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Last week, Arrow star Stephen Amell asked fans on his Facebook page whether they had a preferred outlet for him to sell props, collectibles and other Arrow goodies that he occasionally finds himself looking to get rid of. It has turned out to be a precursor to a decision to auction items on eBay to benefit a young girl with cancer.

Prayers for Sophie is a charity he’s promoted before on his Facebook page, to benefit a little girl and her family struggling with cancer and the attendant costs of medical care to keep the child alive. He’s also recently visited with the family, and shortly after that is apparently when this plan took shape.

Amell says that every few weeks he will auction a new item for a charity that’s close to his heart, starting with Prayers for Sophie.

Read more: http://comicbook.com/blog/2014/05/12/arrows-stephen-amell-auctioning-statue-to-raise-money-for-young-girl-with-cancer/

The CW is hoping that lightning can strike twice with their young superhero franchises, announcing that they’ve ordered “The Flash” as a new live-action TV series set to air this fall, Entertainment Weekly reports.

The show, which will be part of a lineup that includes the recently renewed “Arrow” as well as “Beauty and the Beast” and the DC Comics adaptation “iZombie,” is a spin-off of “Arrow.” The fan-favorite Barry Allen character, played by Grant Gustin, first appeared in a few episodes of “Arrow.”

Read more: http://www.mtv.com/news/1822224/the-flash-tv-series-is-officially-speeding-to-the-cw/

Before the events of “The Dark Knight Rises,” and “Batman Begins,” there was Gotham City. Yes, the corrupt city where the cape crusader was born after the brutal murder of young Mr. Bruce Wayne’s parents. Now, an ambitious new show aims to tell the story of that crime-ridden city. Fox and Warner Bros. Television revealed Tuesday on the series official Twitter account that they've ordered a full season of the Batman prequel “Gotham” which premieres this fall.

Superheroes are beginning to dominate not only on the big screen but also on the small screen. “The Flash” will be making a return to television as a spin-off of the CW series “Arrow,” this fall to expand the DC Comics universe. Warner Bros. is excited to further explore the mythos of these iconic characters and tell a story that has never been told before on screen. The new series “Gotham” takes viewers on a journey to explore the origin stories of DC Comics' super villains and vigilantes. By revealing an entirely brand-new chapter that has never been told. They also felt that after the success of TV’s “Arrow,” They felt that it was time for a pre-Batman series.

Trailer: http://www.examiner.com/article/fox-orders-batman-prequel-gotham-for-full-season

Watch a superheroic future teased in the first clip from tomorrow night's 'Arrow' thriller Streets of Fire!

Time to go Fashion Police on Stephen Amell at The Barnstable Brown Gala. While I am loving the pink blazer, the fit is pretty bad, making him look uncomfortable. The stylist must have underestimated Stephen's muscular physique. I'd also be ditching the brown lace-ups for some black ones also.

Looks like the 'Arrow' episode City of Blood will see things getting worse, as the full set of photos show Oliver and Laurel taking on an army.

View all the photos at http://screencrush.com/arrow-preview-city-of-blood-photos-trailer-slade/

The CW have just issued a statement indicating that Arrow‘s Season Two finale, titled “Unthinkable,” will run for a minute and fifteen seconds longer than was originally planned. Revised listings for the May 14 and May 15 schedules indicate that Arrow will gain the extra 75 seconds, and that The Vampire Diaries will get another 57 seconds,  with the difference apparently coming out of The 100 and Reign (or their ad time), respectively.

The CW’s Arrow let loose with a long-awaited reveal when Laurel not only became privy to Oliver’s secret identity, but then found herself in the Arrowcave, encouraging her emotionally defeated ex to keep fighting the good fight. As the hit comic-book drama serves up Season 2′s penultimate hour (airing Wednesday at 8/7c), TVLine invited Katie Cassidy to assess enlightened Laurel’s new role, ponder one day picking up the Canary baton and tease the bejesus out of the May 14 finale.

TVLINE | Did you know ahead of time that Laurel would be finding out Oliver’s secret, or is that something you read for the first time in the script?
It’s something that I read in the script; I definitely had no idea. And I was absolutely excited when I found out, though it was like, “Great, now that I’ve found out who the Arrow is, something drastic is going to happen to my character! And I have no idea what it’s going to be — something bad, or something good.” But it ended up being something good.

TVLINE | Plus, now you get to “play with the cool, masked crime-fighting kids.” I imagine the past season-and-a-half has been a bit of an exercise in patience in that regard.
I still don’t know what’s going to happen [as far as Laurel's role on Team Arrow], but yes, I definitely have been looking forward to getting more involved in the action. But you never know. We’ll see what happens!

TVLINE | What has learning the truth done for Laurel’s impression of Oliver? Do you think it was 100-percent surprising for her?
It was definitely a shock for her, but it makes the way she looks at him… She loves him that much more. Like Tommy says [to Oliver] in Season 1, “You’re supposed to be with Laurel because you are who she thinks you are.” She loves him so much for [being Arrow], because he is doing good, and she’s a good-doer.

TVLINE | How would you describe the current state of the Laurel/Sara relationship? Are you glad they steered away from the catty aspect of it?
Yes, I am, because I give 100 percent of myself when I work. [Laughs] I love that this season they wrote some really great scenes and great episodes for me and my character; I was really fortunate enough to have been able to do that. But I’m also glad that I’m not crying on set every single day now! Laurel loves her sister, and I think Sara feels the same way. Laurel’s smitten by her. She thinks she’s pretty incredible.

Read more: http://tvline.com/2014/05/06/arrow-season-2-preview-katie-cassidy-laurel-oliver-canary-finale/

This past week’s ‘Arrow‘ installment “City of Blood” saw the first shots fired in Slade’s war on Oliver Queen, but this coming Wednesday’s “Streets of Fire” will shift into ‘24‘-style real-time for all out chaos. The full set of photos from next week’s hour see Team ‘Arrow’ racing around the city to combat Mirakuru thugs, while even Laurel seems to take up the bow, so see for yourself!
We’re not altogether surprised to see that Oliver and Laurel make it out of the rubble from last week’s cliffhanger just fine, though we’re curious as to what could lead Laurel to pick up Oliver’s bow. Elsewhere, Thea has her own of Slade’s thugs to deal with, but the promo above makes it appear as if a familiar face will return to help her out, and follow up with a surprising proposal.

And we were right! Check out what The CW had to say of next week’s penultimate season 2 installment “Streets of Fire”:

MALCOLM MERLYN RETURNS — Oliver (Stephen Amell) rallies his team as Slade’s (Manu Bennett) soldiers attack the city. Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) gets a call from S.T.A.R. Labs with game-changing news and Thea (Willa Holland) comes face-to-face with her father – Malcolm Merlyn (guest star John Barrowman).

Photos & trailer: http://screencrush.com/arrow-streets-of-fire-malcolm-merlyn-photos-preview-trailer/