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"The CW&amp;#039;s Thom Sherman has claimed that the network&amp;#039;s new Green Arrow series will be &amp;quot;sophisticated and edgy&amp;quot;. The development head told Entertainment Weekly that central character Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) resembles both Matt Damon&amp;#039;s Jason Bourne and Sylvester Stallone&amp;#039;s Rambo. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s very provocative and sophisticated and edgy,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not as comic book-y as Smallville or other [superhero projects] from other networks.&amp;quot; Arrow will be produced by Warner Bros TV, with Game of Thrones director David Nutter hired to helm the pilot.   &amp;quot;[Queen] doesn&amp;#039;t have any superpowers, he&amp;#039;s a very grounded character like a Jason Bourne - we use the term &amp;#039;Rambo&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; said Sherman. &amp;quot;His skill-set is that he&amp;#039;s an archer, but he also has physical strength and prowess. He&amp;#039;s clever and able to devise ways of taking down a bad guy that are unique and fun to watch.&amp;quot; Green Lantern&amp;#039;s Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim will write and executive produce Arrow, alongside The Vampire Diaries producer Andrew Kreisberg. Justin Hartley played the Green Arrow character on The CW&amp;#039;s Smallville from 2006 to 2011. Other drama pilots in development at The CW include Sex and the City prequel The Carrie Diaries, time-travel musical Joey Dakota and a modern-day Beauty and the Beast update. Romantic drama The Selection and JJ Abrams / Mark Schwahn project Shelter are also in the works. &amp;gt; First Cut medical pilot ordered by The CW &amp;gt; Cult mystery pilot ordered by The CW "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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