Some people think "Arrow's" storyline is copycat of "Batman's." Both are billionaire playboy that want to cleanse their respective cities. Well, Batman will always be the bigger superhero between the two. But, what about having him in the show to somehow settle the rivalry between the fans? Well, seeing the caped crusader from Gotham cross path with Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) is an idea that should not be buried on your mind. After all, (Arrow Season 3 spoiler ahead), Ollie is dead after fighting Ra's al Ghul, Batman's main villain.
Arrow EP Marc Guggenheim sat down with his wife Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas for an interview with the Hollywood Reporter and one thing they tackled are crossover shows. Butters and Fazekas are both the showrunner of Marvel's upcoming TV series "Agent Carter." They talked about a lot of topics and one of which is seeing Batman square off with Green Arrow or other villains.
Guggenheim was asked by Butters if how large is his plan for "Arrow" Season 3 or the succeeding seasons, whether he will bring in more Justice League characters. His answer will definitely make Batman fans smile.
"At the end of the day it'd be so awesome to have Batman on the show. That'd be really cool. I don't think that will be happening anytime soon, but you never know...one day," he said.
The 44-year old producer and writer went on to enumerate characters that were not part of the plan but landed in the show anyway.
"One thing we're always saying...we never expected to have had the Huntress [Jessica De Gouw], Deathstroke [Manu Bennett] or Deadshot [Michael Rowe]; we ended up with a lot more DC Comics characters becoming part of the show than we had ever planned."
"Now here we are in our third season and we've Flash [Grant Gustin] and the Suicide Squad and we're going to have Katana and we have Ray Palmer [Brandon Routh], and it seems like you could field an entire show off the characters that we have introduced on Arrow. That's so beyond anything we expected. That's a long-winded way of saying I've learned not to expect anything or make any predictions because the reality has far exceeded any of our initial predictions or initial conceptions."
