Season 7 of ARROW begins with Oliver in prison with a lot of the criminals he put behind bars and now all of them know his secret identity — including Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger (Michael Jai White), Derek Sampson (Cody Runnels) and Danny “Brick” Brickwell (Vinnie Jones). On the outside, Felicity and William are alone and frightened and Felicity will get tired of watching her back and “take some action,” according to Emily Bett Rickards.
During ARROW’s Comic-Con panel, the cast and executive producer, Beth Schwartz, shared a few other teasers for the new season.
- Out on the streets, Rene will have to figure out how to “interpret Oliver’s directive [to them]” before he headed to prison. Echo Kellum said that all of the heroes on Team Arrow will be trying to do what they can to help Star City, but they might be doing it in different ways.
- Meanwhile, Roy isn’t the same person as the man he was when he left according to Colton Haynes. Haynes said that the new executive producer “wrote me a version of the character that is so special. It’s going to be so hard for me to do, but I’m going to do it.”
- The Longbow Hunters were mentioned in the season 6 finale and three of them will be working with Diaz in season 7 – Red Dart (played by Holly Elissa), Kodiak (played by Michael Jonsson) and Silencer (played byMiranda Edwards).
- There’s a scene in the season premiere where Stephen Amell says that Oliver does something that is “reprehensible”.
- Felicity and Diggle will be “hunting down Diaz in their own way,” according to David Ramsey.
Warner Bros. and The CW also released a trailer showing scenes from the premiere of season 7, which you can watch below. ARROW returns with all new episodes on Monday, October 15 on The CW.
