Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-807326-20171117030359/@comment-5635877-20171129123430

Manu gave away the true situation, much to the annoyance of a few at CW. These characters such as Deathstroke, Boomerang and co that will appear in DCEU aren't 'embargoed' from appearing but can't appear at the same time in both formats. CW will have 'windows' when they can use characters such as Deathstroke.

And Cap. Boomerang isn't dead, neither is Malcolm Merlyn. John Barrowman won't be appearing this season because of illness and the writers wanted to give the show a break from Merlyn. Boomerang is a bit different because SS2 won't be made before The Batman or Deathstroke or any Joker/Harley Quinn movie.