ARROW, BATWOMAN, THE FLASH, And SUPERGIRL Suit Up And Strike A Pose On Awesome EW Covers

ARROW, BATWOMAN, THE FLASH, And SUPERGIRL Suit Up And Strike A Pose On Awesome EW Covers

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly puts the spotlight on The CW's DC TV shows, and along with some awesome cast photos, we have fresh details on the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" event. Take a look...

By JoshWilding - Jul 17, 2019 11:07 AM EST
Filed Under: The Flash
Source: Entertainment Weekly
The final season of Arrow airs this Fall and will revolve around Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) working for the Monitor as he heads off on a series of missions to try to stop the world from ending. However, there's also going to be some big surprises for fans, including the return of familiar faces (such as Tommy Merlyn and Adrian Chase). 

"Episode 1 is an ode to season 1, and episode 2 is an ode to season 3," teases Amell. "We’re playing our greatest hits." Will the show end with the demise of Ollie, though? "Because he’s a superhero with no superpowers, I always felt he should die — but he may also not die. I cried as [Marc Guggenheim] was telling me. There are a lot of hurdles to get over to make that final scene."

According to showrunner Beth Schwartz, "Everything relates to what’s going to happen in our crossover episode, which we’ve never done before." Fellow executive producer Marc Guggenheim adds: "Oliver [is told] he’s going to die, so each episode in the run-up to ‘Crisis’ has Oliver dealing with the various stages of grief that come with that discovery. So the theme really is...acceptance."

Along with details on "Crisis on Infinite Earths," Entertainment Weekly has shared five new magazine covers putting the spotlight on Supergirl (Melissa Benoist), The Flash (Grant Gustin), Green Arrow, White Canary (Caity Lotz), and Batwoman (Ruby Rose). 

We also have some awesome promo shots of the characters, and while it doesn't appear as if they're in their new costumes (the Girl of Steel still has her skirt, for example), they are still very cool. Hit the "View List" button below to check out the full gallery!

Cover inspired by Neal Adams’ Superman #233 cover. 
                        Supergirl returns Sunday, Oct. 6 at 9 p.m. on The CW. 
                        For more on how the Arrowverse saved the TV superhero, pick up the August issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands July 25-26. You can buy all five covers, or purchase your individual favorites featuring Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, White Canary, and Batwoman. Don’t forget to subscribe for more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW.


"I’ve kind of grown with this character," says Benoist, who originally played Supergirl on CBS before the show was moved to The CW. "It took me a long time to actually feel that strength [of being a superhero]. I feel like if you don’t feel it from the inside out, it’s not going to translate."
 
The Flash returns Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. on The CW. 
                        For more on how the Arrowverse saved the TV superhero, pick up the August issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands July 25-26. You can buy all five covers, or purchase your individual favorites featuring Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, White Canary, and Batwoman. Don’t forget to subscribe for more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW.


"I get to be the Flash on TV, surrounded by all these other superheroes and it’s something I never want to take for granted," Gustin says when asked what being The Flash means to him.
 
Arrow returns for its eigth and final season Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 9 p.m. on The CW.
                        For more on how the Arrowverse saved the TV superhero, pick up the August issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands July 25-26. You can buy all five covers, or purchase your individual favorites featuring Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, White Canary, and Batwoman. Don’t forget to subscribe for more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW.


"[When] they offered me the job [on Arrow], if they had said, ‘Yeah, you can have the job, but you have to pay us $5,000 per episode just to be in the show’ I would’ve been like, ‘Yeah, okay. Sure, I’ll do that,'" Amell says, reflecting on being cast as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow when the show launched in 2012.

"Arrow was the most important thing in my entire life by a wide margin. And then I got married, and it became the co-most important thing in my life. Then my wife and I had [our daughter], and Arrow dropped to number three, but I f–ing care a lot about it. I really, really do. I think about it all the time."
 
