CW Eyeing DC's Atom

[ZariusTwo]

EPs Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Marc Guggenheim, acknowledged this morning they’re in “very early talks” on the “very general idea” of an Atom series, expanding their DC comic empire at CW, beyond Arrow and The Flash.

routhLast July, CW announced Brandon Routh had been signed to Arrow‘s third season, on a recurring basis, to play Atom, alter ego Ray Palmer, known for his ability to shrink and expand himself, and other objects, to advantage.

“We haven’t dug deeper on” it and are “not allowed” to discuss it, Berlanti told TV critics at Winter TV Press Tour 2015.

CW LogoCW set the stage for DC comics news at the Press Tour with a heavily guarded display of character costumes.

The addition would be no real surprise; Arrow is credited with helping define the CW — its latest iteration anyway — and The Flash now is the most watched show in the network’s history.

Kreisberg — asked why so many superhero TV shows now — pointed to TV’s advances in special effects which he said allow the medium to better keep pace with feature film.

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[Raven]

Why not, Brandon Routh has been okay (Not amazing) as the Atom. Although its hard to take him serious, I keep expecting him to turn around and put on the ole blue tights and fly off screen.

Man, how do you go from being the best superhero out there to...well the Atom?

[TigerClaw]

here's the first image of Brandon Routh as The Atom in Arrow. http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit...news/?a=114776

Spoiler:

[TurtleTitan97]

The costume's alright. Would've preferred to see more red & blue on it instead of black though.

[NinjaPug]

Don't like that suit. Too similar to the Ant-Man suit.

Why does he have armor?

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

I like Atom in Arrow, but honestly, I don't see how he's going to carry a series. Green Arrow and Flash are pretty recognizable characters. I don't think Ray Palmer would do well as a lead... keep him as a recurring character on the other two shows.

One benefit, though, would be moving Felicity off Arrow full-time, which would hopefully mean legitimate character development for her. So sick of her pining after Oliver and vice versa...

[Leo656]

S'alright. I'm guessing it's black because blue and red are "Superman's colors", and it's armor because everyone has to wear armor nowadays, or at least something armor-y.

Whatever, I'm down, whatever keeps Routh working. That guy has been treated entirely unfairly over his career so I hope this does well and it all works out for him.

[sdp]

I'm all for it but I wonder if the CW will hit a superhero overload with so many shows and they'll all be cancelled in one shot. Don't get me wrong I'm happy I'm just not sure if its sustainable with the general audience, I love the Arrowverse and how it features lesser known heroes. So I wonder if this is the "other shows" they were looking at from a few months ago or if this doesn't count.

[discordiatookie]

I quite like the suit. Guess the armour'll stop him from getting squished when he's wee

I've not seen him in Arrow yet (I'm only on the first season) but I liked him in Scott Pilgrim and thought he was fantastic as Clark Kent.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

I'm REALLY not feeling this. Did a Wikipedia search, and only a couple of Atom's adversaries sound interesting: Micro/Squad and Doctor Light.

Flash has a huge rogues' gallery, as we've already seen, and Arrow has a huge rogues' gallery plus the Batman rogues the show has borrowed. The Atom? Eh. Not so much.