Warner Bros. Television and The CW dropped a big reveal at the conclusion of the extended trailer for Arrow‘s upcoming third season: Ra’s al Ghul will be the main villain taking on Oliver Queen and Team Arrow. The show has heavily weaved the League of Assassins into its core storyline, and has featured Katrina Law as Nyssa al Ghul in a recurring role. But it looks like the fan favorite DC baddie will finally be appearing in the flesh.
This trailer is a longer version of the one released on Friday, with the addition of the teaser shots of the supernatural Batman adversary.
“The character seemed to be available as far as not being used in the movies. It was a very, very organic progression. That was what was fun for us, just how natural it happened,”Arrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim told reporters at Comic-Con yesterday.
“We have a really clever way of doing Ra’s this year that is true to the comic-book origins but different from the way Ra’s was portrayed in the Nolan movies. You don’t want to compete with Batman Begins, even though we’ve always said Batman Begins was a big influence on us,” he said. “We really wanted our Ra’s to be very different — at least our own Arrow-ified version.”
Arrow returns with new episodes on October 8th.
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