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow returns in 2020 on The CW. 
                        For more on how the Arrowverse saved the TV superhero, pick up the August issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands July 25-26. You can buy all five covers, or purchase your individual favorites featuring Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, White Canary, and Batwoman. Don’t forget to subscribe for more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW.


"I didn’t know what I was getting myself into," Lotz says, reflecting on being cast as Black Canary in Arrow. "I remember talking to my friend and was like, ‘I don’t know. I look terrible in this costume.’ She was like, ‘It doesn’t even matter how you look. All that matters is how you feel. If you feel good, you will look good.’ I was like, “Yes, I feel good. I look good. Let’s do it!'" 
 
Cover inspired by Michael Cho’s variant cover for Batwoman #11. 
                        Batwoman premieres Sunday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. on The CW. 
                        For more on how the Arrowverse saved the TV superhero, pick up the August issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands July 25-26. You can buy all five covers, or purchase your individual favorites featuring Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, White Canary, and Batwoman. Don’t forget to subscribe for more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW.


"I feel like up until now I haven’t really been given the opportunity to play a character that has these dynamics of such severe trauma and such heartbreak and betrayal and loss," Rose says of her role as Batwoman. "She’s heavy. She has a really heavy heart for a lot of very valid reasons."
 
Arrowverse, assemble! The stars of Arrow, Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and Batwoman grace the covers of EW’s first monthly issue. Click through for exclusive images from our epic cover shoot with Stephen Amell, Melissa Benoist, Grant Gustin, Caity Lotz, and Ruby Rose, and the five collectible covers. 

 
“The biggest thing that I’ll walk away [with] from doing this show is my kiddo really admires what I do,” says Amell. “She comes to the set all the time, and I know that won’t last forever, but she sits there in video village, and she wears her cans and calls action every once in a while. Honestly, that’s the coolest thing.” 

 
“There definitely is something special about the Arrowverse,” says Lotz. “You see it in its staying power and all the other shows that have kind of birthed out of it. I think it’s just that we really need heroes right now, and I think it inspires us to be better, do better.”

 
“The first big [crossover] with the aliens, that one was really fun,” says Lotz. “When we did the wedding scene [in 2017’s “Crisis on Earth-X”], sort of getting the old Arrow crew back together was really fun. I’m curious to see how [the next one, ‘Crisis on Infinite Earths’] is going to go because it’s going to be bigger than all the other ones.”

 
“[When] they offered me the job [on Arrow], if they had said, ‘Yeah, you can have the job, but you have to pay us $5,000 per episode just to be in the show’ I would’ve been like, ‘Yeah, okay. Sure, I’ll do that,'” says Amell of landing the role of a lifetime as Oliver Queen in 2012. “Arrow was the most important thing in my entire life by a wide margin. And then I got married, and it became the co-most important thing in my life. Then my wife and I had [our daughter], and Arrow dropped to number three, but I f–ing care a lot about it. I really, really do. I think about it all the time.” 

 
“I get to be the Flash on TV, surrounded by all these other superheroes and it’s something I never want to take for granted,” says The Flash‘s leading man. 

 
“I’ve kind of grown with this character,” says Benoist of portraying Kara Danvers on Supergirl. “It took me a long time to actually feel that strength [of being a superhero]. I feel like if you don’t feel it from the inside out, it’s not going to translate.” 

 
“I didn’t know what I was getting myself into,” says the DC’s Legends of Tomorrow star, recalling her debut as Sara Lance/Black Canary on Arrow. “I actually felt so weird in costume. I remember talking to my friend and was like, ‘I don’t know. I look terrible in this costume.’ She was like, ‘It doesn’t even matter how you look. All that matters is how you feel. If you feel good, you will look good.’ I was like, “Yes, I feel good. I look good. Let’s do it!'” 

 
“I feel like up until now I haven’t really been given the opportunity to play a character that has these dynamics of such severe trauma and such heartbreak and betrayal and loss,” says Rose, who made her debut as Kate Kane in last year’s “Elseworlds” crossover. “She’s heavy. She has a really heavy heart for a lot of very valid reasons.”

