‘Arrow’ Star: Deathstroke Could Still Return to the Show

Because DC Comics is not into cross-pollination between its television and film products, some popular characters have been scrubbed from TV plot lines so that they can appear on the silver screen. The most recent example of such chicanery: members of the Suicide Squad universe no longer appearing on the CW’s Arrow, after the film became a global smash.

Comic fans could reasonably assume, then, that Deathstroke, the baddie portrayed by Manu Bennett on Arrow, would not be returning to the show now that The Villain Formerly Known As Slade Wilson has been confirmed for the Justice League film and upcoming Batman standalone starring Ben Affleck. But hark, a sign of hope from Arrow's titular star, Stephen Amell.