Season 2 of Legends of Tomorrow will see the team replace the Time Masters as the guardians of history and with that new position, the team will cross paths with the Justice Society of America:
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Hourman (Patrick J. Adams)
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Vixen (Maisie Richardson-Sellers)
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Stargirl (Sarah Grey)
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Obsidian (Lance Henriksen)
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Doctor Mid-Nite (role not yet cast)
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Commander Steel (Matthew MacCaull)
The team will also cross paths with the Legion of Doom, which will consist of:
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Reverse-Flash ( Matt Letscher)
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Dark Archer (John Barrowman)
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Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough)
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Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller)
However, according to showrunner Marc Guggenheim, the show has a lot more to explore beyond the additon of these two superpowered groups.
Speaking to Collider at the Summer TCAs, he stated, "
The show has so many challenges, and certainly one of them has been that the show can be anything, so what’s it gonna be? That’s one of the reasons why we approach the season by figuring out, what is the team’s mission statement? What is the raison d’être of the show?Once you have that structure, that does help narrow your focus."
According to Guggenheim, season 2 picks up 6 months after the season one finale but finds each member of the Legends team in a very different mental state from where we left them. "
The Legends appointed themselves because we knew we wanted them to basically be acting as time cops. That’s fundamentally what they’re doing, and that structure, while loose, helps focus us. [Each member] is in a bit of a different place. There is a season-long mythology and a season-long big bad that we’re building up to, but unlike Season 1 of Legends, it’s not where you’re starting. It’s something that slowly unfolds, and there’s an element of mystery to it. In that sense, it’s a lot more like Arrow and The Flash are."
As for the Legion and JSA? Don't expect all three groups to appear together in a single episode. "
The way we’ve been handling it is that you’re not going to see all three teams in one episode. We’re not going to cram everyone together. We would have a lot of people. We want it to not feel like an overwhelming amount of story."
Legends of Tomorrow season 2 will premiere this October on The CW for a 13-episode run.