 
“It’s been amazing,” says Amell of the Arrowverse. “I’m so proud of Grant and Melissa, and I really like that Caity has grown into the leader that she has. I’m pumped for Ruby. It’s great [that] you do a show and it births other shows.”

 
Portraying the Scarlett Speedster has “definitely become a job and it’s a grind and I work long days, as does most of the cast and all of the crew. But there’s always something in a season that kind of snaps you out of the fact that this isn’t normal,” says Gustin. “Like last year when we did the crossovers and Tyler Hoechlin was working as Superman and I got to be on set with Superman for the first time. That was a big moment for me — and then being in the Fortress of Solitude was a mind-blowing moment.” 

 
“That was one of the craziest things I’ve ever done,” says Benoist, recalling the epic heroes uniting scene on the Waverider in 2017’s “Crisis on Earth-X” crossover. “It was everyone from Legends, Arrow, and The Flash. At first, I was like, ‘This is Halloween. This feels so silly,’ but then we all stood there and the strength and the power in that room — just putting on the costume — can make you feel like such a different person. We do that all the time, acting, but these suits, they speak volumes. That particular moment is going to stick with me forever because I think we all felt it.” 

 
“There’s a lot of things that I identify as with Kate, and some things where I feel like I’ve evolved  certain ways from particular traits she has, and in other ways she has traits that I aspire to get throughout life. So we can kind of learn from one another,” says the Orange is the New Black alum. “She loves love. There’s not a lot that she wouldn’t do for love, and I am much the same in that regard.” 

 
“I think it’s pretty ambitious what we try to accomplish on a weekly basis, just each individual show,” says Gustin about the entire Arrowverse, crossovers and all. “To do something like this on TV and try to set a new standard for what can be done on TV is pretty special. It’s cool to be a part of it.”

 
“I think our show has always done well with a little bit of politics,” says Benoist. “We started wanting to do something super strong and feminist, and really talk about strength in women, what that means and how to empower more women. Every day on set we’re thinking about what we want to say to little girls that are watching, and little boys, anyone. We just want to send hope and inclusivity.” 

 
“I consider the show like [showrunner/EP Caroline Dries] does: [It’s a] show that we wish we actually had when we were growing up and how much of a difference in our lives it would have made to have something like this,” says Rose, who identifies as a lesbian and is starring on the first TV show headlined by an out LGBTQ superhero.

 
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KWilly
KWilly - 7/17/2019, 11:39 AM
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 7/17/2019, 11:47 AM
@KWilly - Stephen probably just heard more knicks news lol lol
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/17/2019, 11:47 AM
@KWilly - this image WILL NEVER GET OLD
Kucakingkai1991
Kucakingkai1991 - 7/17/2019, 2:18 PM
@KWilly - So gender swap power rangers

Stairway2Kevin
Stairway2Kevin - 7/17/2019, 11:39 AM
Those Flash poses are so laughable
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 7/17/2019, 11:49 AM
@Stairway2Kevin - Only the one where his backside shows more, the rest aren't.
Skrull
Skrull - 7/17/2019, 1:17 PM
@Stairway2Kevin - Nowhere near as laughable as Ezra running.

Humperdink
Humperdink - 7/17/2019, 1:56 PM
@Skrull -

Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 7/17/2019, 2:22 PM
@Humperdink -
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/17/2019, 11:46 AM
Stopped watching Legends last season. Jury's still out on Flash, I'll give it until Crisis. I'm sticking around for Arrow. Last year was a bad year for CWTV, I hope they make a comeback.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/17/2019, 11:47 AM
I don't watch these shows and I know he's not intrinsically connected to this universe but....

