‘Green Arrow and the Canaries’ Spinoff Not Moving Forward at CW
Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe potential “Arrow” spinoff about the Canaries is officially dead at CW, Variety has learned.Plans for the show were first announced in September 2019, six months after it was announced that “Arrow” would end after its eighth season. A backdoor pilot aired in January 2020 as part of “Arrow” Season 8, titled “Green Arrow & The Canaries.” The episode took place two decades after the end of the original show and starred Katherine McNamara as Mia Smoak, Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance, and Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake.Cassidy began with “Arrow” in the show’s pilot, though she was killed off in Season 4 before returned in Season 6.