The CW renews six series of comics

The CW has quickly renewed almost all of its comic dramas for new seasons, according to The Hollywood journalistincluding Arrow (season 8), The flash (6th), The legends of tomorrow of DC (5th), Super Girl (5th), Black Lightning (3rd) and Riverdale (4th).

IZombieThe fifth season to come, which begins May 2, was already scheduled to be the last.

"The rapid renewal of this signature CW series gives us a head start on the run of the 2019-2020 season, and this is only a beginning," said CW President, Mark Pedowitz, about all the shows that they were renewing, including their comic-based dramas. .

"We are so excited and honored that viewers have done another Riverdale possible season, "said Jon Goldwater, CEO / Publisher and Executive Producer of Archie Comics. This show has become a cultural phenomenon that engages fans in unimaginable ways. It's amazing to see these iconic characters led by a team and such remarkable actors – thanks to Roberto [Aguirre-Sacasa], Greg [Berlanti]Sarah [Schechter], everyone at Archie Comics, WBTV, The CW and all Riverdale writers' room. More importantly, I want to thank the fans – who made this possible. If you thought season 3 was shocking, wait. We start to warm up. "

The CW has previously announced a crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths" for the Arrow– negative shows in autumn 2019.

The Hollywood trade also mentioned that the Arrowreverse branching Batwoman and Riverdale branching out Katy Keene the drivers for are in the running for 2019-2020 places. The CW would have three other unnamed pilots in the works – "with more planned to come."

Earlier reports indicated that CW had recently developed additional series based on DC's Traci Thirteen ( Project 13), From Vertigo Survivors Club, Valiant & # 39; s Dr. Mirageand Cullen Bunn's Super clean OGN; these projects were not mentioned in renewals today.