Season 5 of Arrow is officially underway as executive producer Marc Guggenheim took to Twitter to reveal the news as well as the title of the first episode, which is “Legacy.”
It’s also learned Diggle gets a new mask courtesy of The Flash‘s Cisco Ramone.
“Season 5, you will see a Cisco-created new mask for Diggle,” David Ramsey revealed at the recent Heroes & Villains Fan Fest.
Arrow Season 5 is set to premiere Wednesday, October 5th on The CW.
New additions to the cast include The Walking Dead‘s Chadwick Coleman as the main villain Tobias Church, as well as Rick Gonzalez as Wild Dog, Josh Segarra as Vigilante and Madison McLaughlin returns as Evelyn Sharp aka Artemis.
Arrow will also be at this month’s Comic-Con.
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