By Rob Siebert
Editor, Fanboy Wonder

A television series based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow is reportedly in development at the The CW network.

Attached to the show as writers and executive producers are Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg. Berlanti and Guggenheim worked as writers on last year’s Green Lantern feature film. Guggenheim has written numerous titles for DC over the years, and Kreisberg penned several issues of Green Arrow/Black Canary, as well as Batman: Condifential. 

No word has been given yet on whether Justin Hartley, who played the character on Smallville, might reprise his role.

The Green Arrow character made his debut in 1941′s More Fun Comics #73. Oliver Queen is a billionaire who leads a double life as an archer/superhero. Over the years the character and his supporting cast have evolved in a number of ways. He’s been in the center of political/socially conscious stories in the ’70s, found out his young sidekick Speedy was a heroin addict, been killed off and brought back to life, become mayor of his hometown of Star City, and even married to his longtime love Black Canary. Last year the character was reinvented as part of DC’s “New 52″ initiative.

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