Black Lightning doesn't get a cover huh?
Kumkani
Kumkani - 7/17/2019, 11:52 AM
@BlackBeltJones - Shit, does CBM.com even cover that show anymore?
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/17/2019, 11:59 AM
@PeterCipher - Doom Patrol and Swamp Thing are probably not covered as much because they've only aired in the US so far.
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/17/2019, 12:07 PM
@PeterCipher - Not yet. Titans came on Netflix outside US in January. There's still no news on Doom Patrol and Swamp Thing.
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/17/2019, 12:14 PM
@PeterCipher - DC universe is US only for now.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 7/17/2019, 2:54 PM
@PeterCipher - thanks buddy
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/17/2019, 9:32 PM
@PeterCipher - I'm not sure how many of the contributors/editors on the site work out of the US, I think that's the reason we haven't seen many spoiler articles.
Bucht
Bucht - 7/17/2019, 10:00 PM
@RageDriver2401 - FYI Doom Patrol is on HBO Nordic for northern Europe, no news about Swamp Thing yet.
Bokis
Bokis - 7/17/2019, 11:54 PM
@RageDriver2401 - Doom Patrol is streaming on HBO Nordic outside of the US, don’t know about Swamp Thing though
BuzzKillington
BuzzKillington - 7/17/2019, 11:47 AM
That's bad form Gustin. More like this



jumpingtheshark
jumpingtheshark - 7/17/2019, 12:19 PM
@BuzzKillington Ezra runs like the most unathletic person in the world with a broom handle up his butt. Worst. Flash. Ever.
CapnMurphy2021
CapnMurphy2021 - 7/17/2019, 1:02 PM
@jumpingtheshark - looks like he was trying to emulate speed skaters... which sorta makes sense... just doesn’t look right:-/
Skrull
Skrull - 7/17/2019, 1:21 PM
@BuzzKillington - He runs like somebody who's about to fall flat on his face.
comicfan100
comicfan100 - 7/17/2019, 2:23 PM
@BuzzKillington -
ZombieScarblood
ZombieScarblood - 7/17/2019, 6:48 PM
@jumpingtheshark - What he does in his bedroom is his business!
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 7/17/2019, 11:47 AM
The Arrow and Legends cover are my two favorites. Then Flash and Supergirl are ok (Supergirl one I like more than flash) and the Batwoman one I'm not a huge fan of at all.
Origame
Origame - 7/17/2019, 11:52 AM
@MrCamw1 - looks like a new costume for oliver.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/17/2019, 11:48 AM
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/17/2019, 11:53 AM
@PeterCipher - but is she without pandering lol

Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 7/17/2019, 12:14 PM
@PeterCipher -
Kumkani
Kumkani - 7/17/2019, 11:51 AM
Damn Caity Lotz looking good as hell.

Why does Grant Gustin look like he's trying to run away from gay thoughts lol



Kumkani
Kumkani - 7/17/2019, 12:07 PM
@PeterCipher -



Wait this is getting pervy now

*keeps looking anyway
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 7/17/2019, 11:53 AM
That must have been the new and final suit that Guggenheim was teasing for Oliver, I like how it is a mix of S1 with an upgrade feel to it.

I am also pretty sure the Flash suit has been tweaked, those golden lines were not in the previous one. (And apparently the chinstrap is really coming back according to what Grant Gustin told some paps)

Ruby Rose looks cool without the bat cowl.

This must've been done before they revealed the new Supergirl suit. I like the one with her back to the camera.

Sara is going to get a super power according to Caity Lotz. I bet it relates to something Astra does, maybe.

Can't wait for CoIEs!
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 7/17/2019, 11:58 AM
Curious about how these "ode" episodes will be for Arrow. They have nine to do before Crisis on Infinite Earths kicks in. I expected an multiversal travel but a one across the world doesn't sound bad either for Oliver.

THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 7/17/2019, 12:02 PM
Not really digging the new Arrow suit but I guess it's a nice throwback to Season 1's.
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/17/2019, 12:11 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - yea not feeling the collar-hood hybrid. Plus the vest thing looks tacked on.

Also looks like Amell has lost lot of size. Has he already finished filming?
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