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Stephen Amell is recovering from a back injury sustained earlier this week while shooting his Starz’s wrestling drama, Heels, in Atlanta. “While performing a stunt on the set of Heels this week, Stephen Amell sustained an injury to his back,” a Starz spokesperson said in a statement. “Following a medical evaluation…

EXCLUSIVE: Broadway actress/musician Alison Luff (Waitress) has been cast as the female lead opposite Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig in Heels, Starz's eight-episode hourlong drama set in the outrageous world of independent professional wrestling. Written by Michael Waldron and directed by Peter Segal, with Mike…

EXCLUSIVE: What started with a viral short will become a shortform series. Quibi said today that it is developing a Code 8 spinoff series starring cousins Robbie Amell and Stephen Amell, who also topline the independent sci-fi thriller that hits theaters Friday. The film’s director Jeff Chan will helm the Quibi series…

The time has come to say goodbye to the show that started it all: Arrow. After eight seasons we are saying farewell to the hooded superhero played by Stephen Amell. As he and the rest of the cast and crew shot the last episode, they documented their final moments on social media, which is sure to give fans all the…

Felicity Smoak is returning to Arrow. Emily Bett Rickards, who exited after season 7 of the CW series will return as Felicity for the series finale, Arrow star Stephen Amell revealed today on Twitter. "There'll be a lot of news coming out about final episode over the next few months. I prefer when you hear it from us…

EXCLUSIVE: Alexander Ludwig (Vikings, The Hunger Games) is set as the co-lead opposite Stephen Amell in Heels, Starz’s eight-episode hourlong drama set in the outrageous world of independent professional wrestling. Written by Michael Waldron, with Mike O'Malley as showrunner, Heels is about the men and women who chase…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired rights to Code 8, the crowd-funded sci-fi thriller spearheaded by cousins Stephen and Robbie Amell, who executive produce and star. Vertical is planning a theatrical release for the film, directed by Jeff Chan, day-and-date near the end of this year. Code 8, written by…

From (super)hero to villain. Arrow star Stephen Amell has booked a follow-up series-lead role now that the CW superhero drama is filming its 10-episode eighth and final season. Amell has signed on to topline Heels, an hourlong drama set in the outrageous world of independent professional wrestling, which had been eyein…

At today's TCA panel on Arrow, star Stephen Amell said he's having an "emotional time" letting go of his character, Oliver Queen, now that the show is entering its 8th and final season. However, he was not too overwhelmed to be able to cite his favorite episode of the run, Season 2's "Big Red," in which the character…

At today's TCA panel on Arrow's much ballyhooed final season, the panelists – stars Stephen Amell and David Ramsey,  EPs Beth Schwartz and Marc Guggenheim – added no details to the day's earlier news about the CW looking for another title for next season set in the Arrowverse, as well as a possible spinoff. Producers…

UPDATED with video: Arrow will notch its eighth and final season this fall, but on Saturday the CW’s linchpin superhero show bid an emotional early farewell to fans at Comic-Con International, the place where the show started its success story. A surprise guest also flew in (figuratively) to the delight of fans in…

I’m not crying…you’re crying. Arrow series regular Emily Bett Rickards filmed her final scene on Tuesday after seven seasons on the CW superhero drama and Stephen Amell’s daughter Mavi sang an emotional song to mark the occasion. Mavi can be seen in the video below singing a portion of “A Million Dreams” from The Great…