"Arrow" Casts "Walking Dead" Vet to Play Season 5's Big Bad
by Tim Surette
June 21, 2016


"Arrow" fans, you can stop putting together your wish lists for actors to play Oliver Queen's pain in the neck for Season 5. "The Walking Dead's" Chad Coleman will join The CW show, playing the previously teased big bad, TVGuide.com has confirmed. IGN was first to report the news.

Previously named Anton Church, Coleman will suit up as Tobias Church, "an imposing gangster looking to unite the various criminal enterprises in Star City under his own singular command." You'll get your first look at Church in the Season 5 premiere.

http://www.tvguide.com/news/arrow-casts-a-walking-dead-vet-to-play-season-5s-big-bad/









"Arrow" Adds a New Archer for Season 5
by Sadie Gennis
June 21, 2016


The Faux Canary will fly again. Madison McLaughlin will reprise her role as Evelyn Sharp in "Arrow's" fifth season.

Evelyn first appeared in the Season 4 episode "Canary Cry," in which she took on the Black Canary mantle to get revenge on Damien (Neal McDonough) and Ruve Darhk (Janet Kidder) for murdering her parents. But according to Variety, when Evelyn returns for a multi-episode arc, beginning in the second episode of Season 5, she'll be taking on a new name: Artemis.

In the comics, Artemis was a villain just like her parents, Tigress and Sportsmaster. However, in the animated series Young Justice, she got to be a superhero, playing sidekick to the Green Arrow after Roy Harper left. Artemis also dated Wally West (Keiynan Lonsdale), which could be a fun relationship to explore in potential "The Flash" crossovers.

http://www.tvguide.com/news/arrow-season-5-madison-mclaughlin-evelyn-sharp-artemis/