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You may remember that Greg Berlanti was an honoree at the Alliance of Women Directors Awards & Benefit Gala on April 28, 2016, at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills, for his support of women directors. Here's video of GB comments at that event (he was introduced by Julie Plec) - posted by TraipsingThruFilms on youtube...

Thereabouts, I assume. Consistency doesn't seem to be a priority for Arrow.

Remember The CW's S2 character bios? https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.307038822767490.1073741835.104137579724283&type=3 According to those bios (assuming they're correct), the characters' ages at the beginning of S2 were as follows: Oliver - 27 Felicity - 25 Diggle - 35 Laurel - 28 Quentin - 50 Thea - 17 Roy - 22 Moira - 48 Slade Wilson - 40

It's official - Suicide Squad dropped 67% in its second weekend, although it was #1 at the weekend box office again. I thought this was a good article (fyi, the writer is not the guy who does the Arrow reviews)... Dear 'Suicide Squad' Fans: You Deserved A Better Movie Scott Mendelson AUG 15, 2016 @ 11:00 AM http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/08/15/dear-suicide-squad-fans-you-deserved-a-better-movie/#5071f2a01266

That's a good point. I didn't even consider the military possibility but just assumed Lt. Conahan was a cop. I'm also hoping that the boyfriend is something that's Flashpoint AU only. Like maybe a reason why Oliver & Felicity didn't get together during the 5-month hiatus. Since Barry did what he did in the spring, the Arrowverse has been living in this AU since May. I agree that Malone is a good possibility. FYI, Tyler Ritter did shoot a nighttime scene with Adrian Holmes (SCPD Lt. Pike) for 501 or 502: ETA: Now that SDCC and TCA are over, I'm starting to organize all of the S5 spoilers that I've collected (for posting here). There's a lot more material than you might expect. Part of the problem is that there are a lot of variations on the same spoiler, with minor but sometimes significantly different nuances. I'll first organize them by topic, so that we can figure out who's who and what's what. Then when it gets closer to October, I'll organize them by episode.

Tyler Ritter is playing the recurring role of Detective Malone, a new addition to the SCPD. He was in the Arrow production offices on July 12. Ritter also appeared in an instagram pic with James Bamford and Adrian Holmes that was posted by Holmes (who plays Lt. Frank Pike) on July 23 with a comment about a "night shoot". There has been no news announcement (as yet) about Ryan Williams or about who is playing Felicity's boyfriend. This new speculation is based solely on @Sunshine's post above (about a pic of Ryan Williams being captioned "Felicity's boyfriend" and reportedly on the Arrow set for a day) and on Ryan Williams' IMDB page indicating that he's playing a Lt. Conahan in 501 of Arrow. So, two different cops. We don't know for sure if either, or neither, will be Felicity's boyfriend.

After watching his demo reel, I think Ryan Williams comes across as more genuine than BR and more mature than GG. He could be a serious threat to Olicity if he has on screen chemistry with EBR. As for the lack of news announcements, it could be that the EPs wanted to surprise viewers and also not have viewers predisposed to dislike him, if he just appeared in 501 and we saw how he interacted with Felicity first. But maybe we're wrong and he isn't playing Felicity's new boyfriend at all, but just another SCPD cop.

This is interesting - old pics of SA, KC, EBR, WH, DR, CH, PB, JB, ST, MB, BR and GG when they were younger (posted by First Last on youtube)... This pic must be from S1, but I never saw it before...

WW director responded to that open letter... 'Wonder Woman' Director Responds to Claim Film Is a "Mess": "It's Entirely False" AUGUST 12, 2016 5:21pm PT by Aaron Couch http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/wonder-woman-director-responds-claim-919315

General news report on the TCA Summer 2016 Press Tour, including Arrowverse news (warning: some of it is spoilery)... TCA 2016: Everything you missed from TV's big press tour BY JAMES HIBBERD, NATALIE ABRAMS August 12 2016 http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/12/tca-2016 Other news from the TCA Summer 2016 Press Tour affecting Arrow... CW Sleeps with the Enemy as Deal with Hulu Expires August 13, 2016 Cristina Lee http://wallstreetpit.com/111698-cw-sleeps-enemy-deal-hulu-expires/

Ryan S. Williams' IMDB page lists an Arrow 501 credit (previous credits include Motive, Copper, Beauty and the Beast and Nikita)... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3466475/ I couldn't find his height, but from his demo reel below, he looks tall. And I believe these are his twitter and facebook accounts (follows Elysia Rotaru and there's a follower called @TaianaIsMyQueen)... https://twitter.com/ryslife https://www.facebook.com/ryan.williams.169405 If so, then he looks more like the comics Green Arrow than SA... Elysia Rotaru posted this video on youtube... Ryan S Williams- Drama Reel Motive Copper Get Out Alive

