Earlier today, The CW Network released its midseason schedule, which revealed that the highly-anticipated spinoffDC’s Legends of Tomorrowwill debut on Thursday, January 21 at 8 PM ET. This means that fans will get three nights in a row of superhero shows, withThe Flashairing Tuesday nights,Arrowairing Wednesday nights, andDC’s Legends of Tomorrowon Thursday nights, all airing at 8 PM ET.The CWhas also released a trailerDC’s Legends of Tomorrow, which includes plenty of new footage.
On Thursday January 21, The CW kicks off a new night of action and adventure with the highly-anticipated series premiere ofDC’s Legends of Tomorrow(8:00-9:00pm ET/PT) followed by the return of the critically-acclaimed post-apocalyptic dramaThe 100(9:00-10:00pm ET/PT). InDC’s Legends of Tomorrow, when heroes alone are not enough, the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately attempt to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogueRip Hunteris tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat - one in which not only the planet is 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 TomorrowstarsVictor Garberas Dr. Martin Stein,Brandon Routhas Atom,Arthur Darvillas Rip Hunter,Caity Lotzas White Canary, Ciara Renee as Hawkgirl,Falk Hentschelas Hawkman andFranz Dramehas Jay Jackson, withDominic Purcellas Heat Wave andWentworth Milleras Captain Cold. Based on the characters fromDC Comics,DC’s Legends of Tomorrowis from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with executive producersGreg Berlanti,Marc Guggenheim,Andrew Kreisberg, Phil Klemmer,Chris Fedakand Sarah Schechter serve as executive producers. Glenn Winter directed the pilot episode, from a script byGreg Berlanti,Marc Guggenheim,Andrew Kreisberg.
The show’s main villain is the immortalVandal Savage(Casper Crump), who fans will get to see next week in the highly-anticipatedArrowandThe Flashcrossover event, which airs December 1 and December 2 on The CW. We reported in September thatStephanie Corneliussenhas signed on to play theDC Comicscharacter Valentina Vostok, a.k.a. Negative Woman, and another report from October revealed that the show is casting for Connor Hawke. In the Arrow comic books, Connor Hawke is Oliver Queen’s son, although that aspect of the comics will be discarded for the TV version.
As you can see in the trailer below,Arrowcharacters Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and Black Canary (Katie Cassidy) will be putting in appearances onDC’s Legends of Tomorrow. We also know that currentArrowvillainDamien Darhkwill be crossing over to bothThe FlashandDC’s Legends of Tomorrow, but we’ll have to wait and see exactly when these crossovers may happen. Until then, take a look at the latest trailer forDC’s Legends of Tomorrow, as we get closer and closer to its Thursday, January 21 premiere on The CW.
