Most of the main "Legends of Tomorrow" cast are from "The Flash" and "Arrow."
Despite that, showrunner Phil Klemmer insisted his series will be different from the two hit superhero shows. In fact, he can compare LoT to multi-awarded drama series "True Detective" because of its format.
"It's an anthology show," Klemmer said in an interview with Screen Rant.
"This is not designed to go forever. This season is meant to be standalone... I mean not as anthological as 'True Detective.' But not everybody will be continuing on this journey. The sort of central premise of time travel and Vandal Savage is totally up for grabs. This is meant to be a season that is tightly serialized that, when it's over, you can't go home again. It's not going to begin Season 2 with us all hopping back on the same ship and like 'Let's get Vandal! Let's get him for real this time!' This is not traditional episodic television."
"Legends of Tomorrow" executive producer Marc Guggenheim, who also has the same role in "The Flash" and "Arrow", describes the whole season as movie-like and has its own identity.
"Each season is its own separate movie," he said. "What we want to do is have each separate movie have its own identity. So almost to the point where each season was telling one big story that you could sort of subtitle, like the way you do subtitle 'American Horror Story,' if that makes sense."
"Legends of Tomorrow" cast is composed of Wentworth Miller as Captain Cold, Dominic Purcell as Heatwave, Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer/The Atom, Victor Garber as Dr. Martin Stein/Firestorm, Caity Lotz as Sarah Lance/White Canary, Ciara Renee as Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl, and Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter.
"Legends of Tomorrow" synopsis reads below:
"Rip Hunter travels back in time to the present day where he brings together a team of heroes and villains in an attempt to prevent Vandal Savage from destroying the world and time itself."