FYI... DC COMICS SALES TOP MARVEL IN JULY THANKS TO REBIRTH'S STRONG PERFORMANCE Posted: 19 hours ago Stephen Gerding, Senior Editor http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/dc-comics-sales-top-marvel-in-july-thanks-to-rebirths-strong-performance REBIRTH Puts DC Back On Top of July 2016 Comic Book Sales Charts by Michael Doran Date: 12 August 2016 Time: 11:06 AM ET http://www.newsarama.com/30614-rebirth-puts-dc-back-on-top-of-july-2016-comic-book-sales-charts.html

Interesting inteview with EK (warning: although most of this article is nonspoilery, there are minor spoilers)... Echo Kellum: Arrow’s Mr. Terrific Talks in our Exclusive Interview Posted by Michael Pellegrini Date: August 08, 2016 http://onfiction.net/2016/08/08/echo-kellum-arrows-mr-terrific-talks-in-our-exclusive-interview/

Wow... that open letter quoted in the above Vulture article, if true, is illuminating. So Wonder Woman may also be a disaster-in-the-making? Just wow.

I agree. But Felicity still has to visit The Flash in week 2. So maybe she's dating Barry in the Flashpoint AU and then when things are changed back, she's now dating this new recurring character of Detective Malone (Tyler Ritter).* (*I keep thinking of Demming from Castle). We don't know yet which episode Tyler Ritter will debut in, but he was in the Arrow production offices on Jul. 12th. There's also a police corruption story happening this season, so if he's a good cop, I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up a casualty. I also agree with those who say that WM's TVLine comments ("And the one thing [Felicity] has in this life is the bunker") contradict her GATV comments about Felicity having a new boyfriend.

Dragon Con, September 2-5, 2016 (Atlanta, GA) Willa Holland, Alex Kingston and Summer Glau (also Caity Lotz, Falk Hentschel, Carlos Valdes, Ciara Renee, Arthur Darvill, Violett Beane and Casper Crump) http://www.dragoncon.org/

The CW: Guide To Sizes Of Current Series Orders, Upcoming Pilot Pickups – TCA by Nellie Andreeva • August 11, 2016 11:46am http://deadline.com/2016/08/the-cw-current-series-orders-the-fampire-diaries-final-season-size-pilot-pickups-tca-1201802228/

Summaries of major spoilers coming out of TCA... 11 Things We Learned About The Flash, Supergirl, and Arrow at TCA By Whitney Friedlander August 11, 2016 5:29 p.m. http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/supergirl-flash-arrow-tca-panel-things-we-learned.html The Biggest Scoops From CW Hero Shows At TCA Panel By Robert Dougherty Aug 12, 2016 10:00 AM http://www.themovienetwork.com/article/biggest-scoops-cw-hero-shows-tca-panel

No mention of Arrow's 100th episode, apparently, but the important thing is that we welcome Supergirl to The CW, right? At least Berlanti's still calling the four shows' shared universe the "Arrowverse"... Supergirl finds a perfect new home as the CW plans for a superhero-filled future By Julia Alexander on Aug 11, 2016 at 5:30p http://www.polygon.com/tv/2016/8/11/12443034/the-flash-supergirl-arrow-legends-of-tomorrow-cw-tcas-2016

SA's reactions to Dolph Lundgren and Supergirl/Flash musical spoilers coming out of TCA...

Greg Berlanti Says CONSTANTINE'S Future On The CW Is Uncertain, No Plans For BATMAN Matt Bellissimo Aug. 12, 2016 http://www.comicbookmovie.com/constantine/greg-berlanti-says-constantines-future-on-the-cw-is-uncertain-no-a144489 ARROW CREATOR CONFIRMS NO PLANS FOR BATMAN CHARACTERS ON ARROWVERSE SHOWS BY ALEX OSBORN Aug. 11, 2016 http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/08/11/arrow-creator-confirms-no-plans-for-batman-characters-on-arrowverse-shows

THE FLASH: According To CW President, Barry's Flashpoint Arc Will Only Last "A Couple Of Episodes" Rohan Patel August 11, 2016 http://www.comicbookmovie.com/the_flash/the-flash-according-to-cw-president-barrys-flashpoint-arc-will-only-a144462 'The Flash' season 3 spoilers, casting news: Iconic DC villain Mirror Master joins cast, Grant Gustin hints 'Back to the Future' moment Sheanne Aguila12 AUGUST, 2016 http://christiantimes.com/article/the-flash-season-3-spoilers-casting-news-iconic-dc-villain-mirror-master-joins-cast-grant-gustin-hints-back-to-the-future-moment/60599.htm