Arrow and Flash Crossover Pits Two Heroes Against Each Other

The CW already has a successful superhero show in Arrow, which enters its third season this fall. The spinoff, The Flash, also debuts in October, and the two series will have crossover storylines to tie the universe together. But apparently, the two DC heroes will clash when they first step into each other's territories.

Executive producer Greg Berlanti spoke to FlashTVNews about the first crossover, which takes place in the early portion of the season for both shows. He did not say which villain causes the two heroes to team up, but he did offer some interesting tidbits about the story. "We use a famous Flash villain, actually, in the Arrow episode, and then I would say as much as there is a villain in the Flash one - the first one ("Flash vs. Arrow") - we're not deceiving anybody with the title. There will be some real fisticuffs between our heroes." 

But it's not just Arrow and Flash who will interact, as their sidekicks will also mingle on screen. "It's all the interpersonal stuff, so it's the real connection.... the deepening friendship between Barry and Oliver is always great," Berlanti said. "But when you're getting to write scenes with Cisco and Dig... that's just a cool scene, you know? And Diggle's reaction when he sees what The Flash can really do? It's hysterical and funny."

Berlanti also said Crisis on Infinite Earths was his favorite comic "because it was the thing where I realized, when he died... I found myself crying in a comic book shop at 13 or however old I was... that I was more attached to these characters than I had realized I was." But would we ever see that storyline on either or both of these series? "A lot of stars would have to align, I think, and we'd have to be really, really blessed and lucky to actually build toward that," he said.

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