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PEOPLE & ARTS Wednesday 7 august 2019

‘Supernatural,’ ‘Arrow’ makers: CW dramas ending on a high

By LYNN ELBER take his character’s well-
Associated Press worn boots with him as a
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) souvenir.
— The makers of “Super- “Arrow” star Amell was
natural” and “Arrow” say asked how to square his re-
they’re bringing the CW cent claim of a happy end-
shows to a close at the ing for the show, despite
right time. rumors that his character
“You don’t want to be the Oliver Queen, aka Green
last person at a party, even Arrow, doesn’t survive.
if it’s the best party on the While a character did tell
planet,” said Jared Padal- Oliver that he’s going to
ecki, who’s paired with die, the producer said,
co-star Jensen Ackles as there’s more than one way
the evil-busting Winchester to consider possible out-
brothers on “Supernatu- comes. He then proceed-
ral.” Its 15th season, debut- ed to muddy the waters.
ing Oct. 10, will be its last. “When I read about this on-
“Arrow” producer Marc line and people are asking
Guggenheim also com- us questions, they’re think-
pared the superhero show ing about things in a very
to a gala that’s still going binary way, that the end-
strong. Its eighth and final ing will either be X or Y. And
season with star Stephen Beth Schwartz, from left, Stephen Amell, David Ramsey and Marc Guggenheim participate in The all I would say is, I think we
Amell begins Oct. 15. CW “Arrow: Final Season” panel on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. have Z planned,” Guggen-
“We all would much prefer Associated Press heim said.q
to go out on a high note,
and go out while people
are still talking about the
show rather than being,
like, ‘That show’s still on the
air?’” he said.
While the “Supernatural”
stars felt it was time to end
their long run, Ackles told a
TV critics meeting Sunday
that taping the final epi-
sodes will be difficult.
“I’m just hoping to stave off
the emotion until at least
episode 19, 18, somewhere
in there,” he said. “And
then who knows what’s
going to happen? It’s go-
ing to be a big shift in a lot
of our lives.”
CW President Mark Pe-
dowitz saluted the 15-sea-
son run as a “remarkable
achievement.”
“As we always said ... when
they were ready to stop,
we will stop. And for them
and for Stephen Amell on
‘Arrow,’ these shows will go
out the way they were sup-
posed to go,” he said. “But
if you can convince them
to come back, I’m open.”
Ackles speculated this
may just be a break in the
“Supernatural” journey, al-
though CW’s attempts at
spinoffs haven’t succeed-
ed.
“Am I saying there’s some-
thing in the works? No. Am
I saying I would be open
to having a conversation
about this in the future?
What is the harm in that?”
said Ackles, who plans to