Season 3 (The Flash)

On March 11, 2016, The Flash was renewed for a third season by The CW. It will take place in conjunction with season five of Arrow and season two of DC's Legends of Tomorrow.

Main cast

 * Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash
 * Candice Patton as Iris West
 * Danielle Panabaker as Dr. Caitlin Snow
 * Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon/Vibe
 * Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West/Kid Flash
 * Tom Felton as Julian Dorn
 * Tom Cavanagh as TBA and Dr. Harrison "Harry" Wells
 * Jesse L. Martin as Detective Joe West

Recurring cast

 * John Wesley Shipp as Jay Garrick/The Flash and Henry Allen
 * Violett Beane as Jesse Quick
 * Todd Lasance as Unnamed speedster
 * Matt Letscher as Eobard Thawne/Reverse Flash
 * Michelle Harrison as Nora Allen
 * Tobin Bell as Doctor Alchemy (voice)
 * Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak

Universe regulars

 * Wentworth Miller as Leonard Snart/Captain Cold
 * John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn/Dark Archer
 * Katie Cassidy

Confirmed plot points

 * There will be a four-way crossover between Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and DC's Legends of Tomorrow in December 2016, and for The Flash, this will take place in episode eight.
 * Caitlin Snow's past will be revealed.
 * According to Carlos Valdes, this season will be way different.
 * Tom Cavanagh will return as a different character.
 * Cisco Ramon/Vibe will get a full costume.
 * Grant Gustin has hinted that the 'big bad' of the season may not be a meta-human, and has said that more speedsters are "inevitable".
 * Gustin has also said that Barry Allen will retain his sense of optimism, despite the losses he suffered during Season 2.
 * Kevin Smith will direct the seventh episode.
 * Kevin will start directing episode seven sometime in September.
 * Wally West will become Kid Flash this season.
 * An unnamed speedster dressed in black and orange will appear this season.
 * Harry and Jesse will return a little bit later in season three.
 * Henry and Nora are still alive in the new timeline.
 * Cisco is the richest man in America in the new timeline.
 * Felicity Smoak will return in episode 2.
 * Doctor Alchemy and the unnamed black speedster will both be the big bads of the season.
 * In the new timeline, Cisco and Barry will still have their powers.
 * Grant Gustin has said not to expect Flashpoint to last too long but that it will have permanent effects.
 * Barry is the only one that knows all of the differences between the timelines. However, while he is the only one that knows, he does slowly start to forget the original timeline.

Confirmed new characters

 * Julian Dorn: Another CSI at the Central City Police Department who has suspicions about Barry Allen. He is also Barry's slightly older, slightly geekier contemporary, a guy who is as smart as he is intuitive. As such, this newcomer doesn't buy Barry’s nice guy routine and sets out to learn what he's hiding — all while concealing some secrets of his own.
 * Unnamed Speedster (an unknown speedster dressed in black with orange highlights seen with Wally West/Kid Flash. )
 * Doctor Alchemy