Season 6 (Arrow)

Arrow was renewed for a sixth season by The CW on January 8, 2017. The show will shift from its usual airing on Wednesdays to Thursdays from this season onwards. It will premiere on October 12, 2017.

Main cast

 * Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
 * Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance/Black Siren
 * David Ramsey as John Diggle/Spartan
 * Willa Holland as Thea Queen/Speedy
 * Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak/Overwatch
 * Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt/Mr. Terrific
 * Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog
 * Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake/Black Canary
 * Paul Blackthorne as Quentin Lance

Synopsis
''After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. He returned home to Star City, bent on righting the wrongs done by his family and fighting injustice. As the Green Arrow, he protects his city with the help of former soldier John Diggle, computer-science expert Felicity Smoak, his vigilante-trained sister Thea Queen, Deputy Mayor Quentin Lance, brilliant inventor Curtis Holt, and his new recruits, street-savvy Rene Ramirez and meta-human Dinah Drake. Oliver has finally solidified and strengthened his crime-fighting team only to have it threatened when unexpected enemies from his past return to Star City, forcing Oliver to rethink his relationship with each member of his “family”.''

Confirmed plot points

 * There will be a four-way crossover with Supergirl, The Flash and DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
 * According to Stephen Amell, the theme of this season is family.
 * William Clayton will have a bigger role unlike the previous two seasons.
 * Dinah Drake will get a new costume.
 * Vigilante's identity will be revealed this season, and it is a character with which audiences are already familiar.
 * Black Siren's backstory will be expanded upon.
 * The season premiere will have flashbacks to explicate the season 5 finale and find out who died and who survived.
 * John Barrowman confirmed that Malcolm Merlyn won't be appearing at all, likely meaning that he did in fact die in the explosion in the Season 5 finale.