their renewal for the upcoming TV season, with Legends of Tomorrow being the other show theorized to end. On the fan side of things, many speculate that Oliver Queen will die in the upcoming Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover, based on the 1985-86 comic event of the same name; evidence of this mostly deals with some form of a deal Queen made with the Monitor, Mar Novu, in 2018's Elseworlds event. Regarding the rest of the Arrowverse, all else seems to be in order to continue: Batwoman, who made her debut in Elseworlds, will have her show premiere sometime this year, and possibly take the Monday night slot of Arrow. Season 6 of The Flash has been known to be happening since at least January of this year, same with Supergirl. however, Amell has hinted that though the show may be ending , Queen may continue on with his life. In any case, the show that arguably did as much for superhero TV as the Avengers did for films, has finally earned the same rest as its tortured hero.
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