
Here’s the official synopsis for Arrow season 8.Īfter a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. Willa Holland (aka Thea Queen) will be returning in more than one episode, as well!Īs for everyone else and any potential new additions? We’ll have to wait and see! Arrow Season 8 Story “We’re really excited about that because obviously he’s one of our favorite villains.”Īrrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim added that while Donnell is indeed back as Tommy Merlyn, he is “not coming back as the Tommy we know.” “Adrian Chase comes back in a different way than expected,” showrunner/executive producer Beth Schwartz told EW, who first broke the news of the unexpected guest stars. The season premiere saw Colin Donnell guest star as Tommy Merlyn, joined by, Josh Segarra, who returned as Adrian Chase.

Other new series regulars include Katherine McNamara, Joseph David-Jones, and Ben Lewis as Mia Smoak, Connor Hawke, and Oliver Queen’s adopted son, William Clayton, respectively. We have more info on Diggle’s sons right here.

Thankfully, he won’t disappear altogether as Roy will be a recurring character throughout the season.Ĭharlie Barnett ( Russian Doll) has joined the cast for Arrow‘s final season as John Diggle Jr., the leader of the Deathstroke Gang in the future timeline, which means he’ll face off against Mia and Connor Hawke at some point. Roy was previously a series regular in season 7 before getting bumped from regular status in season 8. However, he’ll soon be seen as part of a sci-fi series titled Home Invasion, joined by names like Morena Baccarin and John Noble.Įmily Bett Rickards will be back for the series finale, which is big news for Team Arrow.Ĭolton Haynes will be reprising his role as Roy for the show’s final season, as EW confirmed. Blackthorne, an English actor, subsequently moved on to NBC’s ghostly crime procedural series, The InBetween, which ran earlier this year, but was recently cancelled.

The police detective character, the father of embattled sisters Laurel and Sara, was initially an adversary to Oliver Queen’s vigilante exploits, eventually becoming a key ally to Team Arrow until he was killed by Ricardo Diaz in the Season 6 finale.

Paul Blackthorne will reprise his former series-regular role as Quentin Lance for multiple Season 8 episodes, reports TV Line. We broke down the series finale in detail here. Read about what that Green Lantern tease means here.
