Season 7 (Arrow)

Arrow was renewed for a seventh season by The CW on April 2, 2018. It premiered on October 15, 2018.

Main cast

 * Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen
 * David Ramsey as John Diggle
 * Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak/Overwatch
 * Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt
 * Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog
 * Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake
 * Colton Haynes as Roy Harper
 * Kirk Acevedo as Ricardo Diaz/Dragon
 * Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance

Recurring cast

 * Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels
 * David Nykl as Anatoly Knyazev
 * Sydelle Noel as Samandra Watson
 * TBA as Konomi Rhodes
 * Holly Elissa as Red Dart
 * Miranda Edwards as Honor/Silencer
 * Michael Jonsson as Kodiak
 * Cody Runnels as Derek Sampson
 * Katherine McNamara as Maya
 * Brendan Fletcher as Stanley
 * Ben Lewis as Older William Clayton
 * Andrea Sixtos as Older Zoe Ramirez

Synopsis
There has been no shortage of close calls for Oliver Queen when it comes to protecting his super hero identity, but in the season six finale, he was finally backed into a corner and forced to reveal himself to the world as the Green Arrow. Now, Oliver will come face-to-face with many of the criminals he placed behind bars, as he makes a new home for himself at Slabside Maximum Security Prison. Oliver will find himself vulnerable in a way unlike ever before when a mysterious new enemy begins to unravel his work as Green Arrow, challenging him to redeem his name or risk losing everything.

Confirmed plot points

 * The annual crossover event will introduce Batwoman and Gotham City.
 * Oliver will get out of prison.
 * Redemption serves as the major theme for season 7.
 * Roy will have to deal with the consequences of Oliver revealing his identity.
 * Returning cast member Colton Haynes teased that Roy is not the same person when he returns.

Confirmed new characters

 * Maya: A scrappy street fighter and thief from Star City who is a rookie recruit in the Star City Police Department. She is athletic, comedic and intelligent. But underneath her youthful attitude, lies a woman who has had enough of vigilantes in Star City and is willing to get rid of them no matter what it takes.
 * Konomi Rhodes: "Konomi" is a formidable fighter who ends ups clashing with the heroes of Star City. Her background consists of being a tactician in the military while also carrying on as a street fighter.
 * Leonard Gibbons/Javelin: A French chemical weapons trader. In the midst of a huge ongoing deal, he does business with an undercover Curtis Holt/Mr. Terrific, bringing Team Arrow squarely into the mix.
 * John Deegan: A doctor at Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane in Gotham City, but he might just be crazier than the inmates he treats. His machinations will draw Green Arrow, the Flash and Supergirl to Gotham City.
 * Blackstar: A badass woman whose story starts as an underground cage fighter.

Trivia

 * According to several cast members, there is a turnover which introduces several new writers in Season 7.    But that is not the only major shakeup. On April 17, 2018, in addition to being promoted to executive producer, Beth Schwartz replaced Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle as the sole showrunner. Guggenheim remains as a consultant to Arrow along with another show he stepped down from, DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
 * This season airs on Mondays, originally at 9/8c before it was switched back to its original 8/7c time slot.