Although The CW passed on greenlighting a Green Arrow and the Canaries spinoff series starring Arrow's Katherine McNamara, there's a chance Mia might return to the Arrowverse.
During an interview with CBR, McNamara shared her fondness for portraying Mia Smoak in Arrow and teased her return, stating, "There's a lot of things happening in the Arrowverse right now -- on all sorts of timelines. And if there's one thing we know about the Arrowverse, if you're not dead on the slab, there's always a chance that they can bring you back."
She continued, "I always say, 'I love Mia so much.' She's very near and dear to my heart. And I'm so grateful for every bit of storyline and every bit of character development that, you know, they so generously gave to me in my time there. And, absolutely, if they need somebody to run around in a green hood and shoot some arrows, I am your girl. I am there. I'd jump at the chance to go back."
McNamara portrayed Mia Smoak, the daughter of Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak, from 2018-2020. Her character also appeared in episodes of The CW's The Flash, Supergirl and Batwoman. In January 2020, her character, alongside Black Siren Laurel Lance and Black Canary Dinah Drake, appeared in a backdoor pilot for a Green Arrow and the Canaries spinoff series. The concept for the back-door pilot was introduced right after the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover of Supergirl, Batwoman, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow. However, The CW and HBO Max decided against developing the series.
In June 2020, Arrowverse executive producer Marc Guggenheim hinted that the storylines and questions that the Green Arrow and the Canaries pilot brought still need to be answered in the superhero universe. He stated, "I do think we owe answers to a lot of those moments and questions." At the time, he stated that if the series didn't get picked up, there would still be the option to explore Mia and the Canaries' story "in the form of, like, a comic book tie-in," but also added, "which is not to say that it couldn’t be done on the other shows."
Set in 2040, Green Arrow and the Canaries, a spinoff series of Arrow, would have starred Katherine McNamara, Katie Cassidy and Juliana Harkavy reprising their roles as Mia Smoak, Laurel Lance and Dinah Drake, respectively, to defend Star City from crime.
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