After months of speculation and rumors, the CW has officially picked up “Legends of Tomorrow.” The series is set to star several characters who have appeared on “Arrow” and “The Flash” as well as a few newcomers. You can read the official synopsis and press release below.
When heroes alone are not enough, the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat – one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is a mashup of DC legends starring a team of The Flash andArrow characters. Victor Garber (“The Flash”) Brandon Routh (“Arrow”), Caity Lotz (“Arrow”), Arthur Darvill, Ciarra Renee, Franz Drameh star, alongside Dominic Purcell (“The Flash”) and Wentworth Miller (“The Flash”).
The series hails from Bonanza Productions, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. TV with Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg and Sarah Schechter exec